Step 6: Activate GitHub Pages

Even after you’ve pushed your website to GitHub, you need to activate the GitHub Pages service from your repository’s settings menu.

1. Navigate to:

   https://github.com/w201rdada/portfolio-MYUSERNAME/settings

   Scroll down until you see Source under the GitHub Pages heading.
   Use the drop down menu to select master branch /docs folder, then save.
   It will then show you the URL of your website, which should be at:

   https://w201rdada.github.io/portfolio-MYUSERNAME/

   The first time you do this it will take several minutes to propagate across GitHub’s servers, so be patient. If you get the 404 check back after a few minutes.

2. Check your commit history, which you can get to at:

   https://github.com/w201rdada/portfolio-MYUSERNAME/commits

   It will now have a GitHub pages status icon to the right of the commit title.

   A red \(x\) means the build failed.
   A yellow dot means the build is in progress.
   A green check mark means your site is live!

You’re ready for Step 7: Bask in your glory!