URL naming

[Jimmy291]

Checks

• I have searched the docs, existing issues, and existing discussions for answers first.

Link to your website repo

https://jimmy291.github.io/swift.github.io/

Version of Lab Website Template you are using

1.2.2

Description

I would like to ask how do I change the URL?

Now the URL is https://userID.github.io/your-lab.github.io, how can I change it to https://your-lab.github.io

[vincerubinetti]

This is shown in the docs here:
https://greene-lab.gitbook.io/lab-website-template-docs/getting-started/set-up-your-url

If your username is jimmy291, you need to name your repo jimmy291.github.io and your website will appear at https://jimmy291.github.io. If you wanted your website to be at https://swift.github.io, you would need to change your username to swift (and I'm certain that username is already taken). This is a limitation of GitHub itself, not the template. GitHub is providing you a domain name for free, and says that it must match your user/org name. I would recommend buying a custom domain name like swiftlab.com, as described in the docs.