Title: Folder-based navigation
Last modified: January 20, 2017

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# Folder-based navigation

 *  [randybrown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/randybrown/)
 * (@randybrown)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folder-based-navigation/)
 * I appreciate your help with the following:
    I’m curious how Matt, Zeldman and
   others are accomplishing the folder-based navigation? On these sites, they have
   a nav bar which points to a folder, i.e.: `/archives/`. I know how to change 
   the paths and create the folders, etc. I have even got some of this working. 
   Example: I created folders for an “about” page, a “links” page, and an “archives”
   page. I modified the main `index.php` to include only what was needed for these
   particular pages. I copied these into their respective folders and named them
   each `index.php`. I modified the naivation to point to just the folder names.
   I also changed the path to `wp-blog-headers.php` to point outside the new folder
   strcuture; simply added a `.` to the front of the path. The “about” and “reading”
   pages worked just fine, but the “archives” page simply refreshed the main `index.
   php` of the site; did not display the archives. Perhaps my method is not even
   the best way to accomplish the folder-based navigation; it certainly didn’t work
   as I intended. Anyone have a suggestion for me? Perhaps this would also be of
   interest to others. TIA <rb> BTW: I switched my site back to the non-folder based
   nav.

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 *  [Nick Momrik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtdewvirus/)
 * (@mtdewvirus)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folder-based-navigation/#post-54464)
 * The reason archives did not work is because /archives/ is taken over by the rewrite
   rules and wordpress. So creating a folder named archives will never get accessed
   because the rewrite rules will always call up index.php and pass it parameters(
   if there are any).
 *  Thread Starter [randybrown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/randybrown/)
 * (@randybrown)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folder-based-navigation/#post-54520)
 * >  If your content is not hardcoded…there will be another answer
 * What would that be? I do want to do some WP database queries on a couple of the
   pages?
    Thanks! <rb>
 *  Thread Starter [randybrown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/randybrown/)
 * (@randybrown)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folder-based-navigation/#post-54521)
 * > The reason archives did not work is because /archives/ is taken over by the
   > rewrite rules and wordpress.
 * Thanks, MtnDew. So, I should able to use a different name and all will be well.
   Will do a test now.
    <rb>
 *  [nickknowledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickknowledge/)
 * (@nickknowledge)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folder-based-navigation/#post-54578)
 * I have an existing site (non-WP, but I’m migrating), with URI’s in the form
    `
   http://www.mysite.org/geography/mountains/` As a default with WP, even if I create
   sub-categories with just one post, the links will become: `http://www.mysite.
   org/category/geography/mountains/` However, adding this to the .htaccess file**
   immediately after** the RewriteBase line redirects them nicely: RewriteRule ^
   geography/?(.*) /wordpress/index.php?category_name=geography&$1 [QSA]

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [nickknowledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickknowledge/)
 * Last activity: [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folder-based-navigation/#post-54578)
 * Status: not resolved

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