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I use GitHub. I'm a developer, so maybe this is hard... They let you use their website to create a repo, add a file, and then in the settings specify that maste

I use GitHub. I'm a developer, so maybe this is hard... They let you use their website to create a repo, add a file, and then in the settings specify that master is the source branch for GhPages so that it's available via the browser to the world at yourname.github.io/yourproject. You can even add a custom domain if you want.

baby 10y ago
is github pages limited to jekyll? Or can you host any kind of html page? I thought about it as well but it adds a lot of complexity. Git is not easy to learn. Oh wait, you're saying that you can do everything without using Git? That sounds good then.
- daenney 10y ago
  You can host any kind of HTML. Jekyll is just there so you can check in Markdown and config and GitHub will generate the HTML for you whenever you commit. But it doesn't have to work that way. Plenty of static site generators also support GitHub Pages as a hosting method.
codazoda 10y ago
Here are the quick steps to do this. Visit github.com Create an account or login Click the green "New repository" button Give your website a name like "hello" Check the box to Initialize this repository with a README Click the Create repository button Click the Create new file button Name the file index.html Enter <p>Hello World</p> in the body of the file Click the Commit new file button Click the Settings gear icon Scroll down to GitHub Pages Select master branch under Source Click the Save button There's now a link to username.github.io/hello under the GitHub Pages heading. You can now edit the index.html file or add css and js resources in the same way you just added the index file. Uploading files, such as images, is also supported. All without using Git.
- kowdermeister 10y ago
  Great start :) You can also drag and drop files from your desktop to your repo.
- baby 10y ago
  Awesome, thanks for this!

baby 10y ago

is github pages limited to jekyll? Or can you host any kind of html page? I thought about it as well but it adds a lot of complexity. Git is not easy to learn. Oh wait, you're saying that you can do everything without using Git? That sounds good then.

daenney 10y ago
You can host any kind of HTML. Jekyll is just there so you can check in Markdown and config and GitHub will generate the HTML for you whenever you commit. But it doesn't have to work that way. Plenty of static site generators also support GitHub Pages as a hosting method.

codazoda 10y ago

Here are the quick steps to do this. Visit github.com Create an account or login Click the green "New repository" button Give your website a name like "hello" Check the box to Initialize this repository with a README Click the Create repository button Click the Create new file button Name the file index.html Enter <p>Hello World</p> in the body of the file Click the Commit new file button Click the Settings gear icon Scroll down to GitHub Pages Select master branch under Source Click the Save button There's now a link to username.github.io/hello under the GitHub Pages heading. You can now edit the index.html file or add css and js resources in the same way you just added the index file. Uploading files, such as images, is also supported. All without using Git.

kowdermeister 10y ago
Great start :) You can also drag and drop files from your desktop to your repo.
baby 10y ago
Awesome, thanks for this!