Introduction

Hi everyone. Welcome to the last part of the 3 part series. This time, I will talk about how I deploy my site to Github Pages. It’s a simple yet a fun process. So, let’s get into the first step shall we.

Deployment

Manually using gh-pages

First of all, I installed gh-page package from npm by executing

$ npm install gh-pages

and creating a custom script to my package.json like so:

"deploy": "gatsby build && gh-pages -d public -b master",

and to deploy my site, I would simply run npm run deploy. It will automatically deploy my site to github pages.

But, I have to move my source code to other branch because the master branch will be used for the compiled code/the actual site. So I made a new branch called source. Everything seems great, until something bothers me.

The life saver: TravisCI

Initially, what I want to do is commit to the repo, push it, and deploy it manually. Could you imagine how frustrating it is to do all of those things? It would be tedious. Then, I came across an article that talk about TravisCI. Here it is if you want to read it yourself, it was a good one.

After configuring TravisCI, I can just simply push to the repo and TravisCI will build the site for me automatically. Isn’t that cool?

Special Thanks

Before I end this blog, I have quite a list of people that I want to say thank you. Big thanks even! So, here we go.

• ypraw.github.io

  Thanks to him, I know that you can host your page on github. I used to use random free hosting service to host my static site. He’s also the reason why I choose Gatsby JS because his site also using it.

• addy-dclxvi.github.io

  Because of him, I know there is this thing called Static Site Generator. He’s using Hugo for his site.

• okitavera.me

  She is my main inspiration for the design of this site. Her site is just beautiful. She’s using Eleventy for her website.

• bandithijo.com

  He is the reason why I decided to make my own blog. It looks like a fun thing to do. He’s using Jekyll for his site.

• epsi-rns.github.io

  His site is filled with quality content that makes me want to make it as well. He’s using Jekyll for his site.

• You

  If you’ve gone this far, I just wanna say a big thanks for reading my article. I hope you’re having a nice day :)

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