HTML Advanced/Module 18 — Professional Development/Lesson 62
🏆 Module 18 · Professional Dev🔴 AdvancedLESSON 62 · FINAL LESSON

Website Deployment

⏱️ 17 min read
📖 Theory + Code
🧩 5 Quiz Questions
🏗️ 1 Challenge
Course progress100%
🎯 What you'll learn: Deploying with GitHub Pages, Netlify, or traditional FTP, connecting a custom domain, enforcing HTTPS, and a final pre-launch checklist.
Section 1

GitHub Pages

GitHub Pages serves static files directly from a GitHub repository — free, and ideal for the kind of HTML/CSS/JS sites this course builds. Push to a specific branch (usually gh-pages or main) and GitHub hosts it automatically.

deploy-github-pages.txt
Terminal
# In your repo's Settings → Pages, choose a branch to publish from
git add .
git commit -m "Deploy site"
git push origin main
# Live at https://username.github.io/repo-name/
Section 2

Netlify & Traditional FTP

Netlify connects directly to a GitHub repo and auto-deploys on every push, with free HTTPS and easy custom domain setup — a common modern choice. FTP is the older method: you manually upload files to a hosting provider's server using an FTP client, common with traditional shared hosting like cPanel.

MethodBest for
GitHub PagesFree static sites directly from a repo
NetlifyAuto-deploy on push, free HTTPS, easy custom domains
FTPTraditional shared hosting (cPanel, etc.)
Section 3

Custom Domains & HTTPS

Connecting a custom domain means pointing its DNS records (usually a CNAME or A record) to your hosting provider. HTTPS should always be enabled — most modern hosts (GitHub Pages, Netlify) provision free SSL certificates automatically once a domain is connected.

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Never deploy over plain HTTP in production
HTTPS isn't optional anymore — browsers flag HTTP sites as "Not Secure," and several APIs covered in this course (like Geolocation) simply refuse to work without it.
Section 4

Pre-Launch Checklist

  • All images have proper alt text
  • HTML validates with no critical errors
  • Meta tags (title, description, OG) are filled in for every page
  • HTTPS is enabled and working
  • Lighthouse score checked for Performance and Accessibility
  • All internal links tested and working
  • Site tested on mobile viewport widths
🧩 Knowledge Check — Lesson 62
5 questions to test your understanding.
1. What is GitHub Pages best suited for?
2. What does Netlify do automatically on every push to a connected repo?
3. What DNS record type typically connects a custom domain to a host?
4. Why is HTTPS required rather than optional today?
5. Which of these belongs on a pre-launch checklist?
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Final Challenge — Lesson 62
Apply everything you've learned · Advanced Level
Capstone Challenge: Deploy a Complete Site

Take everything from this course — semantic structure, accessibility, SEO meta tags, responsive images, and validated HTML — and deploy a small multi-page site to GitHub Pages, running through the full pre-launch checklist before going live.
💡 Show hints if you're stuck
  • Enable Pages in repo Settings, choose your branch, and verify the live URL loads correctly.
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Advanced HTML Mastery — Course Complete!
You've completed all 27 lessons of HTML Advanced — semantic markup, accessibility, SEO, HTML5 APIs, SVG/Canvas, CSS & JS integration, and deployment. Combined with HTML Basics, you now have a full, professional-grade understanding of HTML from your first tag to a live, deployed website.
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