I've lately building personal websites for friends and this is a collection of paths that can be added to a personal website to provide additional information and functionality.
Common Pages
/about- Provides information on the company, organization, or person./now- Explains what the person is focused on at this point in their life./contact- Offers a way to get in touch with the person./cv- Lists the person's work experience, education, and skills./404- A page that shows up when a visitor tries to access a page that doesn't exist.
Personal Pages
/links- Lists the person's links on the world wide web./photos- Showcases the person's photography./projects- Outlines the person's projects./work- Showcases what the person has accomplishment in their previous roles.
Special Pages
/ideas- Details what the person would like to work on in the future./colophon- Explains the technologies used to build the website./guestbook- Allows visitors to leave comments./purpose- Explains the "why" behind the website's "what"./uses- Details developer setups, gear, software, and configs./wish- Highlights openly sought items/experiences/charities.
Files
/humans.txt- Contains information about the different people who have contributed to building the website./robots.txt- Gives instructions about the person's website to web robots./sitemap.xml- Lists all the pages on a website (useful for crawlers and external integration).