GitHub Pages

How to host a free frontend instance using GitHub Pages

1. Go to GitHub Shore repository

https://github.com/holt-chat/shore

You need a GitHub account, if you don’t have you create one.

2. Fork the repository

Press the “Fork” button.

GitHub's fork button

and press the “Create fork” button, no settings need to be changed.

3. Setup GitHub Pages

Go to “Settings” then “Pages”

GitHub's pages settings

Under “Branch” change “None” to “Main” and save.

GitHub's branch settings

4. Go to main repository page

Go to the repository’s main page and edit the about properties.

GitHub's about setting button

5. Check “Use your GitHub Pages website”

Checkbox for using GitHub Pages url

Save changes.

6. Wait

It should take about a minute, after it has correctly built the site just press the url under the “About” section.