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$args=array(
            'post_type' => array ('portfolio'),
            'orderby' => $orderby,
            'order' => 'DESC',
            'paged' => $paged,
            'posts_per_page' => $post_per_page,
            'ignore_sticky_posts' => $do_not_show_stickies
          );
            if($pf_categorynotin){
                $args['tax_query'] = array(
                    array(
                        'taxonomy' => 'portfolio_category',
                        'field' => 'slug',
                        'terms' => $pf_categorynotin,
                        'operator' => 'NOT IN'
                    )
                ); //category__in
            }
        ?>
        <ul style="display: block;position: absolute; overflow-x: hidden;" class="imgscontainer portfolio-v6-items<?php if($nshowtxth==2){print(" homepage-project-list");} ?>">
        <?php
          $temp = $wp_query;  // assign orginal query to temp variable for later use
          $wp_query = null;
          $wp_query = new WP_Query($args);
          $fg_image = '';
          $fg_imagemain = '';
          if( have_posts() ) :
                while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post();
                    $post_cat = array();
                    $post_cat = wp_get_object_terms($post->ID, "portfolio_category");
                    $post_cats = array();
                    $post_rel = ' all ';
                    for($h=0;$h<count($post_cat);$h++){
                        $post_rel .= $post_cat[$h]->slug.' ';
                        $post_cats[] = $post_cat[$h]->name;
                    }
                    $attachments = get_post_meta($post->ID, '300-160-image', true);
                    $image_resizer_output = '';
                    if($width = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'image_width', true)) { $image_resizer_output.= 'width='.$width.'&amp;';}else{$image_resizer_output.= 'width=400&amp;';}
                    if($height = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'image_height', true)) { $image_resizer_output.= 'height='.$height.'&amp;';}else{$image_resizer_output.= 'height=300&amp;';}
                    if($crop_ratio_x_y = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'crop_ratio_x_y', true)) { $image_resizer_output.= 'cropratio='.$crop_ratio_x_y.'&amp;';}else{$image_resizer_output.= 'cropratio=4:3&amp;';}
                    if ($attachments) {
                        $post_cat = array();
                        $post_cat = wp_get_object_terms($post->ID, "portfolio_category");
                        $post_cats = array();
                        for($h=0;$h<count($post_cat);$h++){
                            $post_cats[] = $post_cat[$h]->name;
                        }
                        $cats_pf_this = implode(", ", $post_cats);
                        $cprojvalid = false;
                        if(get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Title', true)){
                            $cprojvalid = true;
                            $thumb_title = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Title', true);
                        }else{
                            $thumb_title = get_the_title();
                        }
                        $thumb_descr = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', trim(get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Description', true)));
                        $tmpddourrole = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'portfolio_ourrole', true);
                        $tmpdddate = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'portfolio_date', true);
                        $tmpddclient = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'portfolio_client', true);
                        $tmpddagency = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'portfolio_agency', true);
                        $tmpddbgimg = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'bg_image', true);
                        $tmpddtxtcolor = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'portfolio_text_color', true);
                        $tmpddtxtcolor = '#ffffff'; //Overwrite with white
                        if($fg_image){ $fg_image.=','; } $fg_image.='{"url": "'.$attachments.'"}';
                        if($fg_imagemain){ $fg_imagemain.=','; } $fg_imagemain.='{"url": "'.get_bloginfo('template_directory').'/image.php?'.str_replace("&amp;", "&", $image_resizer_output).'image='.$attachments.'", "aid": '.$post->ID.', "color": "'.addslashes(get_post_meta($post->ID, 'thumbnail_hover_color', true)).'", "thumb_title": "'.addslashes($thumb_title).'", "thumb_descr": "'.addslashes($thumb_descr).'", "thumb_cats": "'.addslashes($cats_pf_this).'", "fullimgsrc": "'.get_post_meta($post->ID, '300-160-image', true).'", "rel": "'.addslashes($post_rel).'", "thumbvalid":'.(($cprojvalid)?'true':'false').', "thumbdate": "'.addslashes($tmpdddate).'", "thumbclient": "'.addslashes($tmpddclient).'", "thumbagency": "'.addslashes($tmpddagency).'", "thumborrole": "'.addslashes($tmpddourrole).'", "bgimg": "'.$tmpddbgimg.'", "txtcolor": "'.$tmpddtxtcolor.'"}';
                    }  ?><?php endwhile ?>
                                <?php else : ?>
                                    <h2 class="center"><?php _e('Not Found', 'flowthemes'); ?></h2>
                                    <p class="center"><?php _e('Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn\'t here.', 'flowthemes'); ?></p>
                                    <?php //this line is used just to make it valid in theme check. You can remove it
                                    wp_link_pages(); ?>
                                <?php endif; $wp_query = $temp;  //reset back to original query
                                ?>
                        </ul>
            <div style="clear:both"></div>






                <?php if($orderby == 'date'){ ?>

                    var fg_divhoverbgmetadata = $("<div>").addClass("hoverbgpfthnailmetadata").html('<span class="thumb_title">'+srcobj.thumb_title+'</span><span class="thumb_cats">'+srcobj.thumb_cats+'</span><span class="thumb_plus">+</span>');//.append(fg_divthumvsecdiv);