How do I get my site to show up through github?

I uploaded my files to github, checked off readme, commit changes, selected masterbranch, and I got the following message as I scrolled down the page: Your site is published at https://tanishav842.github.io/Recipes/ but there is nothing there except for the word Recipes, which appears at the end of the site address that had been established for me through github. What did I do wrong?

Solution

Well, Tani, to have your own page hosted by GitHub Pages it need to be stored in one of the following places

In a public repository named <your-github-username>.github.io
Under a docs folder in master branch of any public repository you own
In gh-pages branch of any public repository you own

It means your Recipes repository are pretty much there.

Just copy your master branch content to a new branch named gh-pages and push it:

git checkout -b gh-pages
git push -u origin gh-pages

In addiction, as commented Edric, it would be cool to have your pretty nice stuff added to your page.

By now, I suppose GitHub is using your README.md that just have the word Recipes there!

Anyways, Here you can find a bunch of details about Working with GitHub Pages and also some step-by-step tutorials to learn how to do it properly

Hope this can help you!