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-View site: https://pages.gitlab.io/jekyll/
+Example [Jekyll] site using GitLab Pages. Read more at https://doc.gitlab.com/ee/pages/
 
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 # Theme: Jekyll 3 Default
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 - Adjust [`_config.yml`] according to your project
 - Preview your project: `jekyll serve`
 
+# GitLab User or Group Page
+
+To use this project as your user/group website, you will need one additional step: just rename your project to `namespace.gitlab.io`, where `namespace` is your `username` or `groupname`. This can be done by navigating to `Project` -> `Settings`.
+
+# Forked projects
+
+If you forked this project for your own use, please go to `Project` -> `Settings` and remove the forking relationship, which won't be necessary in this case. 
+
 [Jekyll]: http://jekyllrb.com/
 [jek-312]: https://rubygems.org/gems/jekyll/versions/3.1.2
 [`_config.yml`]: https://gitlab.com/jekyll-themes/default-bundler/blob/master/_config.yml