Blog query - omit topic and by topic
<!-- Omit News Topic -->
{% set rec_posts = blog_recent_posts('default', 5) %}
{% for rec_post in rec_posts %}
{% set the_topics = rec_post.topic_list %}
{% unless 'News' in rec_post.topic_list|map('name') %}
<div class="post">
<div class="img-wrapper">
<img src="{{ rec_post.post_list_summary_featured_image }}">
</div>
<div class="post-content">
<div class="post-header">
<div class="post-header-inner">
<h4>{{ rec_post.name }}</h4>
</div>
</div>
<div class="post-summary">
{% set clean_summary = rec_post.post_summary|striptags %}
{{ clean_summary|truncate(230) }}
<p><a href="{{rec_post.absolute_url}}">Continue Reading</a></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
{% endunless %}
{% endfor %}
<!-- Restrict to Topic -->
{% set topic_posts = blog_recent_topic_posts('default', 'news', 1) %}
{% for topic_post in topic_posts %}
<div class="post">
<div class="img-wrapper">
<img src="{{ topic_post.post_list_summary_featured_image }}">
</div>
<div class="post-content">
<div class="post-header">
<div class="post-header-inner">
<h4>{{ topic_post.name }}</h4>
</div>
</div>
<div class="post-summary">
{% set clean_summary = topic_post.post_summary|striptags %}
{{ clean_summary|truncate(230) }}
<p><a href="{{topic_post.absolute_url}}">Continue Reading</a></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
{% endfor %}