@randylough,
I have built tons of blogs using coded files so there shouldn't be a problem.
You have this at the top of your code:
{% set posts = blog_recent_posts('XXXX', 10) %}
{% set topic_posts = blog_recent_topic_posts('XXXX', topic.slug, 10) %}
{% set topics = blog_topics('XXXX', 10) %}but I'm not seeing where you are referencing these variables in your code so that shouldn't be a problem either. actually you don't even need these since it doesn't seam you are using them. To use them you would need to loop through them like:
{% set posts = blog_recent_posts('XXXX', 10) %}
{% set topic_posts = blog_recent_topic_posts('XXXX', topic.slug, 10) %}
{% set topics = blog_topics('XXXX', 10) %}
{% for post in posts %}
{% endfor %}
{% for topic in topics %}
{% endfor %}
etc.Your not looping through these, your looping through your normal contents loop:
{% for content in contents %}
{% endfor %}the "topic" variable is automatically assigned based on the topic at the end of the url ".../topic/amazon" so is blank or undefined if not filtering by topic. You don't need to use this in your loop. You can use this to change the title of your blog or something:
{% if topic is defined %}
posts about {{ topic.name }}
{% else %}
All Posts
{% endif %}But all you need for your listing page is:
{% for content in contents %}
{# markup for your list items #}
{% endfor %}and no matter how you filter your listing page, or don't, it will always use the markup within this contents loop. There is no need check for a topic or etc. unless you are wanting to change the markup of your list item when filtering.
just to reiterate, the:
{% if not simple_list_page %}
{# Markup to use for original listing page, no filtering #}
{% else %}
{# Markup to use if filtering by topic, i.e. simple list page #}
{% endif %}condition inside of the default for contents loop will trip you up if you don't remove it or adjust it to your needs.
