//COLUMNS
     // Initiating query
     $custom_query2 = new WP_query();
     $columns= array();
  
  if($tempera_columnNumber>0):
     // Switch for Query type
     switch ($tempera_columnType) {
          case 'Latest Posts' :
               $custom_query2->query('showposts='.$tempera_columnNumber.'&ignore_sticky_posts=1');
          break;
          case 'Random Posts' :
               $custom_query2->query('showposts='.$tempera_columnNumber.'&orderby=rand&ignore_sticky_posts=1');
          break;
          case 'Latest Posts from Category' :
               $custom_query2->query('showposts='.$tempera_columnNumber.'&category;_name='.$tempera_columnCateg.'&ignore_sticky_posts=1');
          break;
          case 'Random Posts from Category' :
               $custom_query2->query('showposts='.$tempera_columnNumber.'&category;_name='.$tempera_columnCateg.'&orderby=rand&ignore_sticky_posts=1');
          break;
          case 'Sticky Posts' :
               $custom_query2->query(array('post__in'  => get_option( 'sticky_posts' ), 'showposts' =>$tempera_columnNumber,'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1));
          break;
          case 'Specific Posts' :
               // Transofm string separated by commas into array
               $pieces_array = explode(",", $tempera_columnSpecific);
               $custom_query2->query(array( 'post_type' => 'any', 'post__in' => $pieces_array, 'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1,'orderby' => 'post__in' ));
               break;
          case 'Widget Columns':
    
      break;
    case 'Disabled':

               break;
     }//switch
  
  endif; // columnNumber>0
  
  
     // switch for reading/creating the columns
     switch ($tempera_columnType) {
    case 'Disabled':
      break;
          case 'Widget Columns':
         // if widgets loaded 
               if (is_active_sidebar('presentation-page-columns-area')) {
     echo "<div id='front-columns'>";
     dynamic_sidebar( 'presentation-page-columns-area' );
     echo "</div>";
    }
    // if no widgets loaded use the defaults
      else {
     global $tempera_column_defaults;
     tempera_columns_output($tempera_column_defaults,$tempera_nrcolumns, $tempera_columnreadmore); 
    }
               break;
          default: 
      if($tempera_columnNumber>0):
               if ( $custom_query2->have_posts() ) 
     while ($custom_query2->have_posts()) :
      $custom_query2->the_post();
                        $img = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ),'columns');
      $column['image'] = $img[0];
      $column['link'] = get_permalink();
      $column['text'] = get_the_excerpt();
      $column['title'] = get_the_title();
      $columns[] = $column;
     endwhile;
     tempera_columns_output($columns,$tempera_nrcolumns, $tempera_columnreadmore);
      endif; // columnNumber>0
               break;
     }; // switch
 


function tempera_columns_output($columns,$nr_columns,$readmore){ 
 $counter=0; ?> 
 <div id="front-columns"><?php 
 foreach($columns as $column): 
  if($column['image']) : $counter++;?>  
  <div class="column<?php echo ($counter%$nr_columns)?$counter%$nr_columns:$nr_columns; ?>"> 
   <a  href="<?php echo esc_url($column['link']) ?>">  
    <?php if ($column['title']) { echo "<h3 class='column-header-image'>".$column['title']."</h3>"; } ?>
   </a>
     
   <?php if ($column['image']) { ?>
    <div class="column-image">
     <div class="column-image-inside"> </div>
      <img  src="<?php echo esc_url($column['image']) ?>" id="columnImage<?php echo $counter; ?>" alt="" />
      
     <?php if ($column['text']) { ?>  
      <div class="column-text">
       <?php echo wp_kses_data($column['text']); ?>       
      </div>
     <?php if($readmore && $column['link'] ): ?>
      <div class="columnmore">
       <a href="<?php echo esc_url($column['link']) ?>"><?php echo esc_attr($readmore) ?> <i class="column-arrow"></i> </a>
      </div>
      <?php endif; ?>
     <?php } ?>
    </div><!--column-image-->
   <?php } ?>
  </div><?php endif; // if image
 endforeach; ?>
</div> <?php 
} // tempera_columns_readmore