Mastering Github Pages: A Beginner’s Guide

Length: 150 pages
Edition: 1
Language: English
Publisher: CRC Pr I Llc
Publication Date: 2022-04-14
ISBN-10: 1032149833
ISBN-13: 9781032149837
Sales Rank: #0 (See Top 100 Books)

Why should you read Mastering GitHub Pages: A Beginner’s Guide?

Because this book offers you a concise guide so that you can quickly navigate the terrains of GitHub Pages sites in a fairly smooth manner.

But why use GitHub Pages if it can only make static websites?

Why should you go for static websites when you could get a dynamic one made for your organization?

Again, why not?!

Having a static website is a sure-shot strategy to save a lot of money, keep the website secure, and ensure built-in backups. In addition, you can serve it over HTTPS and make sure that it is fast and SEO-ready.

Mastering GitHub Pages delves into static (and dynamic) websites as well as their advantages and disadvantages. Static websites tend to be incredibly fast since they have no processing time for databases and other stuff. Additionally, because you are committing a code base of static assets to a Git repository, the rolling back of changes is simply an issue involving reversion to a commit that was made previously. So backups are a mere git push away, and you are basically serving your entire website from a cache. This means that your server will never need to process a request again. This book helps you master the art of static site generation in no time.

Furthermore, Mastering GitHub Pages also discusses in great length Jekyll, a popular static site generator. When working with Jekyll, all you do is give it liquid templates as well as Markdown content, and it is adept at combining them both into a static website. It requires no-on-the-fly processing, and your blog will display at a significantly faster speed. This workflow proves useful for GitHub Pages because they tend to support the Jekyll builds. As such, your blog posts can be contributed using pull requests, and all your content gets stored within version control. Non-developers could also contribute posts in Markdown.

Mastering GitHub Pages therefore is an immensely useful book that all developers can make use of for the creation of websites on the free GitHub Pages platform. So, go ahead, grab a copy of the book for a proper GitHub Pages primer!

Learn more about our other Mastering titles at:

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Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
About the Editor
CHAPTER 1: Introduction to Git and GitHub
	WHAT IS GIT
		Why Should We Use Git?
		Installation
		GitHub Desktop
			Git on Windows
			Install Git on Mac
			Installing Git Using an Installer
			Installing Git Using Homebrew
			Installing Git on Linux
			Debian/Ubuntu
			Fedora
			Some Elementary Functions
			Creating Branches
			Making Changes and Making Commits
			Pushing Your Changes to the Remote
			Opening a Pull Request
			Collaborating
			Merging into Master
			The Commands
	WHAT IS VERSION CONTROL
	WHAT IS GITHUB?
		SSH Access
		Your Avatar
		Email Addresses
		Two-Factor Authentication
		History of GitHub
		Acquired by Microsoft
		Mascot
		How to Use GitHub
		How to Create a Repository on GitHub?
		Creating Branches
		Making Commits
		Pull Command
		Merge Command
		Cloning as well as Forking GitHub Repository
		Different Types of Accounts
			Personal User Accounts
			Organization Accounts
			Enterprise Accounts
CHAPTER 2: What Are GitHub Pages?
	WHAT ARE GITHUB PAGES?
	BASICS OF GITHUB PAGES
		Static and Dynamic Websites
		Static Website
		Dynamic Website
		Types of GitHub Pages Sites
		Publication of Sources for GitHub Pages Sites
		Generation of Static Sites
		Usage Limits
		Prohibition on Usage
		MIME Types on GitHub Pages
CHAPTER 3: Getting Started with GitHub Pages
	CREATING GITHUB PAGES SITE
	CONFIGURING A PUBLISHING SOURCE FOR YOUR GITHUB PAGES SITE
		Managing the Publication of GitHub Pages Site for Your Organization
		Unpublishing a GitHub Pages Sites
			Unpublishing a Project Site
	CHANGING THE VISIBILITY OF YOUR GITHUB PAGES SITES
		Securing Your GitHub Pages Site with HTTPS
			Regarding HTTPS
	COOKIES
		Cookie Tossing in a Subdomain
		Protection from Cookie Tossing
		Cookie Path Workaround
		Cookie Escape
		Cookie Overflow
	ADDING THEMES
		Theme Chooser
CHAPTER 4: Jekyll and GitHub Pages
	INTRODUCTION TO JEKYLL
		Prerequisites
		Installation
	TESTING YOUR GITHUB PAGES SITE LOCALLY USING JEKYLL
	TROUBLESHOOTING
		Installation Troubles
		Unable to Find a JavaScript Runtime
		Problems while Running Jekyll
			macOSPermalink
			Debian/Ubuntu
			Base-URL Problems
			Updating the Gems for Your GitHub Pages
			Configuration Problems
			Markup Problems
CHAPTER 5: Configuring a Custom Domain
	WHAT IS A CUSTOM DOMAIN?
		Features of a Domain
			Supported Custom Domains
		Use of a Subdomain for Your GitHub Pages Site
			www Subdomains
			Custom Subdomains
		Using Apex Domains for Your GitHub Pages Site
		Updating Custom Domains When Your GitHub Pages Site Gets Disabled
	MANAGING A CUSTOM DOMAIN FOR GITHUB PAGES SITE
		Configuring a Subdomain
		Configuring an Apex Domain
		Configuring an Apex Domain as well as the www Subdomain Variant
		Eliminating a Custom Domain
	TROUBLESHOOTING CUSTOM DOMAINS AS WELL AS GITHUB PAGES
		CNAME Errors
		DNS Misconfiguration
		HTTPS Errors
		URL Formatting on Linux
		Browser Cache
APPENDIX
INDEX