Creating this site again: GitHub Pages --- Custom Domain


For a custom domain, you need to create a CNAME entry with the custom domain name provider that includes reference/s to the GitHub Pages site.

A custom domain is a personalized web address that represents your identity, giving you full ownership and control over your online presence. It enables you take the autogenerated GitHub Pages URL and have that redirected to by a URL that is more aligned with you.

You may also need to create a file in the root of the repository called CNAME with the custom domain entry such as (or it might be auto-generated by GitHub Pages):

davidjones2.sportronics.com.au

CNAME Entry

To use a custom domain, you need to add a CNAME file for the repository with the custom domain name provider. The GitHub Pages site URL is djaus2/DavidJones.github.io.The desired custom domain is davidjones2.sportronics.com.au and so the CNAME entries are (entries are block highlighted):

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So in Settings-Pages tab, enter the custom domain under the Custom Domain heading, [Save] and tick enforce https. This will then be verified and the site will be available at the custom domain. This may take a while though as the CNAME entry needs to be verified and the SSL certificate needs to be generated. Once this is done, the site will be available at the custom domain with https access.

  • Type: CNAME
  • Name: davidjonwes2
  • Hostname: djaus2.github.io
  • TTL: Default value, eg 3600

_config.yml file

The URL needed to be changed from:

url: "https://djaus2.github.io/DavidJones"

to:

url: "https://davidjones2.sportronics.com.au"

GitHub Pages Settings

In the GitHub repository Settings-Pages tab, enter the custom domain under the Custom Domain heading, [Save] and tick enforce https. This will then be verified and the site will be available at the custom domain. This may take a while though as the CNAME entry needs to be verified and the SSL certificate needs to be generated. Once this is done, the site will be available at the custom domain with https access.

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Note that the URL at the top of the Settings-Pages tab will now show the custom domain.

whatsmydns tool

You can track the propagation of the CNAME entry using a tool such as whatsmydns

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