Blog Archive in iWeb

Dear All,
I am putting up my first site in iWeb and I am having trouble with the Blog Archive. It automatically places the Blog archive as a page underneath the Blog parent, and will not allow me to drag it out into the main tree structure of the site. This means that I am unable to put the Blog Archive into the site navigation. Does anyone know how to get the Blog Archive into the site navigation, or is the only way to link to it to provide a manual link from any page that you feel it should be available from?
Thanks, Jules

Different methods:
Method 1. make a blank page of the white or black template , name it "Archive", drag and drop a fragment html, insert this code :
<script type="text/javascript">
parent.location.replace('http://urlof_your_blog_archivepage.html');
</script>
In this code replace http://urlof_your_blog_archivepage.html
Now, the item "Archive" is in the menu, and your blank page redirects to your Blog Archive page,
or
Method 2. Don't display the navigation menu, do your own menu with links (inspector > link > hyperlink > link to my page ) with a link to your archive page (it is what I do on my [website|http://iweb.debutersurmac.com] ).

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