How did I ever live without github?

So for a while now I have been using Github.com for side website building projects. Just about the most useful tool out there for today's web designer and developer. The way I use github as a staging site for client approvals of design or content. I use the free service but may, down the road, end up paying for an enterprise account. The difference between the two is the free account only lets you have public repositories and the paid account you can have private ones.

You can also use Github.com as a free place to put your personal website or a micro site as they allow you to customize your domain to utilize there web hosting. I pay just for my domain and that is it these days. No need to pay for expensive hosting for small sites anymore.

I am not sure in the past how I lived without version control. It is so useful to have the ability to revert back to another older version at the touch of a button. The Github for windows tool is has a really easy GUI interface for those of us who like visuals to interact with and you can also use your favorite command line as well if you are interested.

Check it out for your next project and start following some people as well for great ideas and interaction within the design/dev community.

What are your thoughts about version control? Have you used Github for something unique? If so tell me about it.

fourcookies.com site migration to Github.com

Well it finally came down to a server crashing and me not wanting to play with Apache anymore to move fourcookies.com to Github.com. After a couple false starts I finally have it working. I really suck at DNS so I accidentally set it up to redirect to itself for a while but once that was resolved it is all going smoothly.

If you have ever used Git or Subversion you will understand Github. It is a public place to show off code and they let you host sites for free if you keep the Repo public. (you can edit it and other can ask to contribute to it as well.) A great service and way easier for me to maintain and backup my site.

Check it out if you are looking to put up a quick site. They also have Automatic Page Generator for those of you that do not want to play with the code. Enjoy!