Len

In the linked image below I have a page called Test Page. I am going to edit it and call it Test Page Two.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/Hedgehog67/wp-forum/test_page.png

Sorry for all of the pics. I find it easier to explain things with the help of visual aids. 🙂

@mjblake

The code you’re looking for is in sidebar.php Open that file and at the top you will see this …

<div id="subscribe">

	<p><img style="vertical-align:-2px;" alt="RSS" src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/feed-icon-16x16.gif" /> &nbsp;<a href="<?php bloginfo_rss('rss2_url') ?>"><?php _e('Entries RSS'); ?></a> | <a href="<?php bloginfo_rss('comments_rss2_url') ?>"><?php _e('Comments RSS'); ?></a></p>

</div>

Simply delete it. A caveat: If you delete that bit you may want to adjust your style sheet. Why? Because that DIV is defined in the style sheet and deleting it will leave an empty space where it used to be. Which means the left and right sidebars won’t be evenly matched with respect to the navigation above them.

To fix that, look in the style sheet (style.css) and you will see this …

#left {
width: 190px;
float:left;
margin: 0;
padding: 5px 0 10px 0;
overflow:hidden;
}

#sidebar {
padding: 0;
margin: 0 0 0 740px;
background: #fff;
}

The DIV named LEFT controls all elements in the left sidebar while the DIV named SIDEBAR controls those in the right sidebar.

Note the padding for the DIV LEFT –> 5px 0 10px 0;

That means it has a top padding of 5px, no right padding, bottom padding of 10px and no left padding. (it reads clockwise)

Now note the DIV SIDEBAR has no padding at all –> padding: 0;

So, simply give it a top padding of 5px. It should now look like this …

#sidebar {
padding-top: 5px;
margin: 0 0 0 740px;
background: #fff;
}

This will line things up evenly once you have deleted the earlier stuff.

Haha, I have a full time job – I’m a roofer. I have no desire to make money from this. I just like helping out when I can. 🙂

Glad to see you have things working the way you want.

Once blog.php contains the necessary code (The Loop) for displaying posts it will do just that.

Most themes have an index.php file which automatically acts as a site’s home page. Therefore it will output that site’s posts. However, if you are using blog.php, with a Static Page, whenever someone clicks on the page called Blog (which uses the blog.php file) THAT page will output the posts. Have a look at Template File Hierarchy.

If you wish to display comments then yes you will need a comments.php file for that AND call that file in blog.php if that is where you want them displayed.

I’ve already reported it to the forum mailing list so a mod will see it soon.

Okay, now keeping in mind what the Codex says about creating Page Templates, you can create a new Page Template and call it blog.php

At the very top you will need to insert this …

<?php
/*
Template Name: Blog
*/
?>

Now, in the Add Page screen, write a new page, call it whatever you want (Blog) and select blog.php from the drop down menu. This will assign your newly created blog.php template file to the newly created Blog page.

For this to work, you must have the code for generating posts present in blog.php (The Loop)

Hi mohawktraditionalcouncil,

All I see at the link you provided is a standard HTML page.

Hi elbalazo,

I’m assuming this theme you built includes a standard theme file like index.php?