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Let me start by saying that I'm very new to this. I have little to no technical background, so this might just be a simple problem, or I did something I shouldn't have done. It's my first time using the command line and dealing with static pages.

I recently deployed my Hugo site to GitHub pages. I only changed the configuration file, and that's it. (I followed this and this.)

The site is now live at https://USERNAME.github.io/. It's still showing the content of my chosen theme.

A few hours after deploying, I edited some of the local markdown files and pushed the changes. However, the changes aren't reflected on the site.

Now that I realize it, GitHub only displays my site's "public" folder and not all of the files in my local folder.

So, my question is, how can I change and update my site content locally and make sure that the changes are shown on the live site?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks so much!

annewrites
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  • There is a strong possibility your changes went to the incorrect "branch". By default, your branch on GitHub is now `main` while _most_ of the time your GitHub page(s) is built off of `gh-pages`. – JJ Asghar Jun 07 '22 at 20:02
  • I'm also just learning my way around hugo/github, and I also found the upload process frustrating. Here's some steps I initially missed when learning how to do the process (a) navigate to the public folder (b) if you change a file, you have to add it (ie. `git add about/index.html` (or whatever your modified page is called) and you also have to commit it (c) `git commit -m "update"` and then push it (d) `git push -u origin main`. There's also a slow propagation time sometimes. – oymonk Jun 09 '22 at 06:10

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