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My GitHub Pages site

This page was created from the tutorial in the mapzen/write-the-docs-tutorial repository.

General workflow for making a website with GitHub Pages

Follow these general instructions to make a website with GitHub Pages.

1. Create a new repository for your site.
2. Create a branch to hold your changes.
3. Add some files for your website. At a minimum, you need a file for the homepage. You can name this file index.md and use markdown formatting, or index.html and add the basic HTML page structure.
4. Open a pull request to propose adding your changes into the master branch.
5. Merge files into the master branch.
6. Go to the repository settings and enable GitHub Pages on the master branch (or docs folder in it).
7. Open browser to the page.

Get more details in the GitHub Pages documentation.