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Creating a GitHub Pages site

You can create a GitHub Pages site in a new or existing repository.

GitHub Pages is available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server.

In this article

Creating a repository for your site

If your site is an independent project, you can create a new repository to store your site's source code. If your site is associated with an existing project, you can add the source code for your site to a gh-pages branch or a docs folder on the master branch in that project's repository. For example, if you're creating a site to publish documentation for a project that's already on GitHub Enterprise Server, you may want to store the source code for the site in the same repository as the project.

If you want to create a site in an existing repository, skip to the "Creating your site" section.

  1. In the upper-right corner of any page, use the drop-down menu, and select New repository.
    Drop-down with option to create a new repository
  2. Use the Owner drop-down menu, and select the account you want to own the repository.
    Owner drop-down menu
  3. Type a name for your repository and an optional description. If you're creating a user or organization site, your repository must be named <user>.github.io or <organization>.github.io. For more information, see "About GitHub Pages."
    Create repository field
  4. Choose a repository visibility. For more information, see "About repository visibility."
    Radio buttons to select repository visibility
  5. Select Initialize this repository with a README.
    Initialize this repository with a README checkbox
  6. Click Create repository.

Creating your site

Before you can create your site, you must have a repository for your site on GitHub Enterprise Server. If you're not creating your site in an existing repository, see "Creating a repository for your site."

Warning: If your site administrator has enabled Public Pages, GitHub Pages sites are publicly available on the internet, even if the repository for the site is private or internal. If you have sensitive data in your site's repository, you may want to remove the data before publishing. For more information, see "Configuring GitHub Pages for your enterprise" and "About repository visibility."

  1. On GitHub Enterprise Server, navigate to your site's repository.

  2. If you're creating a project site, decide which publishing source you want to use. If you're creating a user or organization site, you must store your site's source code on the master branch. For more information, see "About GitHub Pages."

  3. If your chosen publishing source already exists, navigate to the publishing source. If your chosen publishing source doesn't exist, create the publishing source.

  4. In the root of the publishing source, create a new file called index.md that contains the content you want to display on the main page of your site.

  5. Configure your publishing source. For more information, see "Configuring a publishing source for your GitHub Pages site."