Github Pages site not detecting index.html [closed]

Answer 1

Faced this today (Oct-06-2019)

I double-checked every setting, all of them, didn't fix issue for me unless I changed some content in my index.html file. I also added some files to the repo to make it "alive" but in vain.

So, In my case, I opened up my index.html right in the browser, clicked on edit and added a single word, commit to master branch, refreshed and it took less than 5 seconds and it was up again.

P.S. I tried pretty much all solutions given anywhere nothing else worked for me.

Answer 2

I had this exact same problem. If you try the link found in the designated repo > Settings > GitHub Pages after an hour after posting all your code, the GitHub page will work.

Answer 3

There is also a more subtle problem which causes this issue. If you are using image files with huge sizes in the index.html, this problem occurs. Reducing the size of the images being loaded solved this problem for me.

Answer 4

I also encountered the same problem today (05/28/2020). Suppose that you have done everything right (instructions in https://pages.github.com/), you should have a repo named username.github.io and index.html set up.

What worked for me was that I chose a Jekyll theme. First, go to Settings of the repo. In GitHub Pages section, look for Theme Chooser then click on Choose a Theme. It will redirect you to a GitHub page that has multiple themes that you can choose from. Choose a theme that you like then click Select Theme. After doing these steps, I refreshed my username.github.io and the page worked correctly.

Answer 5

In Settings>Github Pages, make sure that the branch selected there is the same as the one you are working with. I had the same problem and the branch was master instead of main so I changed it and it is fixed now.

Answer 6

If you don't use Jekyll, the workaround is to place a file named .nojekyll in the root directory.