Setting cover-card jekyll theme to xxxxx.github.io doesn't work

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Setting cover-card jekyll theme to xxxxx.github.io doesn't work

bungabunga opened this issue 6 years ago · 12 comments

I appologise in advance, this is probably not a bug, only my lack of knowledge. it seems that this jekyll theme only works if you set github page like this - bungabunga.github.io/bungabunga, and not like this - bungabunga.github.io. is it possible to somehow make it work the other way, because then the adress is simpler to remember?

thanks!

Answer 1 · 2018-10-26T10:16:04.000Z

i think your question is not related to the theme but to the operation of Github Pages
https://help.github.com/articles/user-organization-and-project-pages/

Answer 2 · 2018-10-26T14:19:19.000Z

what makes me think that this is somehow related to the theme is that if i follow the procedure on your link the cover-card site is online and visible for a minute but later it dissapears, it is replaced with all white site with hidden (white on white) text:
username.github.io Just a business card, no blog required!

Answer 3 · 2018-10-26T15:00:00.000Z

are you using the gh-pages branch in your Github Pages settings? this should be the default, when forking

Answer 4 · 2018-10-26T15:03:35.000Z

when you set your page as username.github.io there's no other option as 'master'. the setting is grayed out:

Answer 5 · 2018-10-26T16:19:01.000Z

thanks, now i have a better understanding of the issue

here is the explanation why it does not work, Github Pages does not allow serving from gh-pages branch if you are on your user page
https://help.github.com/articles/configuring-a-publishing-source-for-github-pages/

of course, we could do a refactoring of cover-card, but this would be a major one in terms of development workflow, because the master branch is occupied with the source code of the gem-based theme

have you considered to get a nice memorable domain name? it should be better than the generic github.io

Answer 6 · 2018-10-26T18:46:47.000Z

i'll see about that. great that we now know the reason behind this issue. thanks!

Answer 7 · 2018-10-28T08:44:50.000Z

thanks for reporting this, i have filled it as a bug and will keep it as an open issue until it is resolved

besides getting a domain name, another solution is to delete (or rename) your master branch and then rename your gh-branch to master, then it should work according to your specification.

hope this helps!

Answer 8 · 2018-10-28T08:56:58.000Z

vow! will try that, thanks.

Answer 9 · 2018-11-21T22:22:12.000Z

@bungabunga Renaming your repository to bungabunga.github.io should solve your issue.

Answer 10 · 2018-11-21T22:30:04.000Z

@nickgarlis nope. and that's the reason for this issue.

Answer 11 · 2018-11-23T11:40:19.000Z

@nickgarlis no, it does not work because of "bad chemistry" between Github Pages and theme design, see:
#13 (comment)

Answer 12 · 2020-02-13T10:57:40.000Z

Hello,
Any updates about this issue?

Updates:
Apparently I have already hosted an old one when it removed worked perfectly.

This can help someone!

Thank you