unwanted pages being created – Page of Posts with no wp_title

Ok I’ve marked this topic as resolved but I still have a couple of loose ends:

1) Even after setting a Posts Page, why are the “show ’em all” post lists still created?

They have urls https://www.myblog.com/page/1/ to https://www.myblog.com/page/4/ which are distinct from the page I set as my Posts page https://www.myblog.com/pageslug/page/1/ to https://www.myblog.com/pageslug/page/4/ However the content is exactly the same, both using index.php.

2) why the following code does not seem to work for index.php?

<h1><?php if ( function_exists('get_custom_field_value') ) { get_custom_field_value('h1', true);} ?></h1>

Progress Made:
• Canonicalization – I discovered this and am now using it
• Parameter handling – which also seems like a good idea, in fact I have started a topic on how best to use Parameter Handling

Any advice on either of the loose ends appreciated.

Thank you

Will

re-posted Parameter Handling post with a new title and link Duplicate Pages; Best Parameter Handling in Google Webmaster for WordPress Site?

Please share your knowledge if you can help with the two questions above or any of the questions in the Parameter Handling post.

Thank you