docs/content/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/creating-a-github-pages-site.md

title, intro, redirect_from, product, versions, topics, shortTitle

title	intro	redirect_from	product	versions	topics	shortTitle
Creating a GitHub Pages site	You can create a {% data variables.product.prodname_pages %} site in a new or existing repository.	/articles/creating-pages-manually/ /articles/creating-project-pages-manually/ /articles/creating-project-pages-from-the-command-line/ /articles/creating-project-pages-using-the-command-line/ /articles/creating-a-github-pages-site /github/working-with-github-pages/creating-a-github-pages-site	{% data reusables.gated-features.pages %}	fpt ghes ghae ghec * * * *	Pages	Create a GitHub Pages site

{% data reusables.pages.org-owners-can-restrict-pages-creation %}

Creating a repository for your site

{% data reusables.pages.new-or-existing-repo %}

{% data reusables.repositories.create_new %} {% data reusables.repositories.owner-drop-down %} {% data reusables.pages.create-repo-name %} {% data reusables.repositories.choose-repo-visibility %} {% data reusables.repositories.initialize-with-readme %} {% data reusables.repositories.create-repo %}

Creating your site

{% data reusables.pages.must-have-repo-first %}

{% data reusables.pages.private_pages_are_public_warning %}

{% data reusables.pages.navigate-site-repo %} {% data reusables.pages.decide-publishing-source %} 3. If your chosen publishing source already exists, navigate to the publishing source. If your chosen publishing source doesn't exist, create the publishing source. 4. In the root of the publishing source, create a new file called index.md that contains the content you want to display on the main page of your site.

{% tip %}

Tip: If index.html is present, this will be used instead of index.md. If neither index.html nor index.md are present, README.md will be used.

{% endtip %} {% data reusables.pages.configure-publishing-source %} {% data reusables.repositories.sidebar-settings %} {% data reusables.pages.sidebar-pages %}{% ifversion fpt or ghec %} {% data reusables.pages.choose-visibility %}{% endif %} {% data reusables.pages.visit-site %} {% data reusables.pages.check-workflow-run %}

{% data reusables.pages.admin-must-push %}

Next steps

You can add more pages to your site by creating more new files. Each file will be available on your site in the same directory structure as your publishing source. For example, if the publishing source for your project site is the gh-pages branch, and you create a new file called /about/contact-us.md on the gh-pages branch, the file will be available at {% ifversion fpt or ghec %}https://<user>.github.io/<repository>/{% else %}http(s):///pages///{% endif %}about/contact-us.html`.

You can also add a theme to customize your site’s look and feel. For more information, see {% ifversion fpt or ghec %}"Adding a theme to your {% data variables.product.prodname_pages %} site with the theme chooser{% else %}"Adding a theme to your {% data variables.product.prodname_pages %} site using Jekyll{% endif %}."

To customize your site even more, you can use Jekyll, a static site generator with built-in support for {% data variables.product.prodname_pages %}. For more information, see "About {% data variables.product.prodname_pages %} and Jekyll."

Further reading

• "Troubleshooting Jekyll build errors for {% data variables.product.prodname_pages %} sites"
• "Creating and deleting branches within your repository"
• "Creating new files"