<?php
// If we're on the index page, we only want the two first posts.
if ( is_home() && !is_paged() )
query_posts('posts_per_page=2');
// If we're within the index archives, we want ten posts per page as usual.
else {
// If we are past the second page, offset by an appropriate amount for the page.
// I'm by no means a math guru; I don't know why this works. Trial & error rocks!
if ( get_query_var('paged') != 2 )
$offsetting = 2 + ( ( get_query_var('paged') - 2 ) * get_query_var('posts_per_page') );
// If we're on the second page, offset by two.
else
$offsetting = 2;
// Plug it into our query.
query_posts($query_string . "&offset=$offsetting");
}
?>