# Any experience with Github pages?

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**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [July 23, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/any-experience-with-github-pages/40081 "2021-07-23T19:32:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![sitebuilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@sitebuilder](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/sitebuilder)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/any-experience-with-github-pages/40081/1 "2021-07-23T19:32:29Z")

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Ok, so I was looking for a host and somebody suggested Github Pages. Apparently, I can upload a static website (which is what RW makes) and even have a custom URL. That seems a bit too good to be true but has anyone experience with using Github Pages as a host?

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**Author:** ![instacks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/instacks/32/23339_2.png) [@instacks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/instacks)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/any-experience-with-github-pages/40081/2 "2021-07-23T19:46:10Z")

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Yes. This for example is a GitHub page: [Home | Blankstrap 5](https://instacks.github.io/blankstrap/)

The content is generated by RapidWeaver, exported into the corresponding GIT repository in a subfolder named docs, which then is the base for the GitHub pages.

You have several options from where a GitHub page takes its content from.

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**Author:** ![sitebuilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@sitebuilder](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/sitebuilder)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/any-experience-with-github-pages/40081/3 "2021-07-23T20:00:30Z")

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Thank you. A few more questions:

1. The URL is now [Home | Blankstrap 5](https://instacks.github.io/blankstrap/) Is it possible to have for example [sitebuilder.com](http://sitebuilder.com) as a URL\* I always thought you need to pay for a URL
2. I found a nice theme that I want to use (Flood theme)
3. I see you need to know Bootstrap. I have very limited coding experience. Would that be a problem?

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**Author:** ![instacks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/instacks/32/23339_2.png) [@instacks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/instacks)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/any-experience-with-github-pages/40081/4 "2021-07-23T20:02:57Z")

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> [@sitebuilder](#):
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> Is it possible to have for example [sitebuilder.com](http://sitebuilder.com) as a URL

Yes: [Configuring a custom domain for your GitHub Pages site - GitHub Docs](https://docs.github.com/en/pages/configuring-a-custom-domain-for-your-github-pages-site)

> [@sitebuilder](#):
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> I see you need to know Bootstrap.

GitHub pages in combination with a RapidWeaver export can be done with any theme. Doesn’t have to be the example theme.

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**Author:** ![sitebuilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@sitebuilder](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/sitebuilder)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/any-experience-with-github-pages/40081/5 "2021-07-23T20:10:30Z")

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Thank you. Ok, will get started building my website and get back if I have more questions.

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/system/32/25301_2.png) [@system](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/any-experience-with-github-pages/40081/6 "2021-08-23T06:11:23Z")

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