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Structuring Multi-Part Blog Posts with Nested Routes in Next.js

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  • Shantnu Sharma

    Shantnu Sharma


πŸ“š Structuring Multi-Part Blog Posts with Nested Routes in Next.js

Managing long-form or related content can get messy without proper structure. That’s why this blog template now supports nested routing for posts, letting you organize your content in logical sub-folders β€” perfect for multi-part tutorials, team blogs, or language variants.

πŸ’‘ This post itself is served from a nested route at /data/blog/nested-route, demonstrating exactly how it works.


🧱 How Nested Routing Works

To enable nested routes, simply create sub-folders within your main /data/blog directory. Each folder can contain .md or .mdx files representing posts in that group.

For example:

/data/blog/
  nested-route/
    index.mdx
    part-two.mdx
  another-series/
    part-one.mdx
    part-two.mdx

You can even go deeper:

/data/blog/nested-route/deeply-nested/my-post.md

This setup is powered by Next.js catch-all dynamic routes ([[...slug]].tsx), which automatically map your folder structure into accessible URLs.


πŸ”„ Why Use Nested Routes?

Here are a few scenarios where nested blog routing becomes extremely useful:

  • βœ… Logical content grouping (series, topics, categories)
  • βœ… Multi-part tutorials or long-form guides
  • βœ… Posts by different authors in their own namespaces
  • βœ… Preparing your blog for internationalization (although Next.js built-in i18n is preferred for production)

πŸ“… Sorting and Navigation

By default, the blog template sorts posts by publication date regardless of folder. This means nested posts still appear in chronological order across the site.

However, for multi-part posts, you might want to customize the logic to link to the previous/next post in the series rather than date order.

⚠️ Currently, previous/next post links use date-based ordering. Customizing navigation for series progression is a possible enhancement.


πŸš€ Wrapping Up

Nested routing gives your blog structure and scalability without losing the simplicity of Markdown content. Whether you’re launching a multi-part course or just want better content organization, this feature fits right into your existing Next.js and Contentlayer setup.

Feel free to experiment and make your blog more modular!