How to Setup the Blog Page Template...+V

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Step #1
Inside your WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance > Streamline Theme Options and you can select the category you wish to display on your blog page.

Step #2
Go to your WordPress dashboard under Pages > Add New to add a new page.

Step #3
Select the Blog page template from the drop down menu under the Page Template section (Attributes) in the right hand column.

Step #4
Publish your page.

Version 3.0
If you want to display all categories on your Blog page, open the page_blog.php file and look for this code:

<?php $page = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; query_posts("cat=".get_theme_mod('blog_cat')."&showposts=".get_theme_mod('blog_cat_num')."&paged=$page"); while ( have_posts() ) : the_post() ?>

And replace it with this code:

<?php $page = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; query_posts("showposts=".get_theme_mod('blog_cat_num')."&paged=$page"); while ( have_posts() ) : the_post() ?>

Version 2.0/2.1
If you want to display all categories on your Blog page, open the page_blog.php file and look for this code:

<?php $page = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; query_posts("cat=".$blog_cat_1."&showposts=".$blog_cat_1_num."&paged=$page"); while ( have_posts() ) : the_post() ?>

And replace it with this code:

<?php $page = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; query_posts("showposts=".$blog_cat_1_num."&paged=$page"); while ( have_posts() ) : the_post() ?>