How can I create a blog page? (And where are the templates at?)

[erlendshParticipant Post count: 99]

I like having a blog page at example.com/blog where I can list more posts than on my front page, coupled with a blog-specific sidebar. Some themes have allowed me to easily do this by having a “blog” template that I can apply to a page. Is there a way to do this with Infinity?

On a related note, how come there are no templates whatsoever for pages in Infinity? Are you taking a different approach, or are templates just not a priority yet?

[boweParticipant Post count: 698]

There will be some page templates added in the next release.. The ones we have now are:

- Archive Template (listing posts from across the site + search form)
- Sidebar Left (Switch the sidebar)
- Full Width (full width.. duh)

The waited a bit with adding them, because adding a lot of those clutter up the theme (and it’s already quite busy in the Infinity theme folder ). But some of them are pretty much standard in any theme these days, so we add those in if there’s a need for it..

Hopefully in WordPress 3.3 page templates can “live” outside the root theme folder (http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11216) so we can start offering all kinds of page templates which can easily be drag and dropped into your child theme folder

[erlendshParticipant Post count: 99]

Hopefully in WordPress 3.3 page templates can “live” outside the root theme folder (http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11216) so we can start offering all kinds of page templates which can easily be drag and dropped into your child theme folder

Awesome. Make note of Nacin’s comment though:
“Definitely not 3.3 material, but could go into 3.4.”

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