Revert "remove archive and templates"

This reverts commit 67bdf28216.

templates/layouts/blog.html

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+{% extends "_default/base.html" %}
+<!-- blog template
+the template for displaying the blog page.
+consists of a featured blog row, 
+a paginated list of posts (sorted by date), 
+and a side nav for category and featured post navigation
+-->
+
+{% block content %}
+
+<main>
+
+    <!--sets global featured variable as the most recent post with the isFeatured tag-->
+    {%- set section = get_section(path="blog/_index.md") %}
+    {% for page in section.pages %}
+    {% if page.extra.isFeatured %}
+        {%- set_global featured = page %}
+        {% break %}
+    {% endif %}
+    {% if not featured %} 
+        {%- set_global featured = section.pages[0] %}
+    {% endif %}
+    {% endfor %}
+    
+
+    <div class="flex flex-col md:flex-row container mx-auto my-6">
+        {% include "partials/blogPosts.html" %}
+        {% include "partials/blogSidebar.html" %}
+    </div>
+ </main> 
+ 
+ {% endblock content %}