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Re: HTTPS for GitHub Pages

#11

Post by r3bl »

sbruchmann wrote: post #6
r3bl wrote: post #3

About damn time! I "cheated" the system by having a script that will redirect you to the HTTPS version if you click on anything from the HTTP protocol, which kind of accomplishes forcing the HTTPS encryption, but not really. Then I've decided to switch to my own domain and just use CloudFlare (+ whitelisting Tor). Now I'm kind of thinking about switching to GitLab Pages since they pretty much kick the hell out of Git…

I’m not familiar with GitLab Pages but you can already use any static site generator with GitHub Pages as well.

Huh, turns out you're right. Not sure if that was the case when I started moving to GitHub (~15 months ago) or not, but looks like it's a thing now.

But still, you can do other things like selecting a different code highlighter (which GitHub deprecated recently).

Re: HTTPS for GitHub Pages

#15

Post by mawburn »

r3bl wrote: post #11
sbruchmann wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m not familiar with GitLab Pages but you can already use any static site generator with GitHub Pages as well.

Huh, turns out you're right. Not sure if that was the case when I started moving to GitHub (~15 months ago) or not, but looks like it's a thing now. But still, you can do other things like selecting a different code highlighter (which GitHub deprecated recently).

It's always been the case. Github Pages has always been just a static file host.

Re: HTTPS for GitHub Pages

#16

Post by nileshtrivedi »

davis_m wrote: post #7
tvanantwerp wrote: post #5

Doesn't appear to work with custom domains.

I would hope not. If Github could generate valid SSL certs for random domains, something would be very broken.

It would just request LetsEncrypt to generate those certs and then prove the "ownership" (more like "control") of those domains by whatever method LetsEncrypt wants (.well-known perhaps?).

Re: HTTPS for GitHub Pages

#18

Post by jgowans »

ddbennett wrote: post #13

For those on Bitbucket, .bitbucket.io is the HTTPS equivalent of .bitbucket.org.

ICYI, you can also get free, self-renewing, wildcard SSL certs for custom domains on Bitbucket by using the Aerobatic add-on for Bitbucket. [https://www.aerobatic.com]

disclaimer: co-founder of Aerobatic

Re: HTTPS for GitHub Pages

#19

Post by ajhit406 »

tvanantwerp wrote: post #5

Doesn't appear to work with custom domains.

We're working on a static site hosting service called PubStorm (https://www.pubstorm.com) that allows SSL on custom domains. It's free; we're also working on some powerful features that will set it apart from gh-pages.

http://help.pubstorm.com/command-reference/storm-ssl-set/

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