The actual homepage

<!-- #content -->
<section id="content" role="main">

  <header id="page-header">
    <h2 class="page-title">
      <?php _e('Lesson Categories','framework') ?>
    </h2>
  </header>
  <div id="homepage-categories" class="clearfix">
<?php
// Get homepage options
$st_hp_category_exclude = 0;
$st_hp_category_exclude = of_get_option('st_hp_cat_exclude');

$st_hp_subcategory_exclude = 0;
$st_hp_subcategory_exclude = of_get_option('st_hp_subcat_exclude');

// Set category counter
$st_cat_counter = 0;

// Base Category Query
$st_hp_cat_args = array(
  'orderby' => 'name',
  'order' => 'ASC',
  'hierarchical' => true,
  'hide_empty' => 0,
  'exclude' => $st_hp_category_exclude,
  'pad_counts'  => 1
);


$st_categories = get_categories($st_hp_cat_args);
$st_categories = wp_list_filter($st_categories,array('parent'=>0));
// If there are catgegories
if ($st_categories) {
foreach($st_categories as $st_category) {
$st_cat_counter++;

if ((!is_int($st_cat_counter / 2)) && $st_cat_counter != 1) {
echo '</div><div class="row">';} elseif ($st_cat_counter == 1)
{ echo '<div class="row">';}

    echo '<div class="column col-half '. $st_cat_counter.'">';
    echo '<h3> <a href="' . get_category_link( $st_category->term_id ) . '" title="' . sprintf( __( 'View all posts in %s', 'framework' ), $st_category->name ) . '" ' . '>' . $st_category->name.'</a>';
	if (of_get_option('st_hp_cat_counts') == '1') {
	echo '<span class="cat-count">(' . $st_category->count.')</span>';
	}
	echo '</h3>';

// Sub category
$st_sub_category = get_category($st_category);
$st_subcat_args = array(
  'orderby' => 'name',
  'order' => 'ASC',
  'exclude' => $st_hp_subcategory_exclude,
  'child_of' => $st_sub_category->cat_ID,
  'pad_counts'  => 1
);
$st_sub_categories = get_categories($st_subcat_args);
$st_sub_categories = wp_list_filter($st_sub_categories,array('parent'=>$st_sub_category->cat_ID));

// If there are sub categories show them
if ($st_sub_categories && (of_get_option('st_hp_subcat') == 1)) {
	foreach($st_sub_categories as $st_sub_category) { ?>
    	<ul class="sub-categories">
    		<li>
    			<h4><?php echo '<a href="' . get_category_link( $st_sub_category->term_id ) . '" title="' . sprintf( __( 'View all posts in %s', 'framework' ), $st_sub_category->name ) . '" ' . '>' . $st_sub_category->name.'</a>';
		if (of_get_option('st_hp_subcat_counts') == '1') {
			echo '<span class="cat-count">(' . $st_sub_category->count.')</span>';
		} ?></h4>
        	</li>
        </ul>
	<?php }
}

//List Posts
$st_cat_post_num = of_get_option('st_hp_cat_postnum');
$st_posts_order = of_get_option('st_hp_cat_posts_order');

global $post;

// If show posts is 0 do nothing
if ($st_cat_post_num != 0) {

// Listed by popular?
if ($st_posts_order == 'meta_value_num') {
    $st_cat_post_args = array(
      'numberposts' => $st_cat_post_num,
	  'orderby' => $st_posts_order,
	  'meta_key' => '_st_post_views_count',
      'category__in' => $st_category->term_id
    );
} else {
	$st_cat_post_args = array(
      'numberposts' => $st_cat_post_num,
	  'orderby' => $st_posts_order,
      'category__in' => $st_category->term_id
    );
}

    $st_cat_posts = get_posts($st_cat_post_args);
	echo '<ul class="category-posts">';
	foreach($st_cat_posts as $post) : setup_postdata($post);
	?>
    <?php
	// Set post format class
	if ( has_post_format( 'video' )) {
	$st_postformat_class = 'video';
	} else {
	$st_postformat_class = 'standard';
	}
  ?>
    <li class="format-<?php echo $st_postformat_class; ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
      <?php the_title(); ?>
      </a></li>

    <?php
	endforeach;

echo '</ul>';
}

echo '</div>';
}
}
?>
</div>
</div>

</section>
<!-- #content -->