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After running `zola init` , you should see the following structure in your directory:
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```bash
.
├── config.toml
├── content
├── sass
├── static
├── templates
└── themes
5 directories, 1 file
```
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You might also see a `public` directory if you are running the default `zola build/serve` commands which contains some output for the site: the full site for `zola build` and only the static assets for `zola serve` . This folder will be deleted/created automatically by `zola serve` .
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Here's a high-level overview of each of these directories and `config.toml` .
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## `config.toml`
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A mandatory Zola configuration file in TOML format.
This file is explained in detail in the [configuration documentation ](@/documentation/getting-started/configuration.md ).
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## `content`
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Contains all your markup content (mostly `.md` files).
Each child directory of the `content` directory represents a [section ](@/documentation/content/section.md )
that contains [pages ](@/documentation/content/page.md ) (your `.md` files).
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To learn more, read the [content overview page ](@/documentation/content/overview.md ).
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## `sass`
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Contains the [Sass ](https://sass-lang.com ) files to be compiled. Non-Sass files will be ignored.
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The directory structure of the `sass` folder will be preserved when copying over the compiled files; for example, a file at
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`sass/something/site.scss` will be compiled to `public/something/site.css` .
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## `static`
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Contains any kind of file. All the files/directories in the `static` directory will be copied as-is to the output directory.
If your static files are large, you can configure Zola to [hard link ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_link ) them
instead of copying them by setting `hard_link_static = true` in the config file.
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## `templates`
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Contains all the [Tera ](https://keats.github.io/tera ) templates that will be used to render your site.
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Have a look at the [templates documentation ](@/documentation/templates/_index.md ) to learn more about default templates
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and available variables.
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## `themes`
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Contains themes that can be used for your site. If you are not planning to use themes, leave this directory empty.
If you want to learn about themes, see the [themes documentation ](@/documentation/themes/_index.md ).
