Now that we have our Next.js portfolio ready and working dynamically, it’s time to look at hosting.
My advice with Next.js is to go with Vercel. They are the number one Next hosting. And it’s super easy (and free), so let’s do this.
Hosting a Next.js website on Vercel
To start, head over to Vercel and create an account. The easiest way is to use your GitHub account to log in.
Once logged in, click to add a new project here. It will pop up the option to import a git repository. Please search for your Next.js portfolio repo and import it from the menu.
The cool part about Vercel is that it will automatically know it’s a Next project, so we don’t need to do any other setup. Pick a name and click “Deploy”.
The deployment will start, and once it’s done, you will see the following output stating it’s ready.
You might see that my preview shows the default next page, and this is because I’ve been working in branches. And by default, Vercel will take only your main/master branch to deploy.
However, the cool part is that if we now make any changes to this branch, it will automatically trigger a new deployment.
So I headed to GitHub and merged the latest branch into the main one.
Once done with this deployment, my website is now visible on the Vercel domain! Yes, we did it. Our portfolio is now hosted publicly online.
I’d also love to see your portfolios, so please share them with me 🤩.
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