index.php

<?php 

  get_header(); ?>

  <div class="page-banner">
    <div class="page-banner__bg-image" style="background-image: url(<?php echo get_theme_file_uri('/images/ocean.jpg') ?>);"></div>
    <div class="page-banner__content container container--narrow">
      <h1 class="page-banner__title">Welcome to our blog!</h1>
      <div class="page-banner__intro">
        <p>Keep up with our latest news.</p>
      </div>
    </div>  
  </div>

  <div class="container container--narrow page-section">
<?php 

  while (have_posts()) {
    the_post(); ?>
    <div class="post-item">
      <h2 class="headline headline--medium headline--post-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
      <div class="metabox">
        <p>Posted by <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?> on <?php the_time('n-j-y'); ?> in <?php echo get_the_category_list(', '); ?></p>
      </div>
      <div class="generic-content">
        <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
        <p><a class="btn btn--blue" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Continue reading &raquo;</a></p>
      </div>
    </div>
  <?php }
  echo paginate_links();
?>
  </div>

  <?php get_footer();

?>