I am trying to set up my site so that the front page displays only the most recent post, while the archives display a list of 10 or so (with an 'older posts' button).
My problem is that when I set my blog to display only 1 post per page, this applies also to the archive pages.
Is there a way to modify the theme code (either index.php or archive.php) so that I can display only 1 post on the main page, but still display multiple posts on my archive/search pages?