Subpages without _index.md file

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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 or at least redirect from the about and not have it appear in a google search?

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Hi there,

Please have a read about Requesting Help

It is easier to help you if we can see your actual code.

This message is straightforward: it implies that you have both index.* and _index.*.

Again, this message is straightforward. Somewhere in your layouts, you are calling .File.Dir.

There isn’t much else we can help with without seeing the rest of your website code.

3

Well, these are the messages I get when I delete the _index.md file from the about directory (I believe you can’t have a directory without index file and then have subdirectories with them) but I have noticed this isn’t an ideal solutions because I am generating breadcrumbs based on that about/_index.md frontmatter.

I am looking for a Hugo solution to disable that exact /about route from the website. Can you point me in the right direction?

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Have a look at the docs here:

It’s difficult to give you more specific advice without seeing your site code however.