Hacktoberfest 2026: the issues maintainers tagged for October, open and beginner-friendly. Browse Hacktoberfest issues

Restore and verify automatic GitHub Pages deployment from main

Open
#73 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
github, github-actions, javascript
Domain
ci-cd, devops, web-dev

Research direction

Start by reviewing PR #72 and the Deploy GitHub Pages workflow, then check Settings > Pages to confirm the deployment source and run status. Verify the site at https://imageomics.github.io/OpenCite/ serves the built app and assets under /OpenCite/, and confirm that a later push to main triggers a successful update without manual deployment.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

Context

Follow-up to #40. OpenCite is currently served from the legacy gh-pages branch (Settings > Pages reports build_type: legacy). There is no automatic Pages deploy running from main yet. PR #72 introduces an official GitHub Pages artifact/deploy workflow, but local tests and PR CI alone do not verify that the live site updates.

Work

  • Merge #72 after review. Keep the existing gh-pages branch as a fallback until deployment is verified.
  • Change Settings > Pages > Build and deployment > Source to GitHub Actions. This is a one-time repository setting; no deployment token should be needed.
  • If the merge-triggered workflow ran before the source setting changed, run Deploy GitHub Pages manually once from main.
  • Verify that the deployment workflow succeeds and https://imageomics.github.io/OpenCite/ loads the newly built app and assets under /OpenCite/.
  • Confirm a subsequent push to main triggers a successful deploy and updates the live site without manual steps.

Acceptance criteria

  • Pages uses GitHub Actions as its deployment source.
  • The Deploy GitHub Pages workflow completes successfully from main after tests, metadata validation, and build.
  • The live site serves the built output, including the expected current commit's assets.
  • A later push to main updates the live site automatically; no manual deployment is needed for future commits.

Related: #40 (original completed deployment task); implementation PR: #72. Keep this issue open until the live behavior is verified, not merely until the PR merges.

Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
0
Forks
0
Avg merge
1d 23h
Merged PRs (30d)
5

Getting set up

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

More from Imageomics/OpenCite

All issues in Imageomics/OpenCite

Similar issues

More JavaScript issues

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.