Suggestions for archive page?

Hello,

Thank you sharing the beautiful themes at your website. I’m writing to ask for suggestion on how to proceed with customization of Davis. I’d very much like to create an archive template akin to the one you offer in Rams. Here’s how I’ve tried to solve this problem:

Attempt #1

I’ve taken the following files from Rams and copied them into the Davis directory:

template-archive.php
archive.php

I’ve also taken the following CSS from the Rams style.css file and copied them into the Davis style.css file (being sure to back up the existing Davis CSS file as style.css.bak.

After creating a page from the “Archive” template in WordPress, I get a page with loads of entries and categories but without the proper margins.

Attempt #2

After that, I attempted to follow the instructions in this tutorial. But since Davis doesn’t have a page.php file, I wasn’t sure how to proceed. My attempt to compare the functions in the Davis index.php and function.php files to the Rams page.php file didn’t help.

My question may be outside of the scope of support you’d like to offer and if so, I understand. But if you have suggestions for how to proceed, I would appreciate it.

All the best,

Will