shawn

Had the same problem use $page instead of $paged on the static front pages here a simple example..

if(is_front_page() ):
    $paged = (get_query_var('page')) ? get_query_var('page') : 1;
    else  :
    $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
    endif;

Yea, it was a weird change, here is a gist link to the modified code
Modified version

@divavocals when it is ordered by post ID the name still shows it just shows the 10 most recent post first, then it goes alphabetically… Users tend to make changes to their most recent post as is the default way in the wp post screen!!!

Modified

$jck_posts_recent = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT ID, post_title FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE $wpdb->posts.post_parent = 0 AND $wpdb->posts.post_type = '$posttype' AND $wpdb->posts.post_status = 'publish' ORDER BY ID DESC LIMIT 10");

I would love to see this, adds the 10 most recent published post then goes alphabetically…

I preferred when it was ordered by post ID makes more sense… maybe I will edit the code and see what I come up with…