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# Create a Pages website from a forked sample
GitLab provides [sample projects for the most popular Static Site Generators](https://gitlab.com/pages).
You can fork one of the sample projects and run the CI/CD pipeline to generate a Pages website.
Fork a sample project when you want to test GitLab Pages or start a new project that's already
configured to generate a Pages site.
<iclass="fa fa-youtube-play youtube"aria-hidden="true"></i> Watch a [video tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWqh9MtT4Bg) of how this works.
To fork a sample project and create a Pages website:
1. View the sample projects by going to the [GitLab Pages examples](https://gitlab.com/pages) group.
1. Click the name of the project you want to [fork](../../../../gitlab-basics/fork-project.md).
1. In the top right, click the **Fork** button, and then choose a namespace to fork to.
1. Go to your project's **CI/CD > Pipelines** and click **Run pipeline**.
GitLab CI/CD builds and deploys your site.
The site can take approximately 30 minutes to deploy.
When the pipeline is finished, go to **Settings > Pages** to find the link to your website from your project.
For every change pushed to your repository, GitLab CI/CD runs a new pipeline
that immediately publishes your changes to the Pages site.
You can take some **optional** further steps:
- _Remove the fork relationship._ If you want to contribute to the project you forked from,
you can keep this relationship. Otherwise, go to your project's **Settings > General**,
expand **Advanced settings**, and scroll down to **Remove fork relationship**: