Finally added the links page properly and fixed the blog archive to display in a way i wanted too. Updated the nav bar but realized i'd have to update every single page with the navbar individually........ I should..... probably leanr some sort of script so I don't have to do that each time..... aaa
Until I learn how to do that, you might get spammed with updates across all current and past blog posts.
Simplest solution would be to get rid of the nav/top bar on each blog post and have readers navigate back via the blog archive.