<?php 
$newsexo_featured_news_disabled = get_theme_mod('newsexo_featured_news_disabled', true);
$newsexo_featured_news_area_title = get_theme_mod('newsexo_featured_news_area_title', __('FEATURED NEWS', 'newsexo'));
$featured_post = '4';
$newsexo_theme_featured_news_category = get_theme_mod('newsexo_theme_featured_news_category');
$activate_theme_data = wp_get_theme(); // getting current theme data
$activate_theme = $activate_theme_data->name;
if( 'News Digest' == $activate_theme ){
	$vrsn_two_class = 'vrsn-three';
}
elseif( 'Medford News' == $activate_theme){
	$vrsn_two_class = 'vrsn-four';
}
elseif( 'Editor News' == $activate_theme){
	$vrsn_two_class = 'vrsn-five';
}
elseif( 'Newsio' == $activate_theme || 'Seattle News' == $activate_theme || 'News Gadgets' == $activate_theme){
	$vrsn_two_class = 'vrsn-two';
}else{ $vrsn_two_class = ''; }
if($newsexo_featured_news_disabled == true): ?>
	<!-- Featured News Slider -->
<section class="featured-news-section">
		<div class="container-full">
			
			<div class="row g-lg-2 align-self-center wow animate fadeInUp" data-wow-delay=".3s">
				<div class="col-12">
					<span class="news-section-title">
					<h5 class="f-heading"><?php echo esc_html($newsexo_featured_news_area_title);?></h5>
					</span>
				</div>
			</div>	
			
			<div class="row g-lg-2">
				
					<?php		$post_args = array( 'post_type' => 'post', 'category__in' => $newsexo_theme_featured_news_category, 'post__not_in'=>get_option("sticky_posts"), 'posts_per_page'      => $featured_post,) ;
								query_posts( $post_args );
								if(query_posts( $post_args ))
								{	
									while(have_posts()):the_post();
									{ ?>	
									
					<div class="col-lg-3 col-md-6 col-sm-12">
						<article class="post overlay-news-area wow animate zoomIn <?php echo $vrsn_two_class; ?>" data-wow-delay=".3s">								
							<figure class="post-thumbnail">
								
								<?php $img_class =array('class' => "img-fluid");?>
									<a class="img-block" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('',$img_class);?></a>
								
								<figcaption class="post-content">								
									<div class="entry-meta">
										<span class="cat-links links-space">
									<?php	
										$categories = get_the_category();
											if ( ! empty( $categories ) ) {
											foreach( $categories as $category ) {	
												echo ' <a class="links-bg '.esc_attr($category->slug).'" href="' . esc_url( get_category_link( $category->term_id ) ) . '"><span>' . esc_html( $category->name ) . '</span></a>';
											}
											}
										?>
										</span>
									</div>								
									<header class="entry-header">
										<h5 class="entry-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title();?></a></h5>
									</header>	
									<div class="entry-meta align-self-center">
										<span class="author">
											<?php 
											
											 echo get_avatar( get_the_author_meta('ID'), 50, '', '', $args = array( 'class' => 'avatar-default' ) ); ?>
												<a href="<?php echo esc_url(get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' )) );?>"><?php echo esc_html(get_the_author());?></a>
										
										</span>
										<span class="posted-on">
										   <i class="fa-regular fa-clock"></i>
			                                   <a href="<?php echo esc_url(get_month_link(get_post_time('Y'),get_post_time('m'))); ?>"><time>
									            <?php echo esc_html(get_the_date('M j, Y')); ?></time></a>
										</span>
									</div>	
								</figcaption>	
							</figure>		
						</article>
					</div>
					
				<?php }  
						endwhile; 
						wp_reset_query();
				} ?>
			</div>
		</div>
	</section>
	<!-- End of Featured News Slider -->
<?php endif; ?>