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Create a personal webpage or publish your resume on WebFiles

Did you know you can host your own personal webpage or even an entire website on WebFiles? That's right! Anyone can have their very own webpage online within minutes using WebFiles' public_html folder.

1. Create your personal webpage
   
2. Publish a resume on the Web

Create your personal webpage

In this tutorial, you'll discover what it takes to acquire your very own webfiles.berkeley.edu web address. Unfortunately HTML is outside the scope of this tutorial. If you're new to HTML a good starting point is a Google Search for "HTML primer".

Although you can use HTML and Javascript on your webpages, you cannot use PHP, perl or CGI scripts. Please see our FAQ about Storage Space and Web Pages for more details.

1. Create a text document, perhaps a Microsoft Word document, that's all about yourself or whatever you'd like to display online for the whole world to see.
2. Convert the document to HTML format, so that it will be accessible on the web. If you're using MS Word, you should be able to click File, then Save as Web Page.
3. Save your document as index.html.
4. Upload your index.html file to your WebFiles public_html folder.

   

   Please note that an html file must be assigned content type "text/html" in order for a web browser to display it properly. The content type can be changed by clicking on the Manage icon next to the respective file. In addition, the public must be granted read permission on the file for it to be accessible on the web.

5. Tell your friends to find you online at the following URL (web address):

   https://webfiles.berkeley.edu/~YourWebFilesUsername

   That is, https://webfiles.berkeley.edu/, then a ~ (tilde) followed by the WebFiles username you chose when you created your account. If you're logged into WebFiles, you can find your WebFiles username underneath the words "My Bookmarks".

   

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Publish a resume on the Web

1. Convert your resume to a format such as HTML or PDF, so that it will be accessible on the web. Instructions for accomplishing this task are outside the scope of this page. However, there are a number of good HTML tutorials online, and many word processing programs allow you to save documents as PDFs. If you need help, please contact us at webfiles@berkeley.edu.
2. Upload your PDF or HTML resume to your WebFiles public_html directory.

   

3. Your resume is now available online at:

   https://webfiles.berkeley.edu/~YourWebFilesUsername/YourResumeFilename

   For example, if your WebFiles username is "oski_b" and your resume filename is "oski-resume.pdf", you would access your resume at:

   https://webfiles.berkeley.edu/~oski_b/oski-resume.pdf

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