# Can't seem to get markdown files to import to collection / item (trying to build a blog page) **URL:** \ **Category:** Elements\ **Created:** [September 3, 2025, 4:43am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-seem-to-get-markdown-files-to-import-to-collection-item-trying-to-build-a-blog-page/50729 "2025-09-03T04:43:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![waGriffguy52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed655f/32.png) [@waGriffguy52](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/waGriffguy52)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 4:43am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-seem-to-get-markdown-files-to-import-to-collection-item-trying-to-build-a-blog-page/50729/1 "2025-09-03T04:43:41Z")
RapidWeaver Elements 1.2.2 (23835) Created a new page, added my site header and sidebar (both global components), then dragged a collection component and then an item component inside it, into the page. I created a “cms” folder in the resources pane, then a subfolder named “posts”. I then used BBE to create a sample markdown file in plain text, properly formatted with the — and other sections, followed by another —. Set the collection component folder link to /cms/posts No joy. What am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![ben](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ben/32/28488_2.png) [@ben](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ben)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-seem-to-get-markdown-files-to-import-to-collection-item-trying-to-build-a-blog-page/50729/3 "2025-09-03T06:43:53Z")
> [@waGriffguy52](#): > > dragged a collection component and then an item component inside it, into the page you don’t need to place an Item inside the Collection component. Watch the video below to get a better understanding of how the Collection works, and let us know how you get on! 🙂 [![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/d/1/d1ab1e6fc58396183ed3b60362138f00c58eafba.jpeg "Dev Diary 93 - Elements CMS Public Beta") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywtITCFFh2k) ---
**Author:** ![waGriffguy52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed655f/32.png) [@waGriffguy52](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/waGriffguy52)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-seem-to-get-markdown-files-to-import-to-collection-item-trying-to-build-a-blog-page/50729/4 "2025-09-03T14:20:10Z")
Thank you! Watching this video, slowly, sometimes repeating sections. I’m stuck on how the cms/posts folders got into the pages pane. Mine was created in the resources section. Also, watching this video, I realized that I needed to go back to earlier CMS related videos. I went back to Dev Diary 90. Early in THAT video, Ben pulls a “posts grid” from the templates/project pane. Can you give me the links to download those projects (including Appleseed)? thanks for your patience with me on this! I’ve been using RWC for quite a while, and am still struggling to convert my thinking… ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-seem-to-get-markdown-files-to-import-to-collection-item-trying-to-build-a-blog-page/50729/5 "2025-09-03T18:44:30Z")
Take a look at the sample blog Project that shipped along side the video @ben posted… 👉 [Open Blog Project in Elements](elementsapp://downloadDocument/iyaFQsPZ4B87) ---
**Author:** ![waGriffguy52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed655f/32.png) [@waGriffguy52](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/waGriffguy52)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-seem-to-get-markdown-files-to-import-to-collection-item-trying-to-build-a-blog-page/50729/6 "2025-09-03T20:44:40Z")
Thanks Dan! I’ll play with this a bit now….