Step 1: Start Codex in an empty folder
The first step should not be folder design. Create one empty folder, start Codex there, and let Codex choose the first project structure.
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The first step should not be folder design. Create one empty folder, start Codex there, and let Codex choose the first project structure.
After Codex creates the first personal website in an empty folder, focus on the local preview, clear pages, and privacy risks.
After the local site works, let Codex guide the GitHub and Cloudflare Pages authorization flow with copy-paste prompts instead of manual upload.
After the free URL works, ask Codex whether a custom domain is worth buying. You confirm accounts, domain choices, and page states; you do not need to learn DNS first.
After launch, change one thing at a time: ask Codex for a plan, preview locally, check, and publish with the workflow this project actually uses.
Once your personal site can be published and updated, copy one fixed pre-publish prompt so Codex checks privacy, images, links, and phone readability before every release.
A plain-language entry point for people who use phones and computers but do not yet know hosting, GitHub, or DNS: start from one clean folder and let Codex guide the route.