# Directory structure issue

**URL:** https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/directory-structure-issue/881
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [August 7, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/directory-structure-issue/881 "2017-08-07T14:50:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![rayr3lyt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d26b3c/32.png) [@rayr3lyt](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/rayr3lyt)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/directory-structure-issue/881/1 "2017-08-07T14:50:39Z")

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When I create a new site I am not getting all of the directory structures. The only folders showing up in my project are \_posts and \_site. I’ve tried uninstalling and jekyll and still doesn’t seem to work.

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### Author: ![rdyar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/rdyar/32/710_2.png) [@rdyar](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/rdyar)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/directory-structure-issue/881/2 "2017-08-07T16:14:18Z")

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probably because new sites use a theme and theme files are sort of hidden.

> **[Themes](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/themes/)**
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> Jekyll has an extensive theme system that allows you to leverage community-maintained templates and styles to customize your site’s presentation. Jekyll themes specify plugins and package up assets, layouts, includes, and stylesheets in a way that...

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### Author: ![rayr3lyt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d26b3c/32.png) [@rayr3lyt](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/rayr3lyt)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/directory-structure-issue/881/3 "2017-08-08T14:52:53Z")

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Where are things like the \_includes file?

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### Author: ![rdyar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/rdyar/32/710_2.png) [@rdyar](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/rdyar)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/directory-structure-issue/881/4 "2017-08-08T16:21:35Z")

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the link above explains it fairly well I think - though I don’t use themes myself.

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### Author: ![ashmaroli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@ashmaroli](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/ashmaroli)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/directory-structure-issue/881/5 "2017-08-08T16:26:15Z")

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@rayr3lyt If you have Bundler installed, simply run the following to get the “path” to current theme on your system:

```auto
# the default theme for a new site is called "minima"
# so to get the path to where "minima" is installed, run
#
$ bundle show minima
```