On my last theme, there were two different php files, index and page, to distinguish blog format vs page format. The new one I have doesn't, and now my blog posts don't have dates, or if I fix that my pages have dates and I don't want that. Whats the easiest way to fix this?
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index.php
page.php
single.php
archive.php
category.php
etc.
The easiest way to fix it is to create whatever page you are looking for.