When you install Oxygen, you are presented with two options: Default Install or Blank Install.
If you have chosen Blank Install because you want to say develop a custom design here is how you can get started:
Step 1
Go to Oxygen > Templates.
Add a new Template named say “Main”. Set it as the Catch All (under Other) i.e., global template.
Edit with Oxygen.
Add your header, Inner Content element and a footer.
If you wish to have the footer be pushed to the bottom of the page, follow this tutorial.
Step 2
Add another Template named say “Posts page”.
Set it to inherit from the Main template and apply it to “Blog Posts Index” under Other.
Edit with Oxygen.
Add a Section and inside the Section, an Easy Posts element.
Step 3
For most sites nowadays, it is common to have a static homepage with the list of posts on an inner page like Blog or News.
For this, create two Pages named say, “Home” and “Blog”.
Go to Settings > Reading and set a static homepage with Home as the Homepage and Blog as the Posts page.
To build your homepage, edit the Home page with Oxygen.