Created a page but want this to be a folder instead

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Hi,

I have been reading the forum but can’t figure this out:

I have created a page. But now I want to add subpages/child pages to this page. E.g.,

Parent page - www.website.com/industry
Child page - www.website.com/industry/construction

I thought it would make sense to turn the parent page into a folder, but I see that a folder cannot have the same slug. I’ve read that I need to create a folder first. Should I just create a new page and use the child slug above, “industry-construction”? What are my options?

Thanks.

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Hi there,

You can organize your pages using folders for better hierarchy. Here’s what you can do:

  1. Create a new folder called “Industry” in the Pages panel
  2. Move your existing industry page into this folder and rename it appropriately
  3. Create your construction page within the Industry folder

This will give you the URL structure you want: yourcompany.com - This website is for sale! - yourcompany Resources and Information.. Just note that moving pages to a new folder will update URLs, so you may need to set up 301 redirects for any existing links.

Hopefully this helps! If you still need assistance, please reply here so somebody from the community can help.

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A static page and a folder can have the same slug.
So can a static page and a collection page.
However a folder and a collection page cannot have the same slug, since the subpages within them can conflict.

I’ve not encountered that bug recently but if you are having problems, you could temporarily rename your static page slug, e.g. /industry1 then create your folder, then fix the slug on your static page.

Important if you do this, check your 301 redirects as Webflow may automatically create redirects there when you move a static page.

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Your first point is really helpful.

So, I have a collection page that I’ve created…and I want children under this, so I tried to create a folder. To your point, they cannot have the same slug, so I got stuck.

On my collection webpage, I wanted to include links to child pages + the collection itself. Is this just not possible and I need to treat a collection page as one thing that cannot have children?

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Correct, Webflow natively does not support this.

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