PenciDesign replied
Hi,
First, please go to Dashboard > Settings > Reading > and make your config look like this image.
Also the slider you said is featured slider style 5 - You can select it via Customize > Featured Slider Options > Featured Slider Style. On Customize > Featured Slider Options > make sure you don't check to "Enable Featured Slider on All Pages"
To create a blog page, please go to Pages > Add New > edit or create a blog page > and select Template for this page is "Custom Blog Page" - the layout for this blog page will follow layout you've selected via Customize > General Options > Category, Tags, Search, Archive Layout
Best Regards,
PenciDesign