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title: "Working with Pages"
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permalink: /docs/pages/
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excerpt: "Suggestions and Front Matter defaults for working with pages."
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last_modified_at: 2016-11-03T11:13:12-04:00
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---
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To better organize all of your pages you can centralize them into a single location similar to posts and collections.
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**Step 1:** Start by placing pages (`.md` or `.html` files) into a `_pages` directory. Meaningfully naming files should be the goal. Avoid patterns like `/about/index.md` as it makes distinguishing between multiple `index.md` files harder.
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```bash
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sample-project
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└── _pages/
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├── 404.md # custom 404 page
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├── about.md # about page
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└── contact.md # contact page
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```
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**Step 2:** Include pages to be sure Jekyll "sees" and processes the files inside of `_pages`. Add `include: ["_pages"]` to `_config.yml`.
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**Step 3:** Assign permalink overrides in the YAML Front Matter of each.
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Examples:
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| filename | permalink |
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| -------- | --------- |
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| _pages/about.md | `permalink: /about/` |
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| _pages/home.md | `permalink: /` |
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| _pages/contact.md | `permalink: /contact/` |
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**Recommended Front Matter Defaults:**
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```yaml
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defaults:
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# _pages
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- scope:
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path: ""
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type: pages
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values:
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layout: single
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author_profile: true
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``` |