Steps to describe Local magento to live server ?

1.     Copy all of your local files to server
2.     Delete the content of the /var folder
3.     Export magento database from localhost and import it in server MySQL.
4.     Edit app/etc/local.xml file and Change the respective attributes like (localhost,   username, database    name and password.)
5.     After import database on live, you need to make some changes.

Run this query:

  SELECT * FROM core_config_data WHERE path = 'web/unsecure/base_url' OR path = 'web/secure/base_url';

you get output like this.

Now, Run below queury to change that values for new url

UPDATE core_config_data SET value = 'http://www.yourdomainname.com/' WHERE path LIKE 'web/%/base_url';

That’s all,  Hope this helps. Thanks.