Add Personal Site to GitHub

Step 1

Go to github.com. Create an account or Sign in.

Step 2

Download Desktop Git here: https://desktop.github.com/ and login with your github.com account.

Step 3

On github.com, create a new repository

Name your repository [username].github.io

Step 4

After the repository is created, clone the repo to your local. Enter the repository, click Code, Open with GitHub Desktop.

Step 5

Open GitHub Desktop. Click current repository on the top left.

Select your [username].github.io repository. Click Show in Explorer. New window should be opened.

Step 6

Copy and paste your html files to the github window. Rename the front page to index.html.

Step 7

Go to Git Desktop. There should be new files on the left bar. Enter Summary: “initial commit”. Click ‘Commit to main’.

Click ‘Publish’ on the right.

Step 8

Back to github.com, there should be new files added on the page.

Go to Settings.

Find “Github pages” on the page. Branch: “main” and select “/ (root)”. Save.

Step 9

Check out the Danger Zone.

Make sure the visibility is on public.

Step 10

Open https://[yourusername].github.io

Note:

GitHub Pages doesn’t work on hosting php file. Only static html page.


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