# Publishing to GitHub pages
You can configure GitHub Pages to publish your site's source files from master, gh-pages, or a /docs folder on your master branch for Project Pages and other Pages sites that meet certain criteria.
If your site is a User or Organization Page that has a repository named <username>.github.io or <orgname>.github.io, you cannot publish your site's source files from different locations. User and Organization Pages that have this type of repository name are only published from the master branch.
# Create a branch to publish
After you've created either a master or gh-pages branch, you can set one as your publishing source so that your site will be published.
If you fork or upload your site repository with only a master or gh-pages branch, your site's source setting will automatically be enabled for that branch.
# Create an index.html page
# Push the master branch to GitHub
# Change setting in GitHub
# View the page in a browser
https://[orgname].github.io/[reponame]
