Personal Site Checklist
2026-02-17 • 1 min read | A running checklist of things a personal site should have. Useful as a reference, a goal list, or a mirror.tags: technology webdev webbed site
- Custom 404 page
- 88x31 button
- About page
- ai.txt
- Architecture.md
- ASCII art easter eggs (sidebar, about, 404)
- Blog
- Blogroll
- Bookmarks
- /Carry page
- Change Log
- change-password
- Colophon
- Comments (for blog posts)
- Console easter egg
- /Defaults page
- Disclaimer
- dnt
- dnt-policy.txt
- Donation page
- Email link
- /Favorites page
- Feeds page
- Guestbook
- Hello page
- Home page
- humans.txt
- Ideas page
- indieweb.txt
- Interests page
- License
- Light/Dark-mode toggle Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + L
- Links to social media
- Linklog
- /Nope
- Notes
- Now page
- “On This Day” button
- PGP key
- Privacy policy
- Privacy.txt
- pubvendors.json
- “Random” / “Surprise me” button
- Resume page
- Roadmap page
- robots.txt
- RSS feeds
- Search Ctrl/Cmd + K
- security.txt
- Sidebar navigation
- Site Map
- Site Statistics
- Slashes
- Palette
- Style guide
- Tags
- TIL page
- Uses page
- Verify page
- Webfinger
- Webring
- Activity feed
* For more ideas on things to add to your site, see James’ Coffee Blog and slashpages.net.
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