Why won't my site load?

[cxcollins]

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Why won't my custom domain load my GitHub site? I have followed the directions as such:

I have configured my Host Records on Namecheap to be the four Github IP addresses, plus a CNAME for my user site

I have added my custom domain name in settings, and the DNS checked out

And I have a CNAME file with my domain www.connorxcollins.com in my gh-pages branch. The link to my repo is https://github.com/cxcollins/cxcollins.github.io/tree/gh-pages. What is going wrong here?

[cxcollins]

Another detail: the site had been up about ten minutes ago, but I wanted to make a quick change. I ran 'npm run start' from my local terminal, which pushed the changes to both branches in my repo, but removed the CNAME file from gh-pages. What is the correct way to update my repo without removing CNAME? Should I add a CNAME file to my local project? Or add it into .gitignore somehow?

[cxcollins]

Quick update - it seems as though I needed to let my repo finish building and deploying between every change before continuing - let the new CNAME file deploy first, then update the custom domain.

However, I'm still wondering the correct procedure to update the repo without removing the CNAME?

[queenofcorgis]

Thanks for posting in the GitHub Community, @cxcollins !

We're happy you're here. You are more likely to get a useful response if you are posting your question in the applicable category, the Issues category is solely related to conversations around the GitHub products Issues and Projects. I've gone ahead and moved it for you. Good luck!