The blog layouts on the site are ordered by date, but one article is forced to always display first. This is done using a kludge so I'm documenting it here:

  • The main article has it's date set to the far future, currently the year 2030.
  • The global blog layouts are set to:
    • Order articles with the most recent first:
      • Article Manager / Options / Shared Options / Article Order / "Most recent first"
    • Use the creation date to order articles:
      • Article Manager / Options / Shared Options / Date for Ordering / "Created"
  • The menu and article order and date parameters are set to "Use Global"
    • edit menu item with "Category Blog" type
    • Blog Layout Options / Category Order / "Use Global" 
    • Blog Layout Options / Date for Ordering / "Use Global"