steps to take website from local server to hosted server (going live)

Question

I am very new to web development, and have a question in regards to taking your website "live."

I coded my site in python, using the Django framework. I have all my code stored in a local server, and want to move ahead with taking my web into production.

I've been looking online on any resources that provide a clear step-by-step instruction of going public with your site. However, they are either all unclear, extremely complicated, or based off "wordpress." I'm not using wordpress.

I understand the basic rules:

1. get a domain
2. get a web host
3. get a ftp
4. ??

my confusion is somewhere between 3. and 4. What happens after you get a FTP? Am I using GitHub at any point in this process? Are there special rules I have to follow (what do you do with your secret key in the settings.py?)

If you know of a great resource for beginner web developers who are trying to take their website live (and who are NOT using wordpress), I would truly appreciate your guidance.

thanks much!

Answer 1

There is no need of ftp or anything else

i used godaddy.com i just brought a domain name then hosting space no other thing i purchased

then i uploaded my files to website in sequence just thats it