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this modification calculates the offset for each page ‘manually’ depending on the $paged variable and the ‘post-per-page’ for the ‘news category’:

<!-- News Articles -->
<?php
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
$offset=4; // enter your offset here
$offset_paged = $offset+($paged-1)*( (arras_get_option('index_count') == 0 ? get_option('posts_per_page') : arras_get_option('index_count')) );

$news_query = array(
	'cat' => arras_get_option('news_cat'),
	'paged' => $paged,
	'offset' => $offset_paged,
	'showposts' => ( (arras_get_option('index_count') == 0 ? get_option('posts_per_page') : arras_get_option('index_count')) )
);

	$news_query = array_merge( $news_query , array_filter( $wp_query->query_vars ) );

tried with my set of posts, seems to work, but could depend on your special settings ??

PS: just saw it shows the option ‘older entries’ even if you reach the last of the posts – clicking it leads you to a page with just the featured post on top, and a ‘newer entries’ button.

also: wp_pagenavi plugin shows one page too many ??

And where does that go? In home.php? From where to where? :)) Sry for all the questions, but I`m a n00b at this.

If this works I’m gonna send you the real Santa for Christmas :))

technically, it does not work, because there is one page extra in the page navigation. as @t31os_ stated, the offset parameter interferes with the page navi.
however, if you have many posts, not many will go to the oldest page of posts, and be confused by a last ’empty’ page.

the code goes into home.php, into the section which you posted earlier yourself.

start with finding the line <!-- News Articles --> in home.php.
add the first few lines of new code after this.
then add 'offset' => $offset_paged, further down after 'paged' => $paged, – that is all.
the result should look like this:

<!-- News Articles -->

<!-- new bit -->
<?php
global $offset;
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
$offset=4; //enter offset here
$offset_paged = $offset+($paged-1)*( (arras_get_option('index_count') == 0 ? get_option('posts_per_page') : arras_get_option('index_count')) ); ?>
<!-- end of first new bit -->

<?php
$news_query = array(
	'cat' => arras_get_option('news_cat'),
	'paged' => $paged,
	'offset' => $offset_paged,
	'showposts' => ( (arras_get_option('index_count') == 0 ? get_option('posts_per_page') : arras_get_option('index_count')) )
);

// if you are a WP plugin freak you can use 'arras_news_query' filter to override the query

((if you use the plugin wp_pagenavi, you can edit wp-pagenavi.php and get rid of the ‘extra’ page in the menu – change here in the lines marked with /////////:

### Function: Page Navigation: Boxed Style Paging
function wp_pagenavi($before = '', $after = '') {
	global $wpdb, $wp_query, $offset;  ////////////
	if (!is_single()) {
		$request = $wp_query->request;
		$posts_per_page = intval(get_query_var('posts_per_page'));
		$paged = intval(get_query_var('paged'));
		$pagenavi_options = get_option('pagenavi_options');
		$numposts = $wp_query->found_posts-$offset; ////////////
		$max_page=ceil($numposts/$posts_per_page); ///////////////
		//////     $max_page = $wp_query->max_num_pages; ////////////
		if(empty($paged) || $paged == 0) {
			$paged = 1;

))

Dude, you`re a f*****g genius !!! I Love You !!! In a not gay…ish way! ?? It works. Thanks a lot!