ruthiepearl

I fixed it. You got me started on the right path–thanks!

Note: I just went into settings and tried switching it back to the default where posts show up on the main page. This made my blog page show up the way that the blog template is coded.

But this creates a new problem–I don’t want the location of my posts to be my default home page…

That did fix the problem of not having the option of selecting “blog” as a template in the drop-down menu in the “Edit Pages” area of WordPress.

However, the changes aren’t being reflected in my live page. It still appears to be running off the same code as the other pages in my site. I am still confused about how to fix this…other ideas?