I decided that I wanted a static front page for this site (I’m not sure that’s the right decision but we are going to try it for a while).  So when I set up the site I managed to get it configured the way I wanted.  A few day later I decided that I also wanted a page to hold all my blog posts (this is normally how the front page is configured).

Try 1 

As usual what I do when I don’t know what I’m doing I’ll start by clicking through all the options.  I wanted a page so I started in WordPresses Page tab.  I made a new page however it had no options to configure it so it did not seam possible.

Try 2

If at first you do not succeed .. turn to google.  After a search I found this page.  I didn’t feel like watching the video so I just followed the text instructions.  However, it directed me back to the page tab that I’d just been at.  I assume that at some point wordpress has changed how to do this.  What I did learn was that it should be possible to do what I wanted and it’s functionality built into work press.

Try 3

With the renewed knowledge that what I wanted to do is possible I went back to my default behavior and started to click though options.  Something in the article had mentioned that most themes support this so I wondered if maybe it was in the theme setting.  Sure enough under Appearance ->Themes->Customize-Static Front Page I found what I was looking for.  A place to set both what I wanted as the front page and where I wanted my blog post to appear.  In “post” pull down menu was a list of all my pages.  I went and created a new page for the posts and then came back and assigned it.  Up next I needed to add the page to my default menus and I was all done.

Got It!

As an aside I’m pretty sure this is the same place that I turned off the dynamic front page to start with.  Isn’t it funny how our brains work.  At the time I had no need for the post portion so while I’m sure I read the option it was not important to me at the time so I just forgot all about it.