Create Website With Gatsby and Github Pages

GitHub Pages is a free service that allows you to host your website directly from a GitHub repository. It is a great platform for developers to showcase their portfolio, document their projects, or create a personal blog. In this article, we will walk through the steps of creating a static website using GitHub Pages and Gatsby, a popular static site generator.

1. Install Gatsby First, you will need to install Gatsby by running the following command in your terminal:

npm install -g gatsby-cli

2. Create a new Gatsby project

gatsby new my-website

This will create a new directory called my-website with the necessary files and dependencies for your Gatsby project.

3. Test your Gatsby project To test your Gatsby project, navigate to the project directory and run the following command:

gatsby develop

This will start a development server and you should see a message indicating that your site is running at http://localhost:8000. Open this URL in your browser to see your Gatsby site.

4. Create a repository on GitHub Next, you will need to create a new repository on GitHub to host your website. To do this, log in to your GitHub account and click on the “New” button in the top right corner. Give your repository a name (e.g. my-website) and click “Create repository”.

5. Connect your local project to the GitHub repository Next, you will need to connect your local Gatsby project to the GitHub repository you just created. To do this, open a terminal window and navigate to your Gatsby project directory. Then, run the following commands:

git init
git remote add origin https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/my-website.git

Replace YOUR_USERNAME with your actual GitHub username.

6. Deploy your Gatsby site to GitHub Pages To deploy your Gatsby site to GitHub Pages, you will need to build the site and push the built files to the gh-pages branch of your repository. To do this, run the following commands:

gatsby build
git add -A
git commit -m "Initial commit"
git push origin master:gh-pages

This will build your Gatsby site and push the built files to the gh-pages branch of your repository.

7. Enable GitHub Pages Finally, you will need to enable GitHub Pages for your repository. To do this, go to the settings page for your repository and scroll down to the “GitHub Pages” section. Select the gh-pages branch as the source and click “Save”.

Your Gatsby site should now be live on GitHub Pages at the URL https://YOUR_USERNAME.github.io/my-website.

That’s it! You have successfully created a static website using GitHub Pages and Gatsby. You can now customize your site by editing the files in your Gatsby project and deploying the updates to GitHub Pages.