Personal sites
This section is for individuals who want a home on the web of their own: a page that says who you are, what you do, what you have written or made and how people can reach you. It may later grow a blog, a portfolio or a private area; every one of those starts from the same small site.
Contents
- What a personal site usually holds
- The pages of this section
- What carries it in Exponential
- Growing it later
What a personal site usually holds
| Part | Purpose | Typical content class |
|---|---|---|
| Home page | The first impression: one sentence about you, a photo, links to the rest | Frontpage or Folder |
| About | Your story, what you do, what you are looking for | Article |
| Work or projects | What you have made, with pictures | Folder with Article or Gallery items |
| Writing | Notes, essays or a blog | Blog with Blog post items |
| Contact | A form, so you do not publish your mail address | Feedback form |
| Legal | Who runs the site, privacy notice where your law requires one | Article |
The class names are those of the default site package; see Content classes for websites.
The pages of this section
| Page | Read it when |
|---|---|
| Planning a personal site | Before you install anything |
| A personal site in a weekend | You are ready to build |
| About page and contact form | You want people to reach you without exposing your address |
| Writing for your own site | The site is up and you want people to read it |
What carries it in Exponential
- Folders and articles make the pages; the menu is built from the content tree (Menus and navigation).
- The Feedback form class is a ready contact form whose answers are stored and mailed to a recipient (Building a contact form).
- Readable addresses come from the page names (URL aliases and nice URLs).
- Search engine basics: titles, descriptions and a sitemap (SEO basics).
- A theme: the default
sevenx_themes_simpledesign (Choosing a site package and theme).
Growing it later
| Add | Section |
|---|---|
| Photos or artwork | Portfolios |
| Regular writing | Blogs |
| A private corner for relatives | Family sites |
| A second language | Multilingual sites |
Related pages
- Individuals: start here
- Planning your website
- Your first site step by step
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
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