SharePoint Folders

All of the documents, images, and pages of your site are stored in Libraries; a fancy name for a folder. As you add more content to your site you will want to know where these libraries are stored and how to manage them.

Site Structure

Every SharePoint site starts off as a basic site with a few pages. As the site grows, you can add more sections to your site to help you group your content. These new sections are called Subsites.

Each subsite gets its own set of folders. You can also control the navigation links under each subsite.

Here's an example of a site structure with a few subsites:

    
    Kentucky.gov (the root level; https://kentucky.gov/)
    ├── Pages
    │   └── index.aspx (the home page)
    ├── Documents
    ├── Images
    ├── Business (a subsite; https://kentucky.gov/business/)
    │   ├── Pages
    │   │   └── start-a-business.aspx
    │   ├── Documents
    │   │   └── business-listing.pdf    
    │   └── Images
    ├── Education (a subsite; https://kentucky.gov/education/)
    │   ├── Pages
    │   │   └── about-our-schools.aspx
    │   ├── Documents
    │   └── Images

Notice that the root level of your site and each subsite all have a Documents, Images, and Pages folder. These folders are automatically created with every new subsite.

It's important to know the structure of your site to help you locate where your files are stored and how to manage your folders.

Site Contents

The Site Actions Gear button with the Site contents option selected.

To view the folders on your site, you can click on the Site Actions gear in the top right and choose 'Site contents'.

You will be taken to another page that lists all of this area's folders.

The Site Contents link is context specific, meaning if you click this when you are on the home page, you will see the root level folders. If you were on a page in the Businesses area (like in the structure above), you would instead see the folders that are stored in the Businesses subsite.

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