// Homepage featured posts shortcode
// Usage: [homepage_featured_posts] or [homepage_featured_posts posts_per_page="4" size="home-middle" offset="1"]
add_shortcode( 'homepage_featured_posts', 'homepage_featured_posts' );
function homepage_featured_posts($atts) {

// Attributes
	$atts = shortcode_atts(
		array(
			'posts_per_page' => '1', // the default number
			'offset' => '0',
			'size' => 'home-top',
		),
		$atts, 'homepage_featured_posts'
	);


// WP_Query arguments
$args = array(
	'post_type' => 'post',
    'posts_per_page' => $atts['posts_per_page'],
	'offset'  => $atts['offset'],
);

// The Query
$query = new WP_Query( $args );

// Set up the featured content div before the loop
$buffer = '<div class="featured-content">';

// The Loop
if ( $query->have_posts() ) {
	while ( $query->have_posts() ) {
		$query->the_post();

		$size = $atts['size'];

		$img = genesis_get_image( array(
		'format'  => 'html',
		'size'	  => $size,
		'attr'    => genesis_parse_attr( $size, array ( 'alt' => '') ),
	) );

		$buffer .= '<article class="entry featured-post">';
		$buffer .= '<a class="aligncenter" href="'.get_permalink().'">';
		$buffer .= $img;
		$buffer .= '<h4 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline">'. get_the_title().'</h4></a>';
		$buffer .= '<p><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="'.get_the_date( 'c' ).'">'. get_the_date(). '</time></p>';
		$buffer .= '<div class="entry-content"><p>'. get_the_excerpt(). '</p></div>';
		$buffer .= '</article>';

	} // end of while loop
} // end of if statement
	else {
	// no posts found, do nothing
} // end of else statement

// close the featured content div out of the loop
$buffer .= '</div>'; // close the featured-content div

// Restore original Post Data
wp_reset_postdata();
	return $buffer;
} // end of function