{"id":30406,"date":"2016-08-17T17:48:51","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T00:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/github.blog\/\/2016-08-17-simpler-github-pages-publishing\/"},"modified":"2019-01-04T08:53:33","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T16:53:33","slug":"simpler-github-pages-publishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/github.blog\/developer-skills\/application-development\/simpler-github-pages-publishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Simpler GitHub Pages publishing"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re making it easier to publish a website with GitHub Pages. Now you can select a source in your repository settings and GitHub Pages will look for your content there.<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/p>\n

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  1. Selecting master branch<\/strong> will publish your site from the master<\/code> branch. This is useful for repositories dedicated to website content.<\/li>\n
  2. Selecting master branch \/docs folder<\/strong> will publish from the \/docs<\/code> folder of your master<\/code> branch. This lets you maintain documentation and code together on one branch, and open source maintainers can accept contributions for both in a single pull request.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Rest assured that existing project pages which use a gh-pages<\/code> branch will keep working just like before, as will user and organization pages<\/a> published from the master<\/code> branch.<\/p>\n

    Check out the documentation<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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