Title: Completing wordpress site
Last modified: August 21, 2016

---

# Completing wordpress site

 *  [berry2012](https://wordpress.org/support/users/berry2012/)
 * (@berry2012)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/completing-wordpress-site/)
 * Hi Guys,
 * I have wordpress installed locally. I am through with my website design, twenty
   eleven, and I want to upload it to godaddy live.
    Is there a way I can copy my
   finished site without moving the database too? If there is, which directory should
   I moved.
 * A partner designed a website for me which I uploaded to godaddy without having
   to upload any database and it worked. This is exactly thesame thing I want to
   do but I am getting **Error establishing a database connection**

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)

 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/completing-wordpress-site/#post-3655146)
 * Where is the database? Your live site has to be able to access it.
 *  Thread Starter [berry2012](https://wordpress.org/support/users/berry2012/)
 * (@berry2012)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/completing-wordpress-site/#post-3655167)
 * [@wpyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
    The database is still
   on my localhost. Godaddy is taking so long to setup the database I created.
 * Meanwhile, Can you please explain the technology behind uploading a site to go
   live without having to upload a database file into any database online. This 
   was what a consultant did. They only gave me files to upload and nothing like
   setting up a database online. The site is actually live now.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/completing-wordpress-site/#post-3655345)
 * Given that most of your site’s content is stored in your database, you cannot
   move a site without moving its database. If you do not have access to the original
   database, then all you can is install WordPress followed by the same plugins 
   and themes but that’s it. You’ll have no content.

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)

The topic ‘Completing wordpress site’ is closed to new replies.

## Tags

 * [database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database/)
 * [godaddy](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/godaddy/)
 * [locally](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/locally/)
 * [upload](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/upload/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/completing-wordpress-site/#post-3655345)
 * Status: not resolved

## Topics

### Topics with no replies

### Non-support topics

### Resolved topics

### Unresolved topics

### All topics