Organize Markdawn Pages And Folders

You do not need a complicated filing system to use Markdawn. Start with clear page titles, then add folders when you have a group of related pages.

Give Pages Useful Titles

A good title answers the question: “What will I find here?”

Prefer:

Launch Checklist
Questions From Customer Interviews
Things to Fix Before Friday

Avoid titles that only make sense while you are writing them, such as Notes, Stuff, or New Page.

Create Folders When They Help

Create a folder when pages share a project, person, or area of responsibility.

Product Launch
├── Launch Checklist
├── Customer Questions
└── Release Notes

You can create a folder first or move pages into one later.

Do Not Over-Organize

If you are unsure where a page belongs, leave it at the top level and keep writing. Move it after you have enough pages to see a pattern.

A useful structure is better than a complete structure.

Use page links when one page refers to another. Links are useful even when the pages live in different folders.

Find A Page Again

Use the page list or search to return to a page. Clear titles make search more useful than trying to remember exactly where you filed something.

A Simple Structure That Scales

Start with a few pages at the top level. When a project has enough pages to repeat a pattern, create a folder for that project and move only the related pages into it. Keep cross-project context connected with page links.

For a first page, see Create A Page In Markdawn. If you are bringing in an existing folder, see Import Markdown And Obsidian Notes Into Markdawn.