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| 20 | <h2 id="redirecting-your-github-pages-website-to-a-dat-url">Redirecting your GitHub Pages website to a Dat URL</h2> |
| 21 | <p>2019-12-07 00:00</p> |
| 22 | <p>This guide will teach you how to automatically redirect users from your <a href="https://pages.github.com/">GitHub Pages website</a> to a <a href="https://dat.foundation/">Dat</a> website (a <code>dat://</code> link) when they are accessing your GitHub Pages website using <a href="https://beakerbrowser.com">Beaker Browser</a>.</p> |
| 23 | <p>This guide is intended for users who dabble, or want to dabble, with the Dat protocol or decentralized/distributed technology.</p> |
| 24 | <p>This guide consists of the following sections:</p> |
| 25 | <ul> |
| 26 | <li><a href="#requirements">Requirements</a></li> |
| 27 | <li><a href="#conventions-used-in-this-guide">Conventions used in this guide</a></li> |
| 28 | <li><a href="#enabling-dat">Enabling Dat</a></li> |
| 29 | </ul> |
| 30 | <h3 id="conventions-used-in-this-guide">Conventions used in this guide</h3> |
| 31 | <ul> |
| 32 | <li><strong>Note</strong>: Signifies additional information</li> |
| 33 | <li><strong>Tip</strong>: Signifies an alternative procedure for completing a step</li> |
| 34 | <li><strong>Warning</strong>: Signifies that damage, such as data loss, may occur</li> |
| 35 | <li><strong>Example</strong>: Shows how a procedure would be performed in a real scenario</li> |
| 36 | <li><code>Inline code and code blocks</code>: Signify package names, filenames, file contents, or commands</li> |
| 37 | <li><code><variable></code> Signifies that the text between the <code><</code> and <code>></code> should be replaced, and the <code><</code> and <code>></code> should be removed</li> |
| 38 | <li><strong>Bold font</strong> Signifies user interface items</li> |
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| 40 | <h3 id="requirements">Requirements</h3> |
| 41 | <p>For this guide, ensure you have:</p> |
| 42 | <ul> |
| 43 | <li>A GitHub account</li> |
| 44 | <li>A <a href="https://pages.github.com/#user-site">GitHub Pages website repository</a></li> |
| 45 | <li><a href="https://docs.datproject.org/docs/install">Installed Dat</a></li> |
| 46 | </ul> |
| 47 | <h3 id="enabling-dat">Enabling Dat</h3> |
| 48 | <ol type="1"> |
| 49 | <li><p>Add a <code>.well-known/dat</code> file to the root folder of your GitHub Pages repository.</p></li> |
| 50 | <li><p>Inside the <code>.well-known/dat</code> file, add the following:</p> |
| 51 | <pre><code> dat://your-dat-url/ |
| 52 | TTL=3600</code></pre> |
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| 55 | <p><strong>Note</strong>: Make sure you include the <code>/</code> at the end of the <code>your-dat-url</code>. This seemed to be a make-or-break for me when trying to get this to work.</p> |
| 56 | </p> |
| 57 | </aside></li> |
| 58 | <li><p>Add a <code>_config.yml</code> file to the root folder of your GitHub Pages repository.</p></li> |
| 59 | <li><p>Inside the <code>_config.yml</code> file, add the following:</p> |
| 60 | <pre><code> include: [".well-known"]</code></pre></li> |
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