Going live on GitHub Pages

1. Download GitHub Desktop

2. Add a repository to GitHub Desktop with File > Add Local Repository... or by dragging and dropping your entire harmonic-collection folder onto the GitHub desktop window.

   • This should prompt you with this error message.

     

3. Click create a repository

   If you didn't get this prompt or have other problems with push and commit, you might already have a git in your harmonic-collection

   • In Finder you can make invisible files visible with Shift + CMD + .

     

   • Delete the git folder and .gitattributes file
   • Delete your repo in GitHub Desktop and on github.com
   • Try adding your harmonic-collection folder as a repository again

4. Then commit this file and push your changes up to GitHub. Think of Git’s commits as tracked, commented, and reversible saves.

5. Go to your repository on github.com.

6. Change the visibility of your repository to public.
   (Your repository will most likely be set to private, which will prevent you from publishing it.)

   • You will have to scroll all the way down into the Danger Zone and set it to public there.

7. Now that your repository is public you should be able to activate Pages.

8. You should be able to see your page (after a couple minutes) live on github.io:

   This is just an example link. You have to use your GitHub username and your URL file-path might differ depending on how you chose to organize your harmonic-collection folder.

 https://yourusername.github.io/harmonic-collection/index.html