Do I need a custom loop?

Under Settings > Reading you can choose whether the main blog is on the home page or any other page.

Under Settings > Reading I only see the option to configure how the homepage works. Whether it will be most recent articles, or a static page.

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Settings_Reading_SubPanel

Am I missing something?

You can also set the number of posts per page there, and to make it show excerpts instead of full posts change the_content to the_excerpt in the template file.

So… How do I get the posts on another page that isn’t the homepage? That’s my whole question.

Set it to a “static page” and choose the page name from the drop-down. Of course you have to create the page first.

But I already have a homepage set-up. Wouldn’t that change my homepage? If you read my post I want to create a menu item titled “blog” with all the posts. Separate from the homepage.

It would help if you could post a link. I don’t know how to make it any clearer without seeing what you refer to as your homepage and why you cannot create a page called blog and set that as your main blog page.

https://bit.ly/iC0cvF
Ok. Did what you said.

Notice homepage displays the most recent article, in it’s entirety. That is my Index loop.

Created a page called “Blog” and set it under “Reading” like you said. It looks to me like it’s using the same Index Loop. Which I do not want. I want it to be a different loop.

So I was asking how to achieve this.
Clear now?

Sorry to bump, but I’m still looking for help with this if anyone can assist? Thank you!

Ok, so here’s my modified Index loop… I’ve created a “blog” page in WordPress to experiment with…

function mod_index_query() {
global $wp_query;

	if (is_front_page()) {
		$defaults = $wp_query->query_vars;
		$custom = array('posts_per_page'=> '1');
		$args = wp_parse_args( $custom, $defaults );
		query_posts($args);

	} else {
		$defaults = $wp_query->query_vars;
		$custom = array('posts_per_page'=> '10');
		$args = wp_parse_args( $custom, $defaults );
		query_posts($args);
	}
}
add_action('thematic_above_indexloop','mod_index_query');

Under “Reading”, the following “front page displays” settings cause the following set-ups.
1. Your latest posts: Homepage shows mose recent post (expected), Blog shows blog page with no posts.
2. A static page, Front page nothing, most recent posts nothing: Homepage shows most recent post (expected), Blog shows blog page with no posts.
3. A static page, Front page “Blog”, most recent posts nothing: Homepage shows Blog page which has no posts, Blog shows blog page with no posts nothing.
4. A static page, Front page nothing, most recent posts “Blog”: Homepage shows 10 most recent posts (Blog should show this), Blog shows 10 most recent posts (expected)
5. A static page, Front page “Blog”, most recent posts “Blog”: Homepage shows Blog page with no posts, Blog shows blog page with no posts.

I think option 1 is the best, but that i’m doing it all wrong…
If not, then configuration #4 is the most promising… I’m confident I’m going about this all wrong though.

Any input would be appreciated.

note: the hook at the end is because I’m using the Thematic theme. You can disregard, as my main issue is just not understanding where to properly put this second loop, or what to link the “blog” menu item to to grab the right loop.