Urgent help, I'm desperate to publish my website!

[Honey-Productions]

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Hey everyone! I'm Edu and I'm completely lost, lol.

I built my website with Emergent and the code is on GitHub, but I have no clue how to connect it all to my hosting so the website finally goes live. I'm desperate to get this working and I don't even know where to start.

Could any kind-hearted expert help me out? Hugs and thanks a lot!

My email is [email protected].

[Jeffrey-Uzoma]

which web hosting service are you using?

[Honey-Productions]

Hi!

Thank you so much for your response and your help.

My hosting is with Vicetemple. I didn't mention it before, but my website is for adults, which is why it can't be just any hosting service.

I didn't think it would be so difficult to get it up and running, hehe. I really appreciate your support.

[KirshWasHere]

You have a few choices for hosting a static site from GitHub:

Netlify: Very easy, beginner-friendly.-example

Vercel: Also very easy, a popular alternative.-example

there's more

Both are free for personal projects and handle most of the work for you. Let's use Netlify as the primary example, as it's a very common choice for this exact situation.

Action Plan: Deploying to Netlify
Sign up for Netlify. Use your GitHub account

Import your GitHub project.

Click "Add new site."

Choose "Import an existing project from a Git repository."

Select "GitHub" and give it permission to access your repositories.

Pick the repository that contains your website code.

Configure the build settings.

Build command: emergent build

Publish directory: dist

Click "Deploy site." Netlify will now automatically build your website and put it online. It will give you a temporary URL like your-site-name.netlify.app.

(Optional) Connect your domain.

In Netlify, go to "Site settings" > "Domain management."

Add your custom domain (e.g., www.mysite.com).

Netlify will tell you exactly what DNS records to add at your domain provider (like GoDaddy or Namecheap). This is usually a simple copy-and-paste process.

That's all you need to do. Netlify is set up to automatically deploy your site whenever you push new changes to your main branch on GitHub, so your site will always be up to date.

[Honey-Productions]

Hi, KirshWasHere!

Thank you so much for this very complete and detailed response, I truly appreciate it. You've given me a very clear action plan, and it's obvious you know a lot about this.

My issue is that, since I'm not a programmer, some of these steps and terms like "GitHub," "repository," and "DNS records" are very difficult for me to understand. I didn't know it was so complicated to get a website up and running, hehe.

My hosting is with Vicetemple because my site is for adult content, so I can't use just any service. I thought it would be simpler, but now I understand there are many technical steps.

Again, thank you so much for taking the time to explain everything. Your help is invaluable.

[Honey-Productions]

Hi, KirshWasHere!

Thank you so much for this very complete and detailed response, I truly appreciate it. You've given me a very clear action plan, and it's obvious you know a lot about this.

My issue is that, since I'm not a programmer, some of these steps and terms like "GitHub," "repository," and "DNS records" are very difficult for me to understand. I didn't know it was so complicated to get a website up and running, hehe.

My hosting is with Vicetemple because my site is for adult content, so I can't use just any service. I thought it would be simpler, but now I understand there are many technical steps.

Again, thank you so much for taking the time to explain everything. Your help is invaluable.