splits/content-featured.php

<?php $format = get_post_format(); ?>

<div class="featured" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
	<div class="featured-thumb">
		<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
			<?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ): ?>
				<?php the_post_thumbnail('splits-large'); ?>
			<?php elseif ( get_theme_mod('placeholder','on') == 'on' ): ?>
				<img src="<?php echo esc_url( get_template_directory_uri() ); ?>/img/thumb-medium.png" alt="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>" />
			<?php endif; ?>	
		</a>
		<?php if ( comments_open() && ( get_theme_mod( 'comment-count','on' ) == 'on' ) ): ?>
			<a class="post-comments" href="<?php comments_link(); ?>"><span><i class="fas fa-comments"></i><?php comments_number( '0', '1', '%' ); ?></span></a>
		<?php endif; ?>
	</div>
	<div class="featured-wrap pad">
		<div class="featured-date"><?php the_time( get_option('date_format') ); ?></div>
		<h2 class="featured-title">
			<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
		</h2>
		<?php if (get_theme_mod('excerpt-length','24') != '0'): ?>
			<div class="entry excerpt">				
				<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
			</div><!--/.entry-->
		<?php endif; ?>
		<div class="featured-category"><?php the_category(' / '); ?></div>
	</div>

</div>