Create Rmarkdown webpage on gitHub

Abstract

Short description how to create an Rmarkdown webpage and publish it on gitHub

1. Create a new R Project:
   File -> New Project -> New Directory -> Simple Rmarkdown website
2. Open new project
3. Activate “git” versioning for this project (tools -> project Options -> Git/SVN)
4. Edit the YAML file _site.yml:
   add the line: `output_dir: “docs”``
5. Build website: Build -> Build all
6. Change to Github Desktop
7. Add repository: File -> Add local repository
8. Click: Publish repository
9. Open Github in Webbrowser and login
10. Go to the new published repository
11. Click Settings
12. Go to menu Pages or scroll to Github Pages
13. At the field “Source” select master
14. Change select folder from \(root) to \docs
15. click save
16. Copy / remember / open the link to the new webpage that opens up! 16 Change to webpage project at RStudio
17. Commit and publish all files [tab] Git -> Commit
18. Change to the new webpage address you remembered/copied or opened! (probably wait 30 seconds and renew the page)

That’s it!