# Folder collection paths are not working - Hugo + Netlify CMS

**URL:** <https://answers.netlify.com/t/folder-collection-paths-are-not-working-hugo-netlify-cms/98676>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** netlify-cms, netlify-newbie, hugo\
**Created:** [August 8, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/folder-collection-paths-are-not-working-hugo-netlify-cms/98676 "2023-08-08T14:55:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/folder-collection-paths-are-not-working-hugo-netlify-cms/98676/1 "2023-08-08T14:55:05Z")

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I am using Hugo and Netlify CMS for my project. Mostly functional site however my issue is with subfolders and paths.

In my config.yml -

folder: “content/blog”  
path: “{{year}}/{{month}}/{{slug}}”  
slug: “{{year}}-{{month}}-{{day}}-{{slug}}”

Yet in my ‘blog’ collection folder my test posts are not within subfolders as I had expected.  
I’ve have tested different paths and slugs…

Still all my test posts will be for example ‘blog/2023-08-07-test.md’ instead of ‘blog/2023/08/2023-08-07-test.md’

Are the folders so necessary? I think it will be when I upload images and I prefer the sub folders but I don’t know what I am doing wrong yet. I followed this instruction here [https://decapcms.org/docs/beta-features/#folder-collections-path](https://decapcms.org/docs/beta-features/#folder-collections-path)

… but it did not produce a subfolder.

This is a screenshot from my repo in the ‘blog’ collection folder -

 ![Screenshot 2023-08-08 at 15.47.37](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/netlify/original/3X/d/a/da1131ff94a8486944dbe61fde96218c3598b877.png)

I would really appreciate some guidance.  
My post titles alone are a plea for help lol

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**Author:** ![hrishikesh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/netlify/user_avatar/answers.netlify.com/hrishikesh/32/74607_2.png) [@hrishikesh](https://answers.netlify.com/u/hrishikesh)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/folder-collection-paths-are-not-working-hugo-netlify-cms/98676/2 "2023-08-11T14:50:10Z")

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