I want to grab the 1 most recent entry and display it big. Then I want to grab the next most 6 recent entries and display them small.
So: {exp:channel:entries channel="blog" limit="1"} and {exp:channel:entries channel="blog" limit="6" offset="1"}
The problem is if my most recent blog entry is closed. Then nothing big shows up and the small items start at the 2 blog entry (the closed entry is offset). I get the same results if I add status="open".
All this time I had assumed exp:channel:entries would consider the status before applying the rest of the params, especially limit and offset. Since status param defaults to open, obviously I want to limit to the open entries.
Am I wrong? Is it something new with v2.8.1? How did you think it worked?