Time Log – time spent on other students’ sites (must have 4 entries or more):
Date: Feb. 03, 2026 From: 10:05pm To: 10:25 pm (20 minutes)
Date: Feb. 04, 2026 From: 9:34pm To: 10:00pm (26 minutes)
Date: Feb. 05, 2026 From: 10:30am To: 10:50am (20 minutes)
Date: Feb. 06, 2026 From: 09:25am To: 09:40am (15 minutes)
Part I. Describe your menu structure and what you have implemented in your CMS
For my menu structure, I organized the site around both IT concepts and my personal content so visitors can quickly understand what each section offers. The top‑level menu includes Home, IT Trends, My Life, and HWs, each with its own set of sub‑items. IT Trends contains my conceptual posts on virtual host services, containers, and CMSs. My Life holds My Career and My Hobbies so readers can see who I am beyond the technical topics. Under HWs, I created separate submenus for HW3, HW4, and HW5, and nested the relevant posts and HTML pages under each homework heading.
Part II. Discuss what new contents you have added. Provide all the links of new contents.
For this homework, I added several new pieces of content to show both technical understanding and personal context. I created two new posts, My Career and My Hobbies, and linked them under both My Life and HW5 in the menu. I added a sidebar navigation menu and an HW5 Summary Post, and made sure all of these new items are accessible through the HW5 submenu as well as from the main navigation. Additionally, added recent comments and recent posts blocks in the sidebar widget.
Part III. Discuss what you have developed/achieved in managing categories/tags
In managing categories and tags, I focused on using them consistently so visitors and instructor can easily filter related content. I created a homework‑specific category (for example, IS 5320 Homework 5) for all HW5‑related posts, and a separate category (such as IS 5320 Week 3 Assignment Posts) for my earlier IT trend articles. Then I added descriptive tags across posts, such as career, Business Analyst, and web analytics for My Career, and hobbies, cooking, travel, and reading for My Hobbies. The technical posts use tags like Docker, virtual host, and CMS, which makes it clear what each article covers and groups posts by topic and week.
Part IV. Describe how you use category search for visitors (i.e., side search bar) and tag cloud plugin
To help visitors navigate by topics, I use both category‑based navigation and a tag cloud in the sidebar. The category widget lets users click on a category like IS 5320 Homework 5 to see only the HW5 posts, or on the Week 3 category to view just the IT trend write‑ups. In addition, I enabled a tag cloud so frequent tags such as career, hobbies, web analytics, or Docker appear visually, with more common tags standing out. This gives visitors an easy way to discover related content with one click, using either the category list or the tag cloud as a side search/navigation tool.
Nice work on organizing your CMS and menu structure. I like how you separated IT Trends, My Life, and HWs, which makes navigation very clear. Your use of categories, tags, and the tag cloud is well explained and helpful for visitors to find related content easily. Overall, the site is well structured and easy to follow.
Hi Shreya,
I really loved how you have organized your website in a very prioritize clean way and you it seems you are aware of the user experience (UX) and accessibility very well. It clearly shows that you see the website content as a third person point of view. You have clearly stated every topic and discussion so well.
Good work Shreya, your site looks really easy to navigate. Its so easy to find things around without getting lost in the experience. Keep it up.
Hi Shreya, your idea of adding both the navigation and the word cloud is really strong, and it makes the site feel well organized and easy to explore. The UI and UX look great, and the layout helps visitors find content quickly without extra clicks. I especially like how the navigation gives a clear structure while the word cloud supports discovery by letting readers jump to topics they care about. Overall, it is a clean and user friendly design choice that improves the browsing experience.