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I’m not sure if I’m doing this in the best way.  What I want is my sticky entries to show ascending so that each time I add a new sticky entry it flows to the end of the sticky entries block.  Non sticky entries below this should flow in normal order, new entries showing at the top of non sticky entries.  The only way I could think of doing this was to include a double channel entry block as shown below.  I notice that the pagination contained in the second channel block controls the entry number for both blocks. Is this as expected or is there a better way to achieve my end.  Thanks for advice on this front.

{exp:channel:entries channel="listings"  sort="asc"}
    {if sticky=="y"}
      show sticky entries asc
       {/if} 
{/exp:channel:entries}
      
{exp:channel:entries channel="listings" paginate="bottom" limit="7" sort="desc"}
    {if sticky !="y"}
      show non sticky entries in desc
       {/if} 
      {paginate}
      {pagination_links}
      {/paginate} 
{/exp:channel:entries}

Hi welshartnow,

You would need to add the dynamic=“no” parameter to the block that you want to be unaffected by pagination, like so:

{exp:channel:entries channel="listings"  sort="asc" dynamic="no"}
    {if sticky=="y"}
      show sticky entries asc
       {/if} 
{/exp:channel:entries}
      
{exp:channel:entries channel="listings" paginate="bottom" limit="7" sort="desc"}
    {if sticky !="y"}
      show non sticky entries in desc
       {/if} 
      {paginate}
      {pagination_links}
      {/paginate} 
{/exp:channel:entries}

That will limit pagination to the second block and keep the first block “static”, so to speak.

Thanks Dan,
I actually want both blocks to be included within the overall pagination count.  I was just worried in case this might be unstable in some way. So including the pagination limit in the second block to control both channel blocks is fine?

Hi welshartnow,

Yes, that is fine. That is how it is intended to function if the dynamic=“no” parameter is *not* used in other blocks. In that case, all channel entries tags on the template will be affected by the presence of the pagination directives in the URL. So, it sounds like you are getting just what you are looking for?

Cheers!