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Getting Started with PreTeXt

Geoff Cox, Ph.D.

Section Part 1. Create a GitHub Account

GitHub is the service that will host your project files and your public web page. A personal account is free and more than enough for everything in this guide.
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  1. Open github.com in your browser.
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  2. Click Sign up in the top right and follow the prompts. Choose a username you can live with (it will appear in the public URL of anything you publish), enter your email, and pick a password.
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  3. Check your email and confirm the address. GitHub will not let you use template repositories until you do.
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  4. When you land on the GitHub home page logged in, you’re done with Part 1.
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✓ You know it worked when….

In the top right corner of github.com, you see a small profile icon with your username’s first letter, not a Sign in button.
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If you get stuck: confirmation email didn’t arrive.

Check your spam folder. Some institutional email systems are aggressive about GitHub. If nothing shows up after a few minutes, there’s usually a Resend confirmation link on the GitHub page you land on. Worst case, use a personal email address instead of your institutional one for this signup.
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