How To Publish my Webmatrix WordPress install Locally to a LAMP host that does not support Web Deploy

Question

I have been working on a WordPress plugin locally using IIS PHP and Wordpress installed through webmatrix.

So far.. Easy. That is what I like.

But... Now I have to get the whole thing to my host that is not Using IIS and does now support Web Deploy.

FTPing the files is easy enough but I don't see how to get my MYSQL database up to the server.

What is the Easiest way to publish the database with the files?

And I need EASY!

:) You guys are real programmers! Me not!

Answer 1

I think the easiest answer is to move to a windows web host :-)

http://www.microsoft.com/web/hosting/home

If you're just working on a plugin, technically the plugin should be smart enough to create any data structures you need. That's what makes the thing portable:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_Tables_with_Plugins

You should be able to write the plugin to create any required data, then package and install the plugin on your site.

Happy coding!