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   Aniya

   2023-04-19T21:53:15+05:30Added an answer on April 19, 2023 at 9:53 pm

   To host a website on GitHub for free with a custom domain, you need to follow these steps. In order to host a website on github for free with custom domain remember few things, that GitHub provides free HTTPS for custom domains hosted on GitHub Pages. However, you need to make sure that your website’s links use HTTPS instead of HTTP to avoid mixed content warnings.

   Steps to host a website on github for free with custom domain:

   1. Create a new repository on GitHub with the name username.github.io, where username is your GitHub username.

   

   1. Upload your website’s files to the repository.
   2. In the repository settings, scroll down to the “GitHub Pages” section and select the main branch as the source.
   3. Under “Custom Domain”, enter your custom domain name and click “Save”. This will create a new file in your repository named CNAME that contains your custom domain name.
   4. In your domain registrar’s DNS settings, create a new CNAME record that points your custom domain name to username.github.io.
   5. its important to add security to website, for this SSL makes a key role see how to add a SSL key to GitHub.
   6. Wait for the DNS record to propagate, which can take up to 24-48 hours.
   7. Once the DNS record has propagated, your website should be accessible at your custom domain name.

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