visual composer block 3 -> start latest sort order with the 4th post

Hi,

my frontpage is built with visual composer.

first row -> slider (with the latest 4 posts)
second row -> block 3 (sort order: latest posts)

Problem: slider already shows the latest posts and block 3 shows them again. is there a possibility to let block 3 start with the 4th post?

i am more or less familiar with coding but i can’t find the right .php where i can edit the sort-order (starting point)

thanks and best regards,
alex

Hello,

so if the featured category has the id 86, you have to add 86-4 to the filtering option? Didn’t work for me.

hello,
on the slider add this: http://screencast.com/t/5ZJTSQRsi

on the block , add this: http://screencast.com/t/WOfJhbKq6pw

Thanks for you message.
Radu A.

hi guys

thanks for your reply.

But unfortunately it doesn’t help me. i have daily news-updates on the site. so the last 4 news should be shown on the slider and the older news right below the slider. both of them have the same category “news”. therefore i have no possibility to separate the categories.

thanks
alex

i think i figured it out.

for all who have the same issue and maybe @davistar -> so if you want to exclude X articles of the latest post:

go (via ftp) to /themes/newspaper/page-homepage-loop. there you have to edit line 130 to this:

query_posts(‘offset=4’);

in this case the first 4 articles would be excluded.

great news! thanks!