# Organise pages in folders, with redirects

URL: https://xodia.ai/guides/organise-pages-in-folders
Description: Organise your website's pages in folders in Xodia: nested addresses, links updated for you, and redirects from old addresses written for your host.
Last updated: 2026-11-08

In Xodia, a folder is part of a page's address: put pages in folders to get addresses like /services/web/design, move a page or a whole folder in the Pages panel, and Xodia updates every link to it and leaves a [redirect](https://xodia.ai/glossary/redirect) from the old address.

Updated November 3, 2026

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Step by step

## How to organise pages in folders

Seven steps to a tidy tree of pages, without broken links.

1. 1 Open the Pages panel Open Pages in the rail beside the canvas. Your pages show as a tree, with Collection pages and Utility pages in their own groups.
2. 2 Create a folder Choose New folder. Give it a name, such as Services, and a slug, such as services, and choose the folder it goes inside or the site root. Pages you put in it will live at /services/page-name.
3. 3 Move pages into it Drag a page onto the folder, or choose Move to from the page's menu and pick the folder with the arrow keys. To change one page's address, open its settings and change its Parent folder or Slug.
4. 4 Check what moves Before anything changes, a card shows the new address, the files that move, how many links are updated and, for a published page, Keep the old address working. Leave it on so old links and search results still reach the page, then confirm.
5. 5 Add a folder page Choose Add folder page from the folder's menu to give /services a page of its own, such as an overview that links to each service. A folder without one is only part of its pages' addresses.
6. 6 Undo or keep going Press Cmd+Z or Ctrl+Z to put a move back, with its links and redirects. Rename a folder, change its slug, or move it with everything in it the same way.
7. 7 Push and deploy Push your changes and deploy. Your host serves the pages at their new addresses and the redirects from the old ones.

Moves

## See what changes before it moves

Every move shows its new address, the files that move, the links Xodia updates and the redirect it leaves, before anything changes.

- Links in your pages, menu and footer follow the page
- Redirects go in your host's own redirect file, one hop each
- One undo puts it all back

Plan

## The sitemap shows the same tree

The Plan tab's [sitemap](https://xodia.ai/glossary/sitemap) follows your folders. Dragging a page there that isn't built yet changes the plan only; dragging a built page makes the same move as the Pages panel, after you review it.

- Every rule, clash and limit: [Pages, folders and redirects](https://docs.xodia.ai/editing/pages)
- Plan and site in step: [Plan your site](https://docs.xodia.ai/plan)

Questions

## Questions about page folders

**Will old links to a moved page break?**

Links inside your site are updated as part of the move. For links from elsewhere, such as search results and social posts, the redirect sends visitors to the new address once your host deploys it.

**Where do the redirects go?**

In the file your host reads: public/_redirects for Netlify and Cloudflare, the redirects in vercel.json for Vercel, or both when nothing in the site says which host it uses. Each is a permanent redirect, and they stay one hop even after several moves. On the Xodia template, the page files move into matching folders too.

**How deep can folders go?**

Up to 5 levels under the site root, such as /a/b/c/d/e/page.

**Can a blog live inside a folder?**

Yes. In the collection's settings, choose a Parent folder for its [URL folder](https://xodia.ai/glossary/url-folder), such as resources, and its posts live at /resources/blog/post-name. See [Build a blog with Xodia CMS](https://xodia.ai/guides/build-blog-xodia-cms).

**What if an address is already taken?**

Xodia refuses it and says why, such as a page that already uses it, or a collection whose items own that level. A collection can keep a [slug](https://xodia.ai/glossary/slug) free for a page beside its items.

**Does it work on the Free plan?**

Yes, folders and moves work on every plan. On Free, a site can have up to 4 pages, not counting [collection pages](https://xodia.ai/glossary/collection-page).

Keep exploring

## Related guides and pages

- [Build a blog with Xodia CMS Posts in your repo, a list on any page and a page per post](https://xodia.ai/guides/build-blog-xodia-cms)
- [Plan a website you already have A site plan made from your code, kept in sync](https://xodia.ai/guides/plan-existing-website)
- [Edit an AI-built site exported to GitHub Import the repo an AI tool made and keep editing](https://xodia.ai/guides/edit-ai-built-site-github)
- [The visual editor Pages, canvas and styles](https://xodia.ai/product/visual-editor)
- [SEO Page settings, audits and speed tests](https://xodia.ai/product/seo)
- [Redirect What a redirect is and when to use one](https://xodia.ai/glossary/redirect)

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