Hugo is only generating a single html file and ignores all subfolders of /content/

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Hello, my second noob question today! Quite a learning curve…

So, my website is done, I have nothing more to change and I simply want to get my finished HTML files.

In my /content/ dir is an index.md, my homepage. I have three subdirectories; /content/about/, /content/page1 and /content/static

All of these subdirectories contain an index.md respectively.

When trying the site locally via hugo server everything works absolutely fine. Looks like it should, behaves like it should, all dandy. I can navigate all the individual pages via the header menu just fine.

However, when building using just Hugo things stop working all together. The process finishes without any errors and I get my index.html, which looks exactly like it should, however this is the only one of my .md files that actually gets converted. My /content/static folder gets copied to /public/, however my /about/ and /page1/ folders and their index.md files just… don’t exist in /public/.

I’ve been biting my teeth out on this problem for a good 2 hours now, and I really can’t piece together where I’m wrong.

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Sections, including the home page, should have _index.md files instead of index.md files.

https://gohugo.io/content-management/page-bundles/

Example

content/
├── posts/
│   ├── post-1/
│   │   ├── a.jpg
│   │   ├── b.jpg
│   │   └── index.md  <-- indicates leaf bundle  
│   ├── _index.md    <-- indicates branch bundle / section
│   ├── post-2.md
│   └── post-3.md
└── _index.md   <-- home  page
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… I feel really stupid. It works now, very thankful for your quick help!

Maybe it’s time for a break and some sleep, I don’t think I’m functioning correctly anymore.

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You’re not. It’s a subtle distinction.