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Create a decentralized website

One of the most interesting and powerful features of ENS names is the ability to point them to webpages hosted on the decentralized web, creating a website where both the hosting and the domain name is entirely decentralized.

In this tutorial we'll show you how to deploy a basic website to IPFS and point your ENS name to it. ENS supports several decentralized protocols apart from IPFS, but this tutorial only covers IPFS (for now).

Build a website​

In this section we'll create a basic website to deploy to IPFS using Heaven's Tools excellent Web3 website builder.

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If you already have a website you'd like to upload, proceed to Set up a GitHub repository

Create the website​

Go to Heaven's Tools website and use the drag and drop building blocks to create your site.

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Download the website​

Once you're happy with the site you've created click the Download button to download a compressed .zip archive of your website.

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Extract the compressed archive​

Extract compressed archive

Navigate to the file folder and double-click the zip file


Press `Extract all`


Select a folder to extract the files to and click `Extract`

Set up a GitHub repository​

Go to GitHub and create an account.

Create a repository​

Click New to create a new GitHub repository for your website.

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Then choose a name for the repository.

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Then scroll down and click on Create.

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Upload your files to the repository​

On the next screen, click the link Uploading an existing file

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Upload your files to GitHub

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After that's done, scroll down and click Commit.

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Upload to IPFS​

Create an account with Fleek​

Go to Fleek's website and Sign Up for an account.

Upload your site to Fleek​

After logging into Fleek, at the dashboard select Add new site.

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Choose Connect with GitHub and connect your GitHub account.

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Click Install & Authorize

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When asked which repository to create the website from, select the repository you created earlier in

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For the hosting service, make sure IPFS is selected and press Continue.

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On the next screen no changes are necessary, so just scroll down and click Deploy site.

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Fleek will now deploy the website to IPFS, which might take a little while.

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When the site has been deployed, it will look like this:

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Select the IPFS CID (marked in blue below) and press CTRL + C to copy it into the clipboard or write it down.

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Configure your ENS name​

Go to the ENS Manager App​

Go to the ENS Manager App and connect your wallet.

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Click on My Account to go to a list of your ENS names.

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Go to your ENS name and click Add/Edit Record, scroll down and enter the IPFS CID you saved earlier into the Content field, then scroll down and click Save

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Congratulations! That's it!