80 Github Add Domain Name Update

It is also important for seo.

Github add domain name. To redirect www subdomain to the original domain add a cname record with your github pages profile url with a. This guide will take you from zero webserver knowledge to having your own free site hosted on github. Go to your github page repo and click on custom domain.

Having a third party domain like username github io is fine. Alternatively create cname with the github interface. Now you need to update your domain s dns from cloudflare s dns panel.

Dot in the end for example your github username github io. Here you will see a message displaying that your site is published at username github io note. Go to your github repository settings page.

The only non free bit is registering a domain name which can be as cheap as 5 year. In the input box type the domain name you just bought to set your github page too e g. Add you custom domain name at settings github pages custom domain.

Next you ll want to go back to the manage dns page we have been using previously may be different on other domain register sites and add a new cname record. More than 50 million people use github to discover fork and contribute to over 100 million projects. This guide uses crazydomains as the registrar freedns as the dns and github as the webserver.

You can do this from within your repo locally and push it to github or you can use the github interface to create it. Add the record shown in the screenshot bellow. Free hosting on github.