Github

Owned by Gautam Thapar
Nov 22, 2015
1 min read

Setting up Github.

Create a new token.

Before we move to the options we need to create a token on Github. Make sure you are logged in to Github. Follow the below steps:

  1. Log in to Github and visit this link: https://github.com/settings/tokens/new.
  2. Now you should see the below screen. Fill in the token description and click "Generate Token" button.

  3. Copy the 'Personal Access Token'.

Configure the options

Go to 'Dashboard' > 'Buttons X' > 'Settings' and click on 'Social Counters' then open the 'Github' tab. The following options need to be configured to display Github followers count.

  1. Github Personal Token
    Insert the Personal Token you copied / noted previously.
  2. Github User ID
    Your Github User ID is text based. You can get your ID through your profile page URL.
    1. Through Page URL
      1. Check the image below on how to extract page ID from URL. The text highlighted in the image below is an example of USER ID. For ex: if your page URL is 'https://github.com/ghapar' then your ID is 'gthapar'.