Step 4: Activate your blog page

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SKIP THIS STEP FOR SARIN & LYRA  BLOG TEMPLATES

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Activate your blog page

Note: if you'd like for the blog to appear in the .com/blog area you will need to go to Permalinks then change the url to custom and put in /%postname%/

1. Click the "Pages" button
2. Click "Add New"
3. Type "Blog" for the title
4. Then in the attributes panel on the right, use the Template drop down and select "Blog".
5. Click "Publish"

NOTE: You will not add any content to this page. 

THEN...

1. Go to the "Settings" tab
2. Click the "Reading" section.
3. Select the button that says "static page" 
4. Set the posts page as "Blog" 
5. Change the "Blog pages show at most" to 5 (Hint: this will make your blog load faster)
6. Click "Save Changes" at the bottom

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