How do I get an archive page, similar to my 404 page

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  nicepaul · Member · Apr 22, 2013 at 1:05 pm

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  I’ve just switched to the “Publish” WP.com theme, and I can’t find where to switch on an archive page listing the titles of all posts.

  When I went looking for it at /archive, or /blog etc, I find that the 404 page has almost exactly what I’m looking for on it! (although it only shows the most recent posts)

  How can I create an archive page? I’m sure the previous theme I used (“Crisp”) had a page template type called archive. “Publish” doesn’t have this as far as I can see, but it would be incredibly frustrating if what I need is only available on the 404 error page!

  Any ideas?

  thanks,
  Paul

  http://nicepaul.com/

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  nicepaul · Member · Apr 23, 2013 at 4:40 pm

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  Nobody?

  Is it not possible?

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Apr 23, 2013 at 4:47 pm

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  You can use the archives shortcode on a page for an index of your posts:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/archives-shortcode/

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  nicepaul · Member · Apr 24, 2013 at 10:43 am

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  Thank you.

  I had an archive page before switching themes but it was empty in my new theme, so I didn’t think it would be as simple as this. (and didn’t think to look for a shortcode myself because I must have done it a different way before).