# OT: Custom Name Domain - Quick question

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/ot-custom-name-domain-quick-question/31210>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [February 13, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/ot-custom-name-domain-quick-question/31210 "2021-02-13T20:11:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![FrancescoAmbrogi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/francescoambrogi/32/13573_2.png) [@FrancescoAmbrogi](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/FrancescoAmbrogi)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/ot-custom-name-domain-quick-question/31210/1 "2021-02-13T20:11:32Z")

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Hello everyone,

I was reading though previous discussions but I could not find exactly what I am looking for, so I would really appreciate your help.

I recently built my academic static site using Hugo and github pages. I set up 2 separate repos on my github account, one for regular version control, the other to host the website. Since I used the tutorial on Hugo and github pages my current domain name is .github.io.

It was an awesome experience but I noticed that the site is not actually visible on the search, and this is because I did not customize the domain name. I know it is not free, and there are several options, but my question is:

Being at this point, with my site ready and deployed using github pages, is it possible to change the domain name (e.g. to a .com) but still maintaining the current repo structure?  
Do you have any suggestions?

Thank you,

Fra

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**Author:** ![alexandros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@alexandros](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/alexandros)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/ot-custom-name-domain-quick-question/31210/2 "2021-02-13T20:23:36Z")

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Hello,

The question is not on topic in this forum.  
We do not provide support for setting up custom domains here.

With that said, have a look at: [Configuring a custom domain for your GitHub Pages site - GitHub Docs](https://docs.github.com/en/github/working-with-github-pages/configuring-a-custom-domain-for-your-github-pages-site)

If you still have questions after reading the link then ask at: [https://github.community/](https://github.community/)

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**Author:** ![alexandros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@alexandros](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/alexandros)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/ot-custom-name-domain-quick-question/31210/3 "2021-02-13T20:23:43Z")

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