HW5 Summary

Time Log – time spent on other students’ sites (must have 4 entries or more):
Date: Feb. 04, 04min From: 19:33pm To: 19:37pm
Date: Feb. 07, 07min From: 17:45pm To: 17:51pm
Date: Feb. 07, 08min From: 18:05pm To: 18:13pm
Date: Feb. 07, 10min From: 18:15pm To: 18:25pm
Date: Feb. 07, 08min From: 20:05pm To: 20:13pm
Date: Feb. 07, 08min From: 22:44pm To: 22:52pm

Part I. Describe your menu structure and what you have implemented in your CMS

My CMS uses a simple, visitor-friendly menu structure that makes it easy to move between the main sections of the site. I implemented a main navigation menu that links to my key pages, MyLife, HWS, the IS Blog, and Home. I also updated the menu by adding a new link to HWS, HW5 and also rearranged the other pages to ensure they are all properly appearing in their correct sections. This ensures that the key pages of the website are easily accessible directly from the top navigation, without users having to dig through posts or folders. Overall, the structure supports quick access to the most important pages, while blog content is accessed through the posts area and footer navigation considering my chosen theme has no sidebar navigation capability.

Part II. Discuss what new contents you have added. Provide all the links of new contents.

I added three new blog posts as new content to the CMS, including this post. These posts introduce who I am and help personalize the site for visitors. My Career (Marketing) highlights my 7+ years of marketing experience across South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Ghana, my MAZ award in 2022, and my current MS in Business Analytics and how it’s positioning me. My Hobbies (Photography + Golf) share my interests outside school/work and help build a more human and relatable presence on the site.
Links to new content:
My Career post: /my-career/
My Hobbies post: /my-hobbies/
HWS page/link in menu: /HW5/

Part III. Discuss what you have developed/achieved in managing categories/tags

To improve organization and navigation, I used categories and tags to structure content clearly:
Categories were used to group posts into broader topics. This helps visitors understand what type of content they’re viewing and browse related posts easily. Tags were used to describe more specific themes inside each post. For example, in the career post, I included tags like branding, marketing, Africa, analytics, and in the hobbies post, I included tags like photography, golf, creativity, and lifestyle. This category/tag setup makes the CMS content easier to manage on the backend and easier to explore on the frontend.

Part IV. Describe how you use category search for visitors (i.e., side search bar) and tag cloud plugin

For visitors, I implemented sidebar navigation tools that make finding content fast and intuitive: Category navigation (sidebar): Visitors can use the category section in the sidebar to filter posts by topic. Clicking a category takes them to a page that shows all posts within that category, which is useful for browsing related content without scrolling through everything. Search bar (sidebar): The search widget lets visitors type keywords (e.g., “analytics,” “photography,” “HW5”) and instantly find relevant posts/pages. Tag Cloud plugin/widget (sidebar): I added a Tag Cloud in the sidebar so visitors can explore topics based on the tags used across posts. Bigger tags represent topics that appear more often, and clicking a tag filters the site to show all posts connected to that tag. This improves usability and helps users discover related content quickly.

I hope you find this post useful. Thanks. See you at the next one.