# "Posts" folder was not created — instead: a "year" folder?

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/posts-folder-was-not-created-instead-a-year-folder/3246>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [August 26, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/posts-folder-was-not-created-instead-a-year-folder/3246 "2019-08-26T15:36:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![MichaelStark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/michaelstark/32/1854_2.png) [@MichaelStark](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/MichaelStark)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/posts-folder-was-not-created-instead-a-year-folder/3246/1 "2019-08-26T15:36:38Z")

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Hi guys,

mabey someone can help a rookie…

the folder \_site\>posts is not created, instead jekyll creates a folder \_site\>2019

Thanks a lot !

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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 26, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/posts-folder-was-not-created-instead-a-year-folder/3246/2 "2019-08-26T20:42:17Z")

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well, that is not a lot of info to go on, sounds like the permalink is set to the year?

what is in your config file? do the individual pages have a permalink in the front matter?

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**Author:** ![MichaelStark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/michaelstark/32/1854_2.png) [@MichaelStark](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/MichaelStark)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/posts-folder-was-not-created-instead-a-year-folder/3246/3 "2019-08-28T13:55:22Z")

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Hi rdyar,

yeah man.

The “post” folder wasn’t created from jekyll.  
What jekyll created was a year folder.

it’s now

_site  
|_ 2019  
|\_ 08

istead of

_site  
|_ posts  
|\_ 2019  
|\_ 08

Front Matter:

* * *

## layout: post title: “My fist Project” image: featured-image.jpg

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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 28, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/posts-folder-was-not-created-instead-a-year-folder/3246/4 "2019-08-28T14:38:15Z")

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pretty sure that is the default permalink - assuming you are not using categories. It is not going to start with `/posts`.

> **[Permalinks](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/permalinks/)**
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> Permalinks are the output path for your pages, posts, or collections. They allow you to structure the directories of your source code different from the directories in your output.