<div id="blog_carousel_container" class="carousel_outerrim">
    <?php global $post;
    $text = get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_kad_blog_carousel_title', true );
    if(!empty($text)) {
    	echo '<h3 class="title">'.esc_html($text).'</h3>';
    } else {
    	echo '<h3 class="title">'.__('Similar Posts', 'virtue').'</h3>';
    } ?>
    <div class="blog-carouselcase fredcarousel">
        <?php if (kadence_display_sidebar()) {
        	$itemsize = 'tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12';
        	$catimgwidth = 266;
        	$catimgheight = 266;
        	$md = 3;
        	$sm = 3;
        	$xs = 2;
        	$ss = 1;
        } else {
        	$itemsize = 'tcol-md-3 tcol-sm-3 tcol-xs-4 tcol-ss-12';
        	$catimgwidth = 276;
        	$catimgheight = 276;
        	$md = 4;
        	$sm = 3;
        	$xs = 2;
        	$ss = 1; 
        } ?>
			<div id="carouselcontainer-blog" class="rowtight">
			    <div id="blog_carousel" class="blog_carousel caroufedselclass initcaroufedsel clearfix" data-carousel-container="#carouselcontainer-blog" data-carousel-transition="300" data-carousel-scroll="1" data-carousel-auto="true" data-carousel-speed="9000" data-carousel-id="blog" data-carousel-md="<?php echo esc_attr($md);?>" data-carousel-sm="<?php echo esc_attr($sm);?>" data-carousel-xs="<?php echo esc_attr($xs);?>" data-carousel-ss="<?php echo esc_attr($ss);?>">
            	<?php $categories = get_the_category($post->ID);
				if ($categories) {
					$category_ids = array();
					foreach($categories as $individual_category) $category_ids[] = $individual_category->term_id; 
				}
					$temp 	  = $wp_query; 
					$wp_query = null; 
					$wp_query = new WP_Query();
					$wp_query->query(array(
					  	'orderby' 	 	 => 'rand',
						'category__in' 	 => $category_ids,
						'post__not_in' 	 => array($post->ID),
						'posts_per_page' => 6
						)
					);
				 	if ( $wp_query ) :  
					while ( $wp_query->have_posts() ) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>
                	<div class="<?php echo esc_attr($itemsize);?>">
                		<div <?php post_class('blog_item grid_item'); ?> itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting">
						<?php if (has_post_thumbnail( $post->ID ) ) {
								$image_url = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ), 'full' ); 
								$thumbnailURL = $image_url[0]; 
								$image = aq_resize($thumbnailURL, $catimgwidth, $catimgheight, true);
								if(empty($image)) {$image = $thumbnailURL;} 

							}else { $theme_url = get_template_directory_uri(); 
									$image = $theme_url.'/assets/img/post_standard.jpg';
								} ?>
								<div class="imghoverclass">
		                           		<a href="<?php the_permalink()  ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">
		                           			<img src="<?php echo esc_url($image); ?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" class="iconhover" style="display:block;">
		                           		</a> 
		                        </div>
                           		<?php $image = null; $thumbnailURL = null; ?>
			              		<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" class="bcarousellink">
							        <header>
						               	<h5 class="entry-title" itemprop="name headline"><?php the_title(); ?></h5>
						                <div class="subhead" itemprop="datePublished">
						                	<span class="postday"><?php echo get_the_date(get_option( 'date_format' )); ?></span>
						                </div>
						            </header>
		                    		<div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody">
		                        		<p><?php echo strip_tags(virtue_excerpt(16)); ?></p>
		                    		</div>
                           		</a>
	                 	</div>
	            	</div>
            		<?php endwhile; else: ?>
					<div class="error-not-found"><?php _e('Sorry, no blog entries found.', 'virtue');?></div>	
					<?php endif; 
					  $wp_query = null; 
					  $wp_query = $temp;
					  wp_reset_query(); ?>
													
			</div>
     		<div class="clearfix"></div>
            <a id="prevport-blog" class="prev_carousel icon-chevron-left" href="#"></a>
			<a id="nextport-blog" class="next_carousel icon-chevron-right" href="#"></a>
        </div>
    </div>
</div><!-- Blog Carousel Container-->