Using WordPress as a CMS

Suppose you have WordPress running at https://example.com/. Suppose further that you want your blog to be located at https://example.com/blog/. How can this be done? I have tried several solutions that I’ve found but non of them seem to work. I would really appreciate any help with this issue.

This is what I did:

1. Created a blog.php page with the following code and uploaded in the theme Directory that I’m using:

<?php

/*

Template Name: Blog

*/

// Which page of the blog are we on?

$paged = get_query_var(‘paged’);

query_posts(‘cat=-0&paged=’.$paged);

// make posts print only the first part with a link to rest of the post.

global $more;

$more = 0;

//load index to show blog

load_template(TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/index.php’);

?>

2. The I Logged into WordPress and created a page named “Blog” with template “blog”.

3. Updated permalinks structure to begin with “/blog/”.

4. set front page via Administration > Options > Reading panel.

For some reason it does not work for me. The site is mercadeoxinternet.com

Thanks in advance.