Creating a WWU Personal Web Page

  1. Navigate to cs.wallawalla.edu and click "Log In". If prompted, enter your WWU credentials. If this gives an error, please contact James Foster and include your employee/student ID.
    pre-login

  2. Click "Change Your LDAP Password".
    post-login

  3. Enter a new CS password twice (it can be the same as your WWU password if you like) and click "Submit".
    password

  4. Navigate to code.cs.wallawalla.edu and click "Create Public HTML Workspace".
    Theia images

  5. Click on the folder icon.
    Theia workspace

  6. Note the folder "public_html" with a ".theia" subfolder.
    Theia file explorer

  7. To hide the ".theia" subfolder, click on the "View" menu and select the "Command Palette..." menu command.
    Theia command

  8. Type "Toggle Hidden Files" and press enter.
    Theia toggle

  9. Click on the "New File" button next to the "PUBLIC_HTML" directory.
    Theia new file

  10. Name the new file "index.html" and fill it with appropriate content.
    index.html

  11. To ensure proper permissions, from the "Terminal" menu, select the "New Terminal" command.
    terminal

  12. At the terminal prompt, type chmod +rx ~ ~/public_html.
    chmod

  13. In a web browser, navigate to gab.cs.wallawalla.edu/~NAME. Substitute your 6-character CS user id for "NAME" (you can also use your full name if you had an account at gab.wallawalla.edu).
    gab.cs

  14. To use code.CS to upload files, right-click in the PUBLIC_HTML folder and select "Upload Files...".
    upload

Contact James Foster if you have any questions.