<?php 

/* 

Template name: Blog page template

*/

get_header();

global $scrn;

the_post(); 

$options = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'vp_ptemplate_settings', true);

?>

 <div class="bg" style="text-align: left">

    <div class="container">

        <div class="sixteen columns">

            <div class="headline">

                    <h2><span class="lines"><?php $top_title = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'top_title', true); if($top_title != '') echo $top_title; else the_title();?></span></h2>

            </div>

            <?php

            $args['posts_per_page'] = $options['blog_posts'];

            if($options['categories'] != '')

                 $args['category__in'] = $options['categories'];

            $paged = is_front_page() ? get_query_var( 'page' ) : get_query_var( 'paged' );

            $args['paged'] = $paged;

            query_posts($args);

            $i = 1;

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

                <div <?php post_class('article'); ?>>

                    <h3 style="margin-bottom: 5px"><a href="<?php the_permalink();?>"><?php the_title();?></a></h3>

                    <p class="line2nd meta">

                        <?php _e('Posted on', 'SCRN');?> <?php the_time("d M Y");?> 

                        in <?php the_category(', ') ?> | 

                        <?php comments_popup_link(esc_html__('0 comments','Tharsis'), esc_html__('1 comment','Tharsis'), '% '.esc_html__('comments','Tharsis')); ?>

                    </p>

                    <?php the_excerpt(); ?>

                    <a href="<?php the_permalink();?>"><div class="button1">Read More</div></a>

                </div>

            <?php endwhile; 

            get_template_part('includes/pagination');

            endif; wp_reset_query();?>

        </div> <!-- end sixteen columns -->

    </div>

</div>

<?php get_footer();?>