<?php
/**
WIDGET 1 query args
widget will be added to theme by include('mywidget.php') in functions.php file
*/
$featured_posts = new WP_Query(array(
    'posts_per_page' => 3,
    'category_name' => 'featured',
));
$count = 1;
?>
<ul id="featured_posts" class="clearfix">
    <?php
    global $do_not_duplicate;
    global $post;
    while($featured_posts->have_posts()): $featured_posts->the_post(); $do_not_duplicate[] = $post->ID;
        if($count == 1): ?>
            <!-- first featured post markup -->
        <?php else : ?>
            <!-- next two featured posts markup -->
        <?php endif; ?>
    <?php $count++; endwhile; ?>
    <?php wp_reset_postdata(); wp_reset_query(); ?>
</ul>

<?php
/**
WIDGET 2 query args
widget will be added to theme by include('mywidget.php') in functions.php file
*/

$categoryblock_posts = new WP_Query(array(
    'posts_per_page' => 5,
    'cat' => $cat_id,
    'category__not_in' => 9
));
$count = 1;
?>
<ul class="blog-list clearfix">
    <?php
    global $do_not_duplicate;
    while($categoryblock_posts->have_posts()): $categoryblock_posts->the_post(); $do_not_duplicate[] = $post->ID;
        if($count == 1): ?>
            <!-- first featured post markup -->
        <?php else : ?>
            <!-- next two featured posts markup -->
        <?php endif; ?>
    <?php $count++; endwhile; ?>
    <?php wp_reset_postdata(); wp_reset_query(); ?>
</ul>


<?php
/**
main loop on index.php
*/

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>

    <?php get_sidebar('contentwidgets'); ?>
    <ul>
        <?php
        global $do_not_duplicate;
        $count = 1;
        while(have_posts()): the_post();
            if($post->ID == $do_not_duplicate) continue;
            if($count == 1) :
                echo '<li class="col8 first clearfix">';
                    get_template_part('content');
                echo '</li>';
                echo '<li id="infobox" class="col4-5 clearfix">';
                    get_template_part('content', 'infobox');
                echo '</li>';
            else :
                echo '<li class="clearfix">';
                    get_template_part('content');
                echo '</li>';
            endif;
        $count++; endwhile;
        wp_reset_query(); wp_reset_postdata(); v?>
    </ul>

<?php endif; ?>

?>