I would go so far as to guess that a typical personal website has “slash” pages — /about, /contact, and so forth — but so far hasn’t referred to them as such. Because of a page of which I first learned this past weekend, that may occasion some changes. It certainly has with my site.
After reading “Slash Pages,” of which I first learned in Manuel “Manu” Moreale’s “Slashes” (2024-06-01), I decided to revamp my site a bit. First, I added these new “slash” pages:
- Blogroll — A list, one which I will strive to keep updated, of those personal sites whose feeds I follow. And, on that subject . . .
- Follow — I took my own feed links and social links off my Contact “slash” page and moved them to this page, in keeping with the arrangement described in the “Slash Pages” post to which I linked above. The Contact page still has my email address, of course.
- Colophon — This explains how I build and maintain the site. Note that I took some info from the About “slash” page’s footer and moved it here, thus eliminating the need to cram it all into that specific footer. This page will also need updating from time to time, I would guess.
I then added these pages and the Sitemap “slash” page to the site’s navigation menu, and revised the menu’s appearance so the longer list of items will work better with large screens. (On small screens, a hamburger menu still handles it all.)
There are quite a few other possibilities for “slash” pages, as those earlier links explain, but these will suffice for now here. And, no, I won’t start always calling them “slash” pages! That served a purpose here, but probably would be just plain annoying elsewhere.
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