# Using Netlify to Deploy
**URL:** https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/using-netlify-to-deploy/20180
**Category:** support
**Created:** [August 13, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/using-netlify-to-deploy/20180 "2019-08-13T19:07:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@bikegirl](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/bikegirl)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/using-netlify-to-deploy/20180/1 "2019-08-13T19:07:55Z")
1. I followed instructions for one-click install using Netlify deploying on GitHub.
2. The repository shows up in my GitHub account.
3. I have since purchased a custom domain name on namecheap, repointed it’s nameservers to Netlify’s
DNS servers and everything seems to be in working order?
4. Questions are:
a. Do I edit my website through the repo on GitHub or inside Netlify?
b. In GitHub do I change the baseURL to the custom domain I have in set up in Netlify or the
[github.io/academic-kickstart](http://github.io/academic-kickstart) repo that was copied to my account. I feel like Github is assigning
the github page [https://username.github.io/academic-kickstart](https://username.github.io/academic-kickstart) as the baseURL.
c. Do I need to purchase SSH certificates or CSR codes in Netlify?
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### Author:  [@bep](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/bep)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/using-netlify-to-deploy/20180/2 "2019-08-13T19:17:40Z")
4 in short:
a) Edit on GitHub. Every change/commit triggers a new Netlify build.
b) Set the domain in `config.toml` of your Hugo project, e.g. `baseURL = "https://example.org"`
c) I assume you mean SSL/HTTPS? There should be a “one click” way to enable that in Netlify, and for free courtesy of Let’s Encrypt.
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### Author:  [@bikegirl](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/bikegirl)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/using-netlify-to-deploy/20180/3 "2019-08-13T19:26:14Z")
a) Thanks for the quick reply. I just didn’t realize it was that easy, #mindblown. The last website I deployed straight from GitHub was way more complicated. I already tried customizing a few things through my repo on GitHub and it reflected in new Netlify build.
b) Can you be more specific? When I did one-click install Netlify assigned a random URL for website (which I changed to [tempName.netlify.com](http://tempName.netlify.com)). Then I linked my custom domain name I purchased from namecheap to Netlify successfully (I just verified it’s linked). Do I used the [tempName.netlify.com](http://tempName.netlify.com) URL that was given intially or the custom domain name I actually want that’s now linked to the baseURL in config.toml in GitHub?
c) Thanks! I got confused prior when I was researching and thought this was something I had to do still.
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### Author:  [@bep](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/bep)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/using-netlify-to-deploy/20180/4 "2019-08-13T19:39:04Z")
> [@bikegirl](#):
>
> b) Can you be more specific?
I thought I was extremely specific … The thing is, the `baseURL` in Hugo is a way to get all the links in your site correct. Your Netlify site will always have 2 working URLs, your `https://mycooldomain` and `https://yoursite.netlify.com`. I assume that you want people to access the mycool… so put that in your Hugo config.
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### Author:  [@bikegirl](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/bikegirl)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/using-netlify-to-deploy/20180/5 "2019-08-13T19:59:57Z")
Thanks! Yes you were clear! I still consider myself novice and just want to be super sure. Thanks for the extra clarification. Def the cooldomainname.