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Developers, do you want to verify yourself here but don't have a personal domain? You can use your GitHub account! 🦋🐱 I temporarily renamed myself to @nicolo-ribaudo.github.io :)

Nicolò Ribaudo

@nicr.dev

23 Nov 2024

You need to go to the Bluesky settings > Account > Handle. Then tap on "I have my own domain" and select "No DNS Panel". In the domain name you'll need to write <your-github-username>.github.io Don't press "Verify Text File" yet!

Nicolò Ribaudo

@nicr.dev

23 Nov 2024

Then, go on your GitHub profile and create a .well-known repository (it can be private). Create an atproto-did file in it, with the contents shown by Bluesky in the handle setup screen. Example: github.com/nicolo-ribau...

github.comGitHub - nicolo-ribaudo/.well-knownContribute to nicolo-ribaudo/.well-known development by creating an account on GitHub.

Nicolò Ribaudo

@nicr.dev

23 Nov 2024

Then, go to the repository settings, under "Pages", and set it to deploy from your main branch. Wait a few minutes for GitHub to deploy, go back to Bluesky, and click on the "Verify Text File" button.

Nicolò Ribaudo

@nicr.dev

Your handle will be changed to <github-username>.github.io, easily proving that you are the same person that uses the corresponding GitHub account and not some impersonator :)

23/11/24, 4:51 pm2 reposts35 likes

Zac Deziel

@zacdezgeo.github.io

24 Nov 2024

Really cool, thanks for sharing! It didn't work with the repository being private for me. Also found it curious that the url doesn't resolve or redirect to my github profile page.

This is really cool!

You can also do this if you already have an existing github.io site by making a dir there instead of a whole new repo, e.g. my hugo build has this: github.com/jakebailey/j... (But I can understand the separation)

github.comjakebailey.github.io/static/.well-known at main · jakebailey/jakebailey.github.ioContribute to jakebailey/jakebailey.github.io development by creating an account on GitHub.