Github provides a free hosting service to help your websites go live online. It is called Github Pages. Github Pages builds a static website from the HTML, CSS and Javascript files in your repository. Let's see how.
(For the purpose of this tutorial, we'll assume you already know how to create a repo and add files to it.)
Step 1:
Go to your repo, click on 'Settings'
Step 2:
Click on 'Pages' in the left sidebar
Step 3:
Under the 'Source', click on 'None'.
Step 4:
From the dropdown menu, choose your main branch and click Save.
Step 5:
That's it! Now your site is ready to be published. Wait a couple of minutes for your site to be live on the given link!
If you want to host a web application or your personal portfolio on yourusername.github.io, create a repo with the name 'yourusername.github.io' and follow the above steps.
Pro Tip:
If you want to host your custom domain on github, first enter your domain name in the 'Custom Domain' field and hit 'Save'. Then point the A record of your domain to the following ip addresses:
185.199.108.153
185.199.109.153
185.199.110.153
185.199.111.153
Let me know in the comments if you found it helpful!
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