Publish the blog to GitHub Pages

In this tutorial, we will publish our blog to GitHub Pages & make it publicly available on the internet.

GitHub Pages is a free static site hosting service provide by GitHub.

Prerequisites

GitHub Account. Signup.

Create a User site

• Create a new repository.
• Provide username.github.io in the Repository name field. Here, username is your GitHub username.
• Make sure the first part of the repository name exactly matches your username.

Publish your blog

• On the Home screen, click Publish.
• In the Publish dialog, select the GitHub tab & provide the required details.
  1. Provide your GitHub username & password in the User & Password fields.
  2. In the Remote Repository URL, provide https://github.com/username/username.github.io. Replace username with your GitHub username.
  3. Remote branch field defaults to master.
  4. Local repository is used by Git to make changes locally on your computer. Provide C:\Sites\username.github.io in the Local Repository field.
  5. Click Publish.

Open your browser & go to https://username.github.io.

Custom URLs

To change the blog’s URL from the default username.github.io to a custom domain, follow the Configuring a custom domain for your GitHub Pages site help.