GitHub Pages not updating — Carlsbad

The push went through. The site didn't change. Here's why that happens.

Hey — this usually happens when the Actions workflow fails quietly. The push was fine. GitHub received it. But the build and deploy step errored, so the old version stayed live.

Go here first

Your repo on GitHub → Actions tab → most recent run. Green checkmark = deployed. Red X = didn't deploy. If it's red, click it, find the failing step, read the error message.

Most common causes for Carlsbad business sites

• Wrong source branch — Pages is configured to serve gh-pages but you're pushing to main. Fix: Settings → Pages → Source → switch to the right branch.
• Build script broke — Something in build_site.sh errored. The Actions log will show the exact line.
• Artifact too big — If _site/ is over ~900MB, the upload step fails. Run du -sh _site to check.
• File permissions — Rare but real. Scripts need chmod +x before they can run in CI.

Quick fix for the CNAME / domain problem

Custom domain showing 404 after a push? CNAME needs to be inside _site/. Add this to your build script:

[ -f CNAME ] && cp CNAME _site/CNAME