<div class="row item whitepaper-li">
            <div class="col-md-12">
              <!-- check if the post has thumbnail -->
            <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail($type->id)) {?>

              <div class="col-xs-3">
                <a href="<?php the_permalink($type->id); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr($type->title); ?>" >
                    <?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail($type->id,'thumbnail', array( 'class' => 'whitepapers-featuredimage' )); ?>
                  </a>
                </div>
              <!-- if no thumbnail attached, use default -->
              <?php  } else { ?>

                <div class="col-xs-3">
                  <a href="<?php the_permalink($type->id); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr($type->title);?>" >
                        <img class="whitepapers-def-thumb" src="<?php echo esc_url(getPostTypeIcon( 'whitepapers' )); ?>"/>
                  </a>
                    </div>

              <?php } ?>
                <div class="col-xs-9">
                  <h2 class="h3">

                                <a href="<?php the_permalink($type->id) ?>"><?php echo esc_attr($type->title); ?>
                                </a>
                            </h2>


                        <p>
                            <?php echo esc_html($type->excerpt); ?> <a href="<?php the_permalink($type->id)?>">Continued</a>
                        </p>
            </div>
                        <hr>
                        <?php if( array_key_exists('topics', $type->tags) ) foreach( $type->tags['topics'] as $topic ) { ?>
                        <input type="hidden" value="<?php echo $topic->slug; ?>" name="<?php echo $topic->name; ?>" />
                        <?php } ?>
                </div> <!-- end col-11 -->
            </div>
            <?php } ?>
        </div><!-- end content-wrap -->