I read a post somewhere on how to have the same layout for index and individual archive pages but I cannot currently find it.

I'm looking at the code for the indiv-arch-page and I do not see how the MT tags designate this page as an archive. Or does it have something to do with the main archive template? If I copy over my index template to replace the indiv-arch-page template will all my previous entries show up .0007, .0008, 00009, etc. like they are now but with the same layout of my index?

I expect my main index to remain the static throughout all my blog, just the entries will change depending on wether it's current day or an entry in the past.

Thanks!