Netlify Quickstart

Follow these 10 simple steps to host your website on Netlify!

Step 1: Create your website

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Create a repository that contains all your website files. In this case, it is only an index.html file.

Step 2: Import to Netlify

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Prerequisites: you should have a Netlify account (you can sign up using your Github account).
On the main Netlify page, go to Sites. Then click on Add new site Import an existing project.

Step 3: Choose from where to deploy

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Choose Github.

Step 4: Authorize Netlify

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Click Authorize Netlify.

Step 5: Choose your repository

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Search through your repositories to find the one you created in Step 1. In this case, it's Donate-To-Hacking-Foxes.

Step 6: Choose team and site name

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Prerequisites: created team on Netlify.
Choose a team to which you would like to add this website and come up with a great site name. Here it's My team and hacking-foxes-donate.
Note: the actual website address is shown below you chosen site name.

Step 7: Additional settings

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Choose branch from which to deploy and other options if needed. For simple websites, you probably want to leave everything on default.

Step 8: Let's Deploy!

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Just click Deploy your-site-name!

Step 9: Wait

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Now you should see that Netlify is working hard to deploy your website. Be patient... it may take a few seconds/minutes.

Step 10: All done!

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Your website is ready! You can click the link and admire your creation!
You can check out my sample website here: Hacking Foxes Donate