Thank Jeremy,

I think I've got it right now, just waiting for the changes to come into
force.

Alex

On 19 July 2015 at 19:19, Jeremy Ruston <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Alex
>
> GitHub says : "We recommend using a custom subdomain instead of an apex
>> domain for your GitHub Pages site". [2]
>>
>> I am unfamiliar with both these, terms: I am confused!
>>
>
> I think this is the problem.
>
> A custom subdomain is where you have <blah>.
> alsagerplacemakinginitiative.org/; the <blah> part is called the
> subdomain.
>
> An apex domain is where you have alsagerplacemakinginitiative.org, which
> no subdomain.
>
> The vagaries of DNS mean that these two situations are completely
> different.
>
> You're trying to set up an apex domain. You'll probably also want to set
> up a subdomain "www", so that http://www.alsagerplacemakinginitiative.org/
> is an alias for http://alsagerplacemakinginitiative.org. This is exactly
> how tiddlywiki.com works.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Jeremy.
>
>
>
>>
>> I've now added "192.30.252.153" to my A record.
>>
>> Both A records and CNAME records give an error and a message saying
>>
>> *DNS Changes Pending*
>> Changes made to Advanced DNS Records for your domain may take up to 24
>> hours to take effect
>> The DNS record has been added
>> Is it a matter of waiting?
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> [1]
>> https://help.github.com/articles/tips-for-configuring-a-cname-record-with-your-dns-provider/
>> [2]
>> https://help.github.com/articles/about-custom-domains-for-github-pages-sites/#apex-domains
>>
>> On 18 July 2015 at 09:04, Jeremy Ruston <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Alex
>>>
>>> Comparing the output of "dig tiddlywiki.com" with "dig ", you've got
>>> your DNS A record pointing to 213.171.195.105, while the one for tw.com
>>> points to 192.30.252.153, which is the correct address according to this:
>>>
>>>
>>> https://help.github.com/articles/tips-for-configuring-an-a-record-with-your-dns-provider/
>>>
>>> Best wishes
>>>
>>> Jeremy.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 8:17 AM, Alex Hough <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mario,
>>>>
>>>> Iv'e finally got round to doing this, and I am trying to add a custom
>>>> domain.
>>>>
>>>> To clarify:
>>>> 1) my github.io edition is to be built from my node.js tiddler files.
>>>> I use a server command to produce a TW called "index.html" which then
>>>> commit to http://alexhough.github.io/
>>>> 2) i've made a CNAME file:
>>>> https://github.com/alexhough/alexhough.github.io/blob/master/CNAME
>>>> 3) I've configured my subdomain, it now redirects to (
>>>> http://alsagerplacemakinginitiative.org)/ , but the index.html file at
>>>>  http://alexhough.github.io/ is not showing at this adress
>>>>
>>>> Maybe its a matter of time: i understand that it can take upto 24 hours
>>>> for things to work, or have i done something glarinly wrong
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Alex
>>>>
>>>> [1]
>>>> https://help.github.com/articles/tips-for-configuring-a-cname-record-with-your-dns-provider/#configuring-a-www-subdomain
>>>>
>>>> On 16 March 2015 at 10:19, Alex Hough <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> thanks Mario!
>>>>>
>>>>> On 16 March 2015 at 09:04, PMario <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Friday, March 13, 2015 at 10:38:37 AM UTC+1, PMario wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So for your usecase I'd go a slightly different route. ...  but
>>>>>>> first things first. - are you able to build a file TW with nodejs?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thinking about it again, Jeremy's approach is exactly how you can
>>>>>> solve your usecase.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  - You can create your own github.io edition.
>>>>>>  - You can borrow the "edit tiddler banner" from tiddlywiki.com
>>>>>>  - You'd need 2 repositories.
>>>>>>    - one for http://alexhough.github.io/
>>>>>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Falexhough.github.io%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNE-y1BbWi5rghWw_eKlWX_8a5VGDQ>
>>>>>> (github-page)
>>>>>>    - the second one, that contains your editions with the single
>>>>>> tiddlers (content-repo)
>>>>>>  - You can build the content-repo and save the results to the
>>>>>> github-page repo
>>>>>>  - To build and deploy you can create some scripts.
>>>>>>    - The deployment would be just a git push
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -mario
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