How to Use a Custom Domain with GitHub Pages

Learn how to add a custom domain to your GitHub Pages website. In this tutorial, we will demonstrate this with Google Domains, however this will work with any registrar including GoDaddy and others.
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[@ntsikelelonelsonmbekwa3231]

Thanks Tony been stuck at this point of the custom domain on my github page since this morning, I finally managed to have my github page using my custom domain - thanks for the help man

[@FactsSeeker]

Thanks man, your videos are always clear and concise! You deserve more subscribers!

[@TonyTeachesTech]

I appreciate that!

[@christiansmith188]

Thank you for this Tony, very clear and easy to implement.

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Very welcome

[@dirtymike3329]

Tony you are a god. Everyone else on the internet tries to make this stuff rocket science, but you make it nice and easy. Thanks so much!

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Wow, thanks!

[@aashishchaubeyschannel2676]

You saved hours of my efforts! Live long Tony!!

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Happy to hear that!

[@khalidelgazzar]

Great video 😊 shirt & sweet. A perfect sequel to the first part

[@sibongiseninsele]

Hey. Thanks you. Well explained to a point dummies like me understood you first hand. No need to repeat your self. One extra subscriber right away. I want to learn more from you. Thanks

[@mikem-zz4ui]

I wish google or godaddy were this clear in their documentation. Thank you! like a charm

[@ARealLemonLime]

Thanks! This was an amazing tutorial!! Helped me a lot :p

[@thomas_w]

Thank you, very helpful video with clear steps to understand, I have been trying to get my www domain to redirect to my apex one, and It finally works, really good Video!

[@TonyTeachesTech]

You're very welcome!

[@ddjzx171]

Thanks tony for this clear video

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Very welcome

[@wongstephen]

Thanks - was easier to follow this then the online docs

[@dorothycai8991]

This is so clear and helpful. Thank you!!

[@jjglaser]

no idea why it said sucessful then 12 hours later it says unsuccesful and no website. about to give up

[@mrstranger8388]

Did you get any solution? ? Because currently I am facing same problem.

[@RichardHorvatich963]

For me, using windows CMD to clear server cache worked. Google "Clear sever cache" Open command prompt type in: "ipconfig/flushdns" Worked for me.

[@pcls-tech]

Did you manage to solve the problem?

[@jjglaser]

​​@@pcls-techYes, I dont remember what exactly. As far as I remember there is 3 different methods and one of them worked, that did not involve copy and pasting those ip addresses...

[@RichardHorvatich963]

@@jjglaser empty your server cache using cmd prompt. You can Google how.

[@FANSasFRIENDS]

Very nicely explained!

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Thanks!

[@16RA]

TYSM! Helped a lot thanks :-)

[@TonyTeachesTech]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3aXkp-gpLJ1m8k

[@mannymetzger4143]

dude thank you. you made it too easy.

[@Azend_1]

Worked perfectly! Thankyou

[@TonyTeachesTech]

You're welcome!

[@dougie186]

Thanks for this - very helpful!

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jamemieccs]

it's really help BIG THANKS!!!

[@TonyTeachesTech]

You're welcome!

[@deshayq]

Thank you! This worked for me.

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Great!

[@ThaReportar]

Thanks a lot for the video !

[@TonyTeachesTech]

You are welcome!

[@jaronimoh]

Great tutorial! I came here from your video on setting up GitHub pages. After setting up your custom domain, how would you navigate to the demo subdomain you set up?

[@Notsoplain]

Thank you Tony!

[@berkslv]

Thanks a lot, this video save me to read docs.

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Glad it helped!

[@tech3425]

Thanks, this helped a lot. Nice hairstyle btw

[@thedebapriyakar]

brilliantly explained!

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jwally7523]

Hi Tony! Thanks for the video. I followed every step including changing my A records to the four IP addresses, and the custom domain worked on other browsers, but when i go to pages settings it still shows "Enforce HTTPS - Unavailable for your site because your domain is not properly configured to support HTTPS"

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Hmm, I'm not sure why it's unavailable for you

[@bxnbrch]

you need to buy an ssl certificate to use https on your domain

[@sidkapoor9085]

could you elaborate? how would I add those cerst to my hostinger custom domain?

[@Alexanderzul]

nice tutorial simple faster and working

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Glad it helped

[@GoobNoob]

Very good Tutorial. Will be using this to host my personal website. Which I lucked out, and my real name is available.

[@EUU100]

Thanks a lot Also if it doesn't work for anyone else, when i switched the 'type' to CNAME instead of A it worked fine

[@TonyTeachesTech]

👍

[@dirtymike3329]

I still did the regular type A, but when I entered www, I set it to CNAME and put my custom domain as the data. Pure trial and error.

[@_romeopeter]

This was simpler than I thought. Thank you!

[@TonyTeachesTech]

You're welcome!

[@MrSammzie]

thank you. i always wondered how i'd do this...now i can make updates right from my editor..isnt it fun to learn something new everyday?

[@user-gj5ml9ik2s]

Great explanation thanks! My GH Pages panel is giving me a warning however saying that I should use CNAME instead of A-records for 'www'?

[@G_m0ney]

Thanks tony

[@peppesemproni913]

Thank you! 😎

[@stormbytes]

Would be a good idea to link your other video where you explain how to setup a site on github pages.

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Good idea. Linked in the description and here kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWbKXp-Lqquapsk Thanks Daniel :)

[@SomeshSamadder]

Thanks man

[@nanapeprahsamuel791]

Hi Tony, nice video. Please what about WordPress

[@zidanabraham_]

Thx bro

[@GamerEmerald7200]

If you go to the IP addresses mentioned in this video, they will take you to the 404 Not Found page. So therefore, since A records point domain names to IP addresses, you will be taken to the 404 Not Found Page if you go to his website. I don’t know why his website didn’t take me to the 404 Not Found page when I visit it. Can you help me?

[@christopherrimplington3643]

So, you're pointing Domain to Hosting instead of Hosting to Domain. I'm I right? Which way is best?

[@marilyn.g]

If I use github for my website, what can i do so other people can't make changes to my website if they stumble upon it in github? Because if I make it private then it won't be public for people to see my website right? Sorry if its a dumb question. Thank you.

[@sairomo6207]

You need the paid plan to make your repo private while still allowing your site to be visible to other people

[@moufdiayoubchikaoui2465]

I still have the problem in github after doing a dns configuration could you help me plz

[@TonyTeachesTech]

What is the problem?

[@flarexlucifer]

​@@TonyTeachesTech I'm getting a problem dns_probe_finished_nxdomain

[@block_hacks]

can you put the link to github pages DNS records in description?

[@samsenolay2210]

Hey bro. Does that mean you don’t need a hosting provider?

[@HabibUllah-hg5jv]

For adding a custom domain, we need to add txt, cname records too.

[@FeranjaBanus]

God bless you my friend

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Thank you kindly

[@WalmartFan0]

Hello. I am using squarespace and it says on github that it is not formatted correctly and to add a CNAME record linked to my pages site. Can you do a CNAME to pages site tutorial or just tell me in the replies? anything helps

[@Arifur-Rahman]

Thanks a lot.

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Most welcome Arifur!

[@angaritag]

Any recommendations on how to get dynamic websites published? I noticed you answered someone's question that this method still only pushes static content. I was hoping it would get around that

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Only static websites will work here

[@Navneetkaur001-s]

Hey... shall we buy domain name before using in github ? or it is for free ?

[@kyanite4818]

How do I do this with squarespace domain and GitHub pages? I can enter one custom record at a time and receive and error message stating that they are unable to save this record. And can I do this with the free version of GitHub?

[@gabrielbalang5694]

can i ask a simple question? is that shirt just a merch or u actually work in it?

[@dustinjoosen5901]

Hi. i had it working for about a day and a half, but suddenly it has stopped working. It suddenly started redirecting me to the 'this domain is reserverd' page. Is there something new that should be updated? thanks!

[@christopherforce6542]

Thanks!

[@TonyTeachesTech]

No problem!

[@tahmidurrahmaneram]

What is the difference between the @ and www? Thanks

[@darkflame2805]

Thanks you sir 😭🙏🏻

[@TonyTeachesTech]

You're welcome!

[@JessPifko]

my hosting site is asking for the "host". Would this be "@"? & "www"? Thanks in advance!

[@sirstegi]

You have to buy a domain in order to own it and configure it and only then you are able to add your domain as a custom domain to your github page right?

[@HearsH96]

Yes How else will you get your SSL certificate?

[@conorm2524]

Thank you for the video. It's helping! I have an issue with GoDaddy. I am able to paste in the four IP addresses with the "@" but when I try it with "www" it says I must use "@", "sub-domain" or "wildcard (*)". I have no idea what's going on!

[@itierney]

Hey Conor, I'm having same issue on godaddy. Did you find a solution?

[@Kfoo-dj4md]

check if you already have a CNAME record on www, and delete it, might help

[@selormapoh9334]

Will I have to pay for my own domain name before I can use it on the custom domain page on GitHub. Also, if yes, is there any site where I can get a free one?

[@stilian7542]

Hey, when i go to the repository settings there is no Github Pages section. Any thoughts ?

[@gusschafferr]

thanks!

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Welcome!

[@daawesomeman2859]

this video came out ages ago but i just wanted to say that my site now says redirected too many times

[@voodazz]

How do you make changes to your site once your custom domain is live?

[@HearsH96]

You can use GitHub to push changes to your repository

[@Luckkify]

are u required to have the repo set up to push builds to main or does it also work to have the builds push to gh-pages branch while also using a custom domain?

[@TonyTeachesTech]

I don't see why a branch wouldn't work (but I could be wrong)

[@fifier]

thanks

[@panture9561]

You should do a video about ssdnodes or about static site generator

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@BanjiYT]

holy shit thank you

[@alfabettabe]

Worked as a charm, seen a few vids and you helped me a few times, forgot to sub - please forgive me as i'm doing that now --- SUBBED :D

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Really appreciate it :)

[@Al_Muarid]

i have an issue when adding a custom domain to GH pages, when I try to save it there's "DNS check in progress" going on for ever, do I need to add those A records with IP-addresses first, and then retry adding it? If anyone has any idea, please help

[@tugbamuhliseokyay9993]

we still need to find a host?

[@edberaga]

We don't really have to pay something? is there any limitness for this?

[@GhostVistaz]

im using cloudflare and it doesnt let me add multiple ips

[@bhavaytyagi8462]

As soon as I add custom domain to GitHub the enforce https button gets unchecked and Im unable to enforce it. HELP ME!!

[@ximenarodriguez5845]

When I set gooddaddy or google is still free ?

[@bartekkupski395]

why anchor links doesn't work on githubpages ?

[@edwinsmith3178]

ty

[@Ankushdas2001]

So cool, can we host dynamic websites as well

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Unfortunately not on GitHub Pages

[@minutesensei]

how much do we have to wait , 24 hours for it to get live?

[@TonyTeachesTech]

At most I would suspect

[@phonnary396]

How to index customer domian

[@akurti]

why does private browser shows it correctly and normal browser dont?

[@salvatoreamaddio2983]

Hero

[@BhavaySaarangTyagi]

Unable to enforce HTTPS please help

[@blackboxbs8642]

where do you get those ip addresses?

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Which ones?

[@blackboxbs8642]

@@TonyTeachesTech the one you had to enter in dns records. never mind i had already fixed

[@efexzium]

What's the @ for ?

[@donaldduckquack2065]

Thank you very much, man. Your effort decreased my effort by a lot.

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Glad I could help!

[@ThisPossumKnits]

Good info... but I just can't sub because of the water... 🤣

[@ilovepizza8263]

i added all the ip adresses aND the CNAME www to my github account and still issues

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Uh oh, what's wrong

[@ilovepizza8263]

@@TonyTeachesTech stupid mistake. I did it on a dns setting “template” … not in the actual dns settings for my domain lol.

[@yassinbagane]

i get blank page any solution ?

[@calvincrane]

As an SEO I wouldn't set the www unless you have history and want to use this dinosaur. Google will see that as an entirely different URL and you will then need to manage the redirection. No you don't get penalised!

[@hugoplays8220]

So I need to buy a domain ?

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Not necessarily. You can use the free subdomain that GitHub provides like I demonstrate here kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWbKXp-Lqquapsk

[@harrisandreson]

Hi to all

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Hello there :)

[@ilovejesus.100]

Links is "HTTPS" free?😃

[@KatDog-jl3fs]

mine is just a white page

[@mwbgeometrydashpcaccount6372]

it won't show the stuff below github pages

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Oh?

[@siddhant2002]

I want Remove this how can i do that

[@TonyTeachesTech]

I don't know

[@mwbgeometrydashpcaccount6372]

sorry nevermind i was on the wrong page of settings its probably just me for having windows 10 instead of mac like you do

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Okay, happy you figured it out

[@Rozendox]

why you just jump to google domains?