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=== Assistant: Love where you’re at with this, Boss. ===
Love where you’re at with this, Boss. Let’s untangle three things:
# What git add / commit / push actually mean
# Whether your GitHub site is live + public
# Why the page looks blank and what to do about /dist not showing

==== <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">git add . ====
git commit -m "your message"
git push

</syntaxhighlight>

Think of it like working on a game build:
* <code>git add .</code> >
* <code>git commit -m "your message"</code> >
* <code>git push</code> >

Your normal workflow going forward:

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">git add .
git commit -m "describe what you changed"
git push

</syntaxhighlight>

==== From your screenshot, yes: ====

: 

That means:
* ✅ GitHub Pages is enabled
* ✅ Source is main branch
* ✅ HTTPS is on
* ✅ It’s public to the internet

So visibility is not the issue.

==== Look at your index.html: ====

<syntaxhighlight lang="html"><body style="margin: 0">
  <div id="scene-container"></div>
  <script type="module" src="/src/index.ts"></script>
</body>

</syntaxhighlight>

Two key things:
# There’s no visible content. - You only have a <div id="scene-container"></div> with no width/height or text. - So the browser shows… nothing. A pure blank canvas. - That means the site is working; it just isn’t rendering any visible UI yet.
# You’re pointing to TypeScript, not built JS, with an absolute path. - src="/src/index.ts" - Browsers can’t run .ts directly; Vite handles this in dev, but GitHub Pages is just static hosting. - And the leading / makes it an absolute path from the domain, which is wrong for project sites like https://bossleoio.github.io/h2wdemo.github.io/.

So you have two problems:
* no visible elements → looks empty
* no built JS → your experience code isn’t running

==== Let’s first just prove the site updates correctly. ====

===== Change your body in index.html to: =====

<syntaxhighlight lang="html"><body style="margin: 0; background: #020617; color: #e5e7eb; font-family: system-ui;">
  <h1 style="padding: 20px;">h2wdemo002 – GitHub Pages test</h1>
  <div id="scene-container"></div>
  <script type="module" src="/src/index.ts"></script>
</body>

</syntaxhighlight>

Then in your terminal (inside h2wdemo002):

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">git add .
git commit -m "Add visible heading to index.html"
git push

</syntaxhighlight>

Give it a moment, then refresh:

👉 https://bossleoio.github.io/h2wdemo.github.io/

If you see the heading, your pipeline is good.

==== GitHub Pages UI only offers: ====
* / (root)
* /docs

It never shows /dist. That’s expected.

For a Vite project, the usual pattern is:

: 

Here’s how to set that up.

===== Open vite.config.ts and adjust it roughly like this: =====

<syntaxhighlight lang="ts">import { defineConfig } from 'vite'

export default defineConfig({
  base: '/h2wdemo.github.io/',   // IMPORTANT for project pages
  build: {
    outDir: 'docs'               // build into /docs instead of /dist
  }
})

</syntaxhighlight>

Key parts:
* base must match your repo name with slashes: /h2wdemo.github.io/ - This fixes broken paths when the site lives at /h2wdemo.github.io/ under your domain.
* outDir: 'docs' makes Vite build into a folder GitHub Pages actually supports.

===== In the terminal: =====

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">npm install        # if you haven't already
npm run build      # Vite will create a /docs folder

</syntaxhighlight>

You should now see a <code>docs</code> folder in the repo (with index.html, assets, JS etc.).

===== <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">git add . =====
git commit -m "Configure Vite for GitHub Pages (docs outDir)"
git push

</syntaxhighlight>

===== You already found this screen. Set: =====
* Source: Deploy from a branch
* Branch: main
* Folder: /docs
* Click Save

After the build finishes, your working URL stays:

👉 https://bossleoio.github.io/h2wdemo.github.io/

Now the page should render your built Vite experience, not just the bare HTML.

==== - git add = stage changes ====
* git commit = save a labeled snapshot locally
* git push = upload those snapshots to GitHub (and trigger Pages build)

Right now:
* Your site is public and live.
* It looks blank because your HTML has no visible UI and your TS bundle isn’t being served.
* Fixing that = either: - add visible content (quick test), and/or - configure Vite to build into /docs and point GitHub Pages at /docs.

If you paste your current vite.config.ts here, I’ll rewrite it exactly for your setup so you can just drop it in and push.