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Creating a Drupal based website with a blog on a page other than the front page can be frustrating and a bit confusing. By default, when Drupal is installed it has two content types, Story and Page, and lists on the front page any stories or pages you create and mark as Published and "Promoted to front page". However, many sites want their front page to be a static or semi-static Page and a blog in a different section of the site.

There's currently some debate in the Drupal community as to whether you should do this by using the Story Content Type or enable Drupal core's Blog Module which uses a Blog Content Type. For a basic site with a single blog the Blog Module can seem like overkill as it accommodates multiple blogs on a single site. However, if you elect to go without the Blog Module it can be a mystery how to display new Stories under a new blog section.

In this article, I'll show you how to set up your Drupal 6 site with a new front page and a section for a single blog. To tie everything together nicely you'll learn how to:

1. Download and install the required modules
2. Create a new blog section
3. Create a new front page
4. Configure the Primary Links menu
5. Tweak the breadcrumbs and menu