Title: Blog Template?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Blog Template?

 *  [degran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/degran/)
 * (@degran)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blog-template/)
 * I’m currently attempting to modify my blog to match the layout of the rest of
   my webpage. I can’t seem to find a “Blog.php” file which holds the layout, and
   setting a template doesn’t seem to fix the problem. Any help would be greatly
   appreciated.
 * Thanks

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 *  [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blog-template/#post-1955855)
 * WordPress does not use a “blog.php” template file.
 * What Theme are you using?
 *  Thread Starter [degran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/degran/)
 * (@degran)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blog-template/#post-1955858)
 * I’m currently using a custom child theme built on ThemeShaper’s Thematic framework.
   Whichever file determines the layout of [semanticarts.com/archives/996](http://semanticarts.com/archives/996)
   is what I’m after but after a considerable amount of digging, I can’t seem to
   find it.
 *  [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blog-template/#post-1955864)
 * Ahh.
 * Trying to customize a framework-based Theme such as Thematic may not be the best
   place to start, as a beginner. I would recommend that you familiarize yourself
   with the WordPress template system by making a Child Theme of a more basic Theme,
   such as TwentyTen. Then, once you’ve got a solid grasp on how everything works,
   try to tackle a framework-based Theme.
 *  Thread Starter [degran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/degran/)
 * (@degran)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blog-template/#post-1955865)
 * I probably should have done that about 6 months ago but unfortunately I’m already
   knee deep in this framework. I wasn’t using blog functionality until recently,
   I was treating wordpress as more of a CMS than blogging tool. I’ve got most of
   my other pages edited around the framework but am stuck on the blog layout portion.
   I may need to start from scratch but would prefer to avoid that if at all possible.
 *  [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blog-template/#post-1955886)
 * WordPress uses the “index.php” Theme template file to build the blog Posts index
   pages, and the “single.php” Theme template file to build the single blog Post
   page.
 * If you’re using a static Page as your front page, you can also use the “home.
   php” template file for your blog Posts index page.

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 * Last reply from: [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blog-template/#post-1955886)
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