From 52c052ec7e9ed8a69c912a52a72af0318505922d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anthony Talarico <talarico@gaslightmedia.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 11:30:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] added separate section for guest bloggers excerpt

---
 index.php | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)

diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 2694e1b..51f18c4 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -1,6 +1,41 @@
 <?php get_header(); ?>
     <div class="row">
         <div id="blog-posts-over" class="small-12 medium-9 columns">
+         <?php $args = array(
+            'cat' => 1,
+            'posts_per_page' => 1
+        );
+          $the_query = new WP_Query($args); ?>
+          <!-- GUEST BLOGGER SECTION -->
+           <?php while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
+         <div class="row content blog-posts-container">
+               <?php $thumbnail = get_the_post_thumbnail($post->ID, 'blog-feed-front'); ?>
+                <?php if ($thumbnail) { ?>
+                <div class="small-12 medium-4 columns text-center blog-feed-imgs">
+                    <?php echo $thumbnail; ?>
+                </div>
+                <div class="small-12 medium-8 columns blog-feed-contents">
+                    <?php } else { ?>
+                    <div class="small-12 columns blog-feed-content">
+                        <?php } ?>
+                        <article id="<?php the_ID()?>" <?php post_class()?>>
+                        <header class="entry-header">
+                            <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title();?></a></h1>
+                            <span class="meta date">Posted on <?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?></span>
+                        </header>
+                        <?php echo (function_exists('the_advanced_excerpt')) ? the_advanced_excerpt(): the_excerpt(); ?>
+                        <!--the_advanced_excerpt('length=200&length_type=words&no_custom=1&ellipsis=%26hellip;');-->
+                        <!-- This could be wrapped in php tags and be functional,
+                                but it is easier to change this in admin side-->
+                    </article>
+                      <?php endwhile; ?>
+                </div>
+             </div>
+                <?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
+                
+               
+          
+            <!-- MAIN BLOG SECTION -->
             <?php if(have_posts()) : while(have_posts()): the_post();?>
             <div class="row content blog-posts-container">
               <!--  <div class="small-11 small-centered columns"> -->
@@ -41,4 +76,6 @@
         </div>
         <?php get_template_part('parts/blog-sidebar-r'); ?>
     </div>
+        </div>
+         
 <?php get_footer(); ?>
-- 
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