@foreach ($blog_posts as $post)
@if ($location=='content')

<li>
@if($post->thumb != NULL)
    <div class="blog-thumb">
        <img src="{{ asset('storage/images/blog/thumb-lg/'.$post->thumb) }}" class="img-fluid" alt="{{ $post->title }}" title="{{ $post->title }}">
    </div>
@endif
    <div class="blog-data">
       <p class="published_on"><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i> {{ Helper::utcToLocalDateTime($post->publish_date)}} | <i class="fa fa-comments-o"></i>

        {{ count($post->approved_comments) }}

        Comments</p>

        <h3>{{ $post->title }}</h3>
        <p class="published_on">{!! \Illuminate\Support\Str::words(strip_tags($post->description), 40) !!}</p>
        <a href="\blog\{{$post->slug}}/" class="read-btn">Read More</a>
    </div>
</li>


@elseif($location=='home')

<div class="post">
    <div class="thumb">
        <img src="{{ asset('storage/images/blog/thumb-md/'.$post->thumb) }}" alt="{{ $post->title }}" title="{{ $post->title }}">
    </div>
    <div class="post-details">
        <div class="post-details-inner">
            <div class="time-stamp">{{ Helper::utcToLocalDateTime($post->publish_date) }}</div>
            <div class="title">{{ $post->title }}</div>
            <div class="description">{!! str_limit(strip_tags($post->description), 75) !!} </div>
            <a class="read-more btn btn-outline-default mt-5" href="\blog\{{$post->slug}}">Read More</a>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

@endif

@endforeach