Setup Blog Seperate From Pages

Ah to answer my own question – I copied all the files into the blog directory except the wp-admin folder and it seems to be displaying the right content in the right places.

I’m planning on building a custom theme from the ground up – so I guess if I want it consistent then I can just copy the theme folder over to the blog – and upon further contemplation – it may be beneficial to alter the blog theme a bit from the main site.

Try setting up permalinks to /%category%/%postname%/. Then use a hard link in your navigation. So https://www.mysite.com/blog will display everything in the category ‘blog’ using archive.php.