# skills/github-pages

Create a site or blog from your GitHub repositories with GitHub Pages.

Repository: https://github.com/skills/github-pages
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/github-pages
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: github-pages, pages, skills-course, skills-exercise
Last push: 2026-02-05T11:44:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 62/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 66, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1682, "days_push": 209, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3189, forks 9059 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:48.121467+00:00)

## What it is
A GitHub Skills hands-on exercise that teaches how to create a site or blog from a GitHub repository using GitHub Pages and Jekyll. Learners enable Pages, configure and customize a site, and publish a blog post in under an hour.

## Use cases
- learn how to host a static site with github pages
- build a blog from my github repository
- beginner tutorial for jekyll and github pages
- publish a project website for free
- practice github workflows with a guided exercise

## When to choose
- you are a beginner wanting a step-by-step guided GitHub Pages exercise
- you want to publish a simple site or blog hosted directly from a repository
- you prefer learning by doing with automated feedback via GitHub Actions

## When to avoid
- you need dynamic server-side features or a custom hosting stack
- you already know GitHub Pages and just need reference documentation
- you want a private site without using Actions minutes

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: static-site-generator, documentation
- domain: web-development, tutorials, education
- platform: browser
- tags: github-pages, jekyll, skills-course, hands-on-exercise, blogging, web-server

## Member repositories
- skills/github-pages (main) score 62

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:48.121467+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:24:57.636794+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/skills/github-pages (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:48.121467+00:00, sha 4e55fbc5e315)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.