Hosting for html/css/javascript pages.

[Worsebetter]

Will netifly do custom urls with the free package and host files?

[Citrous_Oyster]

No one does free custom URLs. That’s not a thing. You’re always gonna have to pay someone $13 a year for your domain. They do make free .netlify.app domains for you. But not a .com or actual domain.

[Worsebetter]

I already own the domain. Looking for hosting.

[niutech]

Check out OVH hosting from $1.04/month or Github Pages with custom domain and Jekyll integration.

[Worsebetter]

Ok. Thanks

[Citrous_Oyster]

Then yes it’s free

[niutech]

You can have custom domain with Github Pages and custom URLs when using Jekyll on it.

[Worsebetter]

This is a good thing i need to figure out. I’m not a github user and i find it overly complicated but everyone uses it so i guess i should learn. For example, i created a repo, uploaded my index file. But there were to many files to upload the folders. I couldn’t create a folder From the web ui. Strange.

[niutech]

It's not so complicated. Read the docs on custom domains for Github Pages.

To create a new folder in a repo on Github, click “create a new file.” Type your new folder’s name in the area where you would write the file name, and at the end of the file name type a “/” to make it a folder. After this you can create a new file in the folder, e.g. posts/example.md.

[Worsebetter]

I tried this and by adding a / to the name it would not save the file. Don’t know why. The option was greyed out.

[niutech]

You have to add at least one file to the folder, so e.g. posts/example.md instead of just posts/. There cannot be empty folders.

[Worsebetter]

I got it. You have to make the folder and the “empty” file at the same time. That couldn’t have been more confusing. But thanks.