In this hands-on workshop, we will be creating a simple, customizable website portfolio suitable for academic researchers using GitHub Pages. GitHub allows for one free website per GitHub account.

GitHub Pages offers a free way to host a personal website and allows for the website to be indexed by Google. Follow this GitHub Pages tutorial to create a personal website that gets found in Google ...

GitHub Pages is designed to work with a new generation of static site builders, with direct support for the Ruby-based Jekyll, including a set of GitHub-hosted themes.

Ryan Cordell describes how GitHub pages can make creating a static HTML site in Jekyll much simpler for those unfamiliar with the Ruby programming language.

The Github Learning Lab covers this, and more. It also touches on essential skills, like resolving merge requests, to skills that are nice to know, like how to host a website with Github Pages.

If you love GitHub Pages, check out Bitbucket's similar feature. It provides everything needed to host personal or simple static sites.