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I'm working with a WordPress CMS website that was set up without a blog. (There was a blog, butI want the site to continue to function as it was hosted by somebody elsehas, which may be relevantwith mostly static pages, including the home page.) I want a page called "Blog" to function as a blog.

Now I've been asked to add a blog, and what I expected would be extremely easy isn't turning out that way.

This is what I've tried:

  1. Added a page called "Blog" and published it.
  2. Under Settings >> Reading, set the Posts page to Blog. (A Static Page is selected, with Front Page set to "Home".)
  3. Added Blog to the main navigation in the Theme Options.
  4. Created 2 posts.

When I view the Blog page, two messages appear instead of the two blog posts:

Please go to Admin Panel > Settings > Reading and setup "Front page displays" option

Another detail that may be relevant is there are only 2 page templates: Default Template and Archives. If I select Archives as the template for Blog, I get an archive menu that links to the 2 posts I set up.

Should I have a Blog Template as well? How can I add one? What else should I look at?

I'm working with a WordPress CMS website that was set up without a blog. (There was a blog, but it was hosted by somebody else, which may be relevant.)

Now I've been asked to add a blog, and what I expected would be extremely easy isn't turning out that way.

This is what I've tried:

  1. Added a page called "Blog" and published it.
  2. Under Settings >> Reading, set the Posts page to Blog. (A Static Page is selected, with Front Page set to "Home".)
  3. Added Blog to the main navigation in the Theme Options.
  4. Created 2 posts.

When I view the Blog page, two messages appear instead of the two blog posts:

Please go to Admin Panel > Settings > Reading and setup "Front page displays" option

Another detail that may be relevant is there are only 2 page templates: Default Template and Archives. If I select Archives as the template for Blog, I get an archive menu that links to the 2 posts I set up.

Should I have a Blog Template as well? How can I add one? What else should I look at?

I'm working with a WordPress CMS website that was set up without a blog. I want the site to continue to function as it has, with mostly static pages, including the home page. I want a page called "Blog" to function as a blog.

Now I've been asked to add a blog, and what I expected would be extremely easy isn't turning out that way.

This is what I've tried:

  1. Added a page called "Blog" and published it.
  2. Under Settings >> Reading, set the Posts page to Blog. (A Static Page is selected, with Front Page set to "Home".)
  3. Added Blog to the main navigation in the Theme Options.
  4. Created 2 posts.

When I view the Blog page, two messages appear instead of the two blog posts:

Please go to Admin Panel > Settings > Reading and setup "Front page displays" option

Another detail that may be relevant is there are only 2 page templates: Default Template and Archives. If I select Archives as the template for Blog, I get an archive menu that links to the 2 posts I set up.

Should I have a Blog Template as well? How can I add one? What else should I look at?

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Head of Catering
Head of Catering
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How do I get blog posts to appear within CMS?

I'm working with a WordPress CMS website that was set up without a blog. (There was a blog, but it was hosted by somebody else, which may be relevant.)

Now I've been asked to add a blog, and what I expected would be extremely easy isn't turning out that way.

This is what I've tried:

  1. Added a page called "Blog" and published it.
  2. Under Settings >> Reading, set the Posts page to Blog. (A Static Page is selected, with Front Page set to "Home".)
  3. Added Blog to the main navigation in the Theme Options.
  4. Created 2 posts.

When I view the Blog page, two messages appear instead of the two blog posts:

Please go to Admin Panel > Settings > Reading and setup "Front page displays" option

Another detail that may be relevant is there are only 2 page templates: Default Template and Archives. If I select Archives as the template for Blog, I get an archive menu that links to the 2 posts I set up.

Should I have a Blog Template as well? How can I add one? What else should I look at?