Github Pages

Bootstrap integration

We have a project to easily integrate any Bootstrap theme with your GitHub Pages website. Check bootlaterus.gh-pages.

Testing a site locally

• Install Ruby

• Run the following commands to install the site:

  gem install bundler
  bundle install
  

• Run this command to start the server:

  bundle exec jekyll serve
  

Deploying a folder using Travis CI

You can deploy any kind of web content to a GitHub Page using the following steps:

1. Install Ruby!

2. Create a Travis CI account and link your repo.

3. Using an account with permissions to write in the repo create a GitHub Access Token https://github.com/settings/tokens

4. Encrypt your token using locally on your machine the following commands:

   gem install travis
   travis encrypt GH_TOKEN="github-token" --add
   

   For more info you can check the section Permission to push on this article

5. Create a .travis.yml file on your repo and customize it:

   • Travis CI - GitHub Pages docs: https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/deployment/pages/
   • Example to build using grunt and then deploy to GitHub Pages when a push is made to the master branch: open example

Updating Github Pages gem

Execute the following commands:

bundle update github-pages
bundle install

FAQ

• My repo says that I have a vulnerability:

  • Update nokogiri to version >= 1.8.5 CVE-2018-14404
    • FIX: Update github.

• What is the language that GitHub Pages uses?

  • It uses a template language called Liquid written in Ruby.