Host a Website for Free Using GitHub Pages

Learn how to host your very own website using GitHub! In this video, Lauren and Aliya show how you can quickly create and host your site with just a GitHub account. They also break down what GitHub Pages does as a hosting service, the difference between a user site and project site, and how to map a personal domain name to your website.

Decrypted by Lauren Meier and Aliya Chambless ✨
Video edited by Jennifer Lin

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0:00 - Intro
0:31 - About GitHub Pages
1:51 - Types of sites
2:18 - Set up a project site
3:23 - Set up a user site
3:42 - Host a React app
4:05 - Using a custom domain
5:43 - End
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? Resources ?

create-react-app docs on deployment: https://create-react-app.dev/docs/deployment
Google Domains: https://domains.google/
GoDaddy: https://www.godaddy.com/
Using a custom domain for GitHub Pages: https://medium.com/@hossainkhan/using-custom-domain-for-github-pages-86b303d3918a

A record IP addresses pointing to GitHub Pages - you’ll need these if you’re mapping to a custom domain:
185.199.108.153
185.199.109.153
185.199.110.153
185.199.111.153

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Music by Chinsaku - Blossom - https://thmatc.co/?l=B4821A8E
Music by Dylan Rockoff - Anymore (NDAF Chill Remix) - https://thmatc.co/?l=321E137B

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??? Who are we? ???

Decrypted By Us is a learning community by and for students from groups underrepresented in Computer Science. We believe the field of CS should be more inclusive and welcoming of students from diverse academic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds. We do this by creating videos about applied CS topics, that represent and speak to underrepresented CS students to encourage them to pursue their interests and goals.

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