Github Page

It is still possible to host a personal website/portfolio on GitHub Pages that is publicly accessible at username.github.io. This feature has been and continues to be popular among developers and other GitHub users.

I am only ever on github once in a blue moon. However, I don’t like it one bit when my user page is just blank. So, I took the time to actually put something in there and I am leaving a few notes-to-self here – because there might be another 3 years before I’m in there again.

Create a New Repository:

Go to GitHub and create a new repository.

The repository name must be username.github.io where username is your GitHub username.

Add Content:

Clone the repository to your computer.

git clone https://github.com/username/username.github.io.git

Navigate to the repository directory.

cd username.github.io

Add an index.html file (or a Jekyll theme if you’re familiar with it). This index.html file will be the main page of your website.

Add content to the index.html.

Push to GitHub:

Add the file to git.

git add index.html

Commit the changes.

git commit -m "Initial commit"

Push the changes to GitHub.

git push origin master

Access Your Website:

https://username.github.io/

And here’s what my github site looks like:

https://micheleborn.github.io