I've been getting mixed messages and there is practically no solid up-to-date documentation, I just want to know the standard procedure for moving a locally developed Drupal 8 site to an online server. Some say it's as easy as FTP'ing your files over and exporting your local database SQL code over and then connecting to the db via the settings.php, others say to put a fresh installation of Drupal 8 online and then move certain files over while exporting the database using the backup module and then importing it online, others still say I also need to export the local configuration and import it online, still others say I need to update the URL's in some parts of the SQL or configuration exports, etc.

I'm developing with the latest Drupal 8.4 with a custom theme in Windows 10 on XAMPP (I have drush) and migrating to a server subdirectory that my domain points to with php 5.6+ (no drush options online because there's no SSH access).

TLDR: What are the steps to move a locally developed Drupal 8.4 site and database to an online server and get it configured, up and running normally?

I've been getting mixed messages and there is practically no solid up-to-date documentation, I just want to know the standard procedure for moving a locally developed Drupal 8 site to an online server.

Some say it's as easy as FTP'ing your files over and exporting your local database SQL code over and then connecting to the db via the settings.php, others say to put a fresh installation of Drupal 8 online and then move certain files over while exporting the database using the backup module and then importing it online, others still say I also need to export the local configuration and import it online, still others say I need to update the URL's in some parts of the SQL or configuration exports, etc.

I'm developing with the latest Drupal 8.4 with a custom theme in Windows 10 on XAMPP (I have drush) and migrating to a server subdirectory that my domain points to with php 5.6+ (no drush options online because there's no SSH access).

TLDR: What are the steps to move a locally developed Drupal 8.4 site and database to an online server and get it configured, up and running normally?

I've been getting mixed messages and there is practically no solid up-to-date documentation, I just want to know the standard procedure for moving a locally developed Drupal 8 site to an online server. Some say it's as easy as FTP'ing your files over and exporting your local database SQL code over and then connecting to the db via the settings.php, others say to put a fresh installation of Drupal 8 online and then move certain files over while exporting the database using the backup module and then importing it online, others still say I also need to export the local configuration and import it online, still others say I need to update the URL's in some parts of the SQL or configuration exports, etc.

I'm developing with the latest Drupal 8.4 with a custom theme in Windows 10 on XAMPP (I have drush) and migrating to a server subdirectory that my domain points to with php 5.6+ (no drush options online because there's no SSH access).

I've been getting mixed messages and there is practically no solid up-to-date documentation, I just want to know the standard procedure for moving a locally developed Drupal 8 site to an online server. Some say it's as easy as FTP'ing your files over and exporting your local database SQL code over and then connecting to the db via the settings.php, others say to put a fresh installation of Drupal 8 online and then move certain files over while exporting the database using the backup module and then importing it online, others still say I also need to export the local configuration and import it online, still others say I need to update the URL's in some parts of the SQL or configuration exports, etc.

I'm developing with the latest Drupal 8.4 with a custom theme in Windows 10 on XAMPP (I have drush) and migrating to a server subdirectory that my domain points to with php 5.6+ (no drush options online because there's no SSH access).

TLDR: What are the steps to move a locally developed Drupal 8.4 site and database to an online server and get it configured, up and running normally?