Slash pages are common pages you can add to your website, usually with a standard, root-level slug like /now, /about, or /uses. They tend to describe the individual behind the site and are distinguishing characteristics of the IndieWeb.

Most websites have a link that says “about”. It goes to a page that tells you something about the background of this person or business. For short, people just call it an “about page”.

Most websites have a link that says “contact”. It goes to a page that tells you how to contact this person or business. For short, people just call it a “contact page”.

So a website with a link that says “now” goes to a page that tells you what this person is focused on at this point in their life. For short, we call it a “now page”.

Today I made an Exit page. So many people end their visit by hitting the Back button on their browser. The exit page is a last attempt to get them to explore the Blog Directory to find an entertaining blog. Or failing that to try a search on a search engine they may have never tried before.

In all my years as an absolute book fiend with a personal website, I’ve never hosted my reading list here! That’s now changed with a Reading page, the start of a new /is/ section of my site.

This site is built with the Eleventy SSG, and I’m using the Airtable API to bring in book data. Let’s explore how it’s built!

I’m working on a personal site refresh, oh so slowly. Part of the process has been considering what slash pages I have or want.

Robb Knight has a great list of ideas over at slashpages.net.

But there’s one I’ve had for a decade, that I think others might consider adding: /why.

It’s an opportunity to say what you care about, what direction you’re heading, and how you hope to exist in the world. A minifesto on the purpose of your site, or your work.