Using custom post type as front home page pagination not working

Question

I've searched for days for a solution, scouring the interwebs, including, of course, stackoverflow.

I'm using a custom post type as a static home page, but the pagination will not work. When I attempt to navigate to the second page, it reverts back to the same first page. This is not a problem unless I'm using it as a static front page.

Here's the code I have set up.

<?php $home_num = get_option('of_home_num'); ?>

<?php query_posts( 'post_type=portfolio&posts_per_page='.$home_num.'&paged='.$paged); ?>

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

... content ...

<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php else: ?>  

<p><?php _e('Sorry, nothing here.', 'Zoho'); ?></p>

<?php endif; ?>

<?php if (function_exists("pagination")) { pagination($additional_loop->max_num_pages); } ?>

<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>

I know the pagination function works fine, because I've used it many, many times before.

I'm happy to offer a donation to anyone who can help out with this. Like I said, I'm stuck :)

Answer 1

Add this to your code, before query_posts line:

$paged = get_query_var( 'paged' )?get_query_var( 'paged' ):1;

Should work.