How to get a domain name username.io from a GitHub page?

Question

I'm starting a Github page and the domain name I got from GitHub has the format: username.github.io. How can I get the username.io format?

Answer 1

Since the GitHub help page (and article) only mention username.github.io, that would mean that:

• you need to acquire that domain (username.io) from outside GitHub,
• and redirect username.github.io to username.io

This is what is explained in "Setting up a custom domain with Pages".

When you set up a custom domain, the server will automatically create a few redirects for you:

• username.github.io ⇒ example.com for user pages
• www.example.com ⇒ example.com for top-level domains
• example.com ⇒ www.example.com if the www subdomain is used