# Pinning a great post about index.md vs \_index.md vs some-page.md by pointyfar

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**Created:** [October 8, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/pinning-a-great-post-about-index-md-vs-index-md-vs-some-page-md-by-pointyfar/35056 "2021-10-08T01:42:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![cshoredaniel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/cshoredaniel/32/19684_2.png) [@cshoredaniel](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/cshoredaniel)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/pinning-a-great-post-about-index-md-vs-index-md-vs-some-page-md-by-pointyfar/35056/1 "2021-10-08T01:42:04Z")

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I wonder if this post

> [@Naming content files: index.md vs \_index.md vs foo.md](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/naming-content-files-index-md-vs-index-md-vs-foo-md/24043):
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> A (hopefully) helpful guide to users new to Hugo about what the differences are between index.md, \_index.md and foo-bar.md, and how these relate to what layout files are being used. I like to start with the question: Where will this page live in my site? Take a common example: an "About Us" page. I want it to live in yoursite.com/about-us/. Any of these three options\*\* will generate a page at yoursite.com/about-us/: content/about-us.md content/about-us/index.md content/about-us/\_index.md B…

by @pointyfar could be pinned. I think it would be quite helpful for new users.

@bep @anthonyfok @jmooring @alexandros

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**Author:** ![pointyfar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/pointyfar/32/5797_2.png) [@pointyfar](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/pointyfar)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/pinning-a-great-post-about-index-md-vs-index-md-vs-some-page-md-by-pointyfar/35056/2 "2021-10-08T14:55:41Z")

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…And there’s my nudge to update the terms/taxonomy examples for the layout bits 😅

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**Author:** ![pointyfar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/pointyfar/32/5797_2.png) [@pointyfar](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/pointyfar)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/pinning-a-great-post-about-index-md-vs-index-md-vs-some-page-md-by-pointyfar/35056/3 "2021-10-11T14:56:23Z")

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