Hosting “Hello World” on Github Pages

Let’s make ‘hello world’ accessible from a public website. We will use Github-Pages, a free service, that is highly performant and easy to make changes.

You can then share this public URL to anyone, and they will see your custom Tandem Viewer, and 3D facility, after they click the login button.

Creating a github Account

Click https://github.com/signup and fill in the details…

Creating a Repo and index.html file

1. Click + and select New repository

1. Make it Public, select Add a README file. and click Create repository

2. Add a new empty index.html file.
3. Copy and paste the index.html code into this page
4. click Submit to save

Setting up Github Pages

• Click Settings

• then select Pages on the left
• change the combo box from None to master

• and finally click Save

You should now see a public URL to your new website

Configure the Auth Callback

Add the public URL to your Forge App Callback URL(s) list

• Click Edit
• Click Add URL
• type in your URL, ie. https://wallabyway.github.io/tandem-api-hello-world/
• scroll down and click Save

Testing it

• Open a Browse
• put your public URL in the address bar and go. ie. https://wallabyway.github.io/tandem-api-hello-world/

You should see your new web page !

• Click Login and watch Tandem Viewer display your facility in 3D …!

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