Spun content-home.php version 1

<?php
/**
 * @package Spun
 * @since Spun 1.0
 */

/*
 * Get the post thumbnail; if one does not exist, try to get the first attached image.
 * If no images exist, let's print the post title instead.
 */

global $post;
$postclass = '';

if ( '' != get_the_post_thumbnail() ) {
    $thumb = get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID, 'post-thumbnail attachment-home-post', array( 'title' => esc_attr( get_the_title() ) ) );
}
else {
    $args = array(
                'post_type' => 'attachment',
                'numberposts' => 1,
                'post_status' => null,
                'post_mime_type' => 'image',
                'post_parent' => $post->ID,
            );

    $first_attachment = get_children( $args );

    if ( $first_attachment ) {
        foreach ( $first_attachment as $attachment ) {
            $thumb = wp_get_attachment_image( $attachment->ID, 'post-thumbnail', false, array( 'title' => esc_attr( get_the_title() ) ) );
        }
    }
    else {
        $thumb = '<span class="no-thumbnail thumbnail-title">' . get_the_title() . '</span>';
        $postclass = 'no-thumbnail';
    }
}
?>

<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class( $postclass ); ?>>
    <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php echo $thumb; ?></a>
        <span class="date"><?php the_date()?></span>
</article><!-- #post-<?php the_ID(); ?> -->