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LazioTibijczyk
LazioTibijczyk

Reputation: 1937

Subpages without _index.md file

I don't want to display the list page for the about. localhost/about should not even exist. Ideally I would like to not have an _index.md file but Hugo complains if I don't have one.

Content directory "/work/content/about" have both index.* and _index.* files, pick one.

.File.Dir on zero object. Wrap it in if or with: {{ with .File }}{{ .Dir }}{{ end }}

I am trying to have the following hierarchy

content
-- about
   -- use-cases
        _index.md
        --some-use-case
          index.md
   -- faq
      index.md

I should be able to access localhost/about/use-cases or localhost/about/faq but not the localhost/about. Is there a way to achieve this?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1279

Answers (1)

n m
n m

Reputation: 1791

There's more than one way to do this, but the v0.65.0+ way is to use Hugo's Build Options. Here's how I do it: First add the about/_index.md that the arrow points to below so your directory structure looks like this:

content
-- about
     _index.md  <-- discussed below!
   -- use-cases
        _index.md
        --some-use-case
          index.md
   -- faq
      index.md

In this about/_index.md file put the following front matter.

---
cascade:
  _build:
    render: always
    list: always

_build:
  render: never
  list: never
---

This is enough to make localhost/about/ not exist and the content below it exist (that's what the cascade part does). If you want to redirect it somewhere you can include the following in the front matter of the page that you want to redirect it to:

---
aliases:
  - /about/
---

For example, if you want to redirect it to your home page, put the above aliases list in content/_index.md.

content
  _index.md  <-- home page metadata & content!
-- about
     _index.md
⋮

Upvotes: 3

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