How to point DNS CNAME to external GitHub Pages domain?

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I have repository on GitHub with GitHub Pages set up. If I go to myusername.github.io/my-repo everything works correctly. But, I would like to have my own domain name that looks better than that one.

I purchased a domain name: mydomain.site. I created a CNAME record that points www to myusername.github.io. But if I now go to www.mydomain.site/my-repo, I get GitHub's 404 screen. The same happens if I go to just www.mydomain.site.

Ideally, I would like users to go to www.mydomain.site and see the content from myusername.github.io/my-repo, but it would also be acceptable if they had to go to www.mydomain.site/my-repo. I don't want to simply redirect them, my domain name must remain in the address bar. How do I achieve this?

(myusername, my-repo and mydomain are obviously not the real names that I used, I need to keep them private)

https://docs.github.com/ko/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/configuring-a-publishing-source-for-your-github-pages-site — tripleee, Dec 10 '22 at 05:23
@tripleee thanks, that is indeed the fix, although you should post the english version — Vlad Mashkautsan, Dec 10 '22 at 13:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 10 '22 at 13:02

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I fixed it by putting www.mydomain.site in the custom domain setting in the Pages section of my GitHub repository settings.

answered Dec 10 '22 at 13:02

Vlad Mashkautsan

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How to point DNS CNAME to external GitHub Pages domain?

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