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categories = ['explanation']
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description = "Your content's directory structure"
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title = 'Directory Structure'
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weight = 1
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In **Hugo** , pages are the core of your site.
The theme generates the navigation menu out of the given directory structure.
Organize your site like [any other Hugo project ](https://gohugo.io/content/structure/ ). Typically, you will have a _content_ directory with all your pages.
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````tree
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- content | folder
- log | folder
- first-day | folder
- _index.md | fa-fw fab fa-markdown | secondary
- first-sub-page | folder
- _index.md | fa-fw fab fa-markdown | secondary
- picture1.png | file-alt | accent
- plain.txt | file-alt | accent
- second-day | folder
- index.md | fa-fw fab fa-markdown | secondary
- picture1.png | file-alt | accent
- picture2.png | file-alt | accent
- third-day.md | fa-fw fab fa-markdown | secondary
- _index.md | fa-fw fab fa-markdown | secondary
- _index.md | fa-fw fab fa-markdown | secondary
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````
> [!note]
> While you can also go different, `_index.md` (with an underscore) is recommended for each directory, it's your _directory's home page_.
>
> See [Hugo's guide for content ](https://gohugo.io/content-management/) to learn more.
