index.php

<?php get_header(); ?>
<?php
  $archive_category = false;
  $queried_object = get_queried_object();
  if($queried_object) {
    if(get_class($queried_object) == 'WP_Term') {
      $archive_category = $queried_object->name;
    }
  }
?>
  <!-- index.php -->
  <main role="main" class="has-sidebar blog">
    <!-- section -->
    <section>

      <?php if(get_search_query()) : ?>
      <h1><?php echo sprintf( __( '%s Search Results for ', 'html5blank' ), $wp_query->found_posts ); echo get_search_query(); ?></h1>

      <?php elseif(single_tag_title('', false)) : ?>
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      <?php else : ?>
        <div class="blog-nav">
          <ul>
            <li class="channel <?php if(!$archive_category) print 'active' ?>">
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            </li>
            <li class="channel technology <?php if($archive_category == 'Technology') print 'active' ?>">
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            <li class="channel policy <?php if($archive_category == 'Policy') print 'active' ?>">
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            </li>
            <li class="channel investigations <?php if($archive_category == 'Investigations') print 'active' ?>">
              <a href="/topics/channels/channel-investigations/">investigations</a>
            </li>
          </ul>
        </div>
      <?php endif ?>

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        <?php if(is_sticky($post->ID)): ?>
          <?php $has_sticky = true; ?>
          <div class="spotlight">
            <h3 class="spotlight-title">Spotlight</h3>
        <?php elseif($has_sticky && !$done): ?>
          <?php $done = true; ?>
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        <?php endif ?>

        <!-- article -->
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          <header>

            <!-- post title -->
            <h2 class="entry-title">
              <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
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            <!-- /post title -->


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                      if ( function_exists( 'coauthors_posts_links' ) ) {
                          coauthors_posts_links();
                      } else {
                          the_author_posts_link();
                      }
                   ?>
              </span>

              <?php category_icons() ?>

              <time datetime="<?php the_time('c'); ?> " class="published" pubdate="">
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              </time>
            </div>
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            <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail()) : // Check if thumbnail exists ?>
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                <?php the_post_thumbnail('thumbnail'); ?>
              </a>
            <?php endif; ?>

            <div class="entry-summary ">
               <?php html5wp_excerpt('html5wp_index'); ?>

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            <div class="clear">
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      <?php endif; ?>


      <?php get_template_part('pagination'); ?>

    </section>
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<?php get_footer(); ?>