I have a site that is getting some good traffic and I want to set-up a static home page. How do I make the current home page www.certifiedtoyotahybrids.com into a blog page ie www.certifiedtoyotahybrids.com/blog......where the blog posts will reside?
If you are using wordpress, edit the index.php page, remove the content section - its the code that calls the content to be displayed on the homepage and replace it with your static content. That way all of your categories and tag pages will still be in place, and your home page will be static. If you decide later on to go back to the way it was, just upload a backup of the index.php page, overwrite the one you edited and you back to normal.
Not sure I understand the question, but you can make a static PAGE by going to Appearance/Reading and selecting Static Page, and selecting the page. But you need to first create the page so you can select it.
Goto your wordpress control panel - In the General settings you will find Blog URL - Make sure you edit the URL from http://www.certifiedtoyotahybrids.com/ to http://www.certifiedtoyotahybrids.com/blog Click on Save Settings. As soon as you do so - you will be logged out from the control panel. Donot Worry. Now login to your FTP software and login to your home directory - create a directory named 'blog' and move all your wordpress files to that directory. Next upload your static homepage. Make sure you set your 301s properly.