# gh-pages Hello World example

## How to use

### Download manually

Download the example [or clone the repo](https://github.com/zeit/next.js):

```bash
curl https://codeload.github.com/zeit/next.js/tar.gz/master | tar -xz --strip=2 next.js-master/examples/gh-pages
cd gh-pages
```

Install it and run:

```bash
npm install
npm run dev
```

Deploy it to github

Edit ```env-config.js``` and replace ```'Next-gh-page-example'``` by your project name.

Edit ```next.config.js``` and replace ```'Next-gh-page-example'``` by your project name.

1. Create repository.
2. Link it to your github account.
3. Publish your master branch.

```bash
npm run deploy
```

Test it:

Replace 'github-user-name' and 'github-project-name'

```bash

https://github-user-name.github.io/github-project-name/

```

Example:

```bash

https://github.com/thierryc/Next-gh-page-example/

https://thierryc.github.io/Next-gh-page-example/

```

## The idea behind the example

This example shows the most basic idea behind Next. We have 2 pages: `pages/index.js` and `pages/about.js`. The former responds to `/` requests and the latter to `/about`. Using `next/link` you can add hyperlinks between them with universal routing capabilities.