WordPress Blog Archive and Single Post Snippits

page-blog.php

<?php 
/*
Template Name: Blog Archive
*/
get_header(); ?>

<!-- default page layout -->
<div id="main" class="blog-archive">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-9 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 pull-right">

<h1>News Archive</h1>

<?php 
// Query up the posts
query_posts( array ( 'category_name' => 'news, uncategorized' ) );

// Begin Loop
if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

<div class="post">
	<div class="thumb left">
		<?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?>
	</div>
	<div class="post-content">
	  <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
	  <div class="entry">
	   <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
	  </div>
	</div><!-- end post content -->
</div><!-- end post -->

<?php 
// End Loop
endwhile; else : ?>
  <p><?php _e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.' ); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>


<div class="nav-previous alignleft"><?php next_posts_link( 'Older posts' ); ?></div>
<div class="nav-next alignright"><?php previous_posts_link( 'Newer posts' ); ?></div>

</div>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
</div>
</div><!-- #main -->

<?php get_footer(); ?>

single.php

<?php 
/**
 * Single Page layout | for blog articles and posts
 */
get_header(); ?>

<div id="main">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-9 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 pull-right">
   <?php
   // Run the page loop to output the page content.
   if ( have_posts() ) while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

   <?php if ( ! is_front_page() ) { ?>
		<h2 class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
		<p class="small">Posted on <?php the_date(); ?></p>
	<?php } ?>

	 <section class="entry-content">
    <?php the_content(); ?>
    </section><!-- .entry-content -->

    <?php endwhile; ?>

<h4><a style="clear:both;float: right;" href="<?php echo home_url(); ?>/blog/">&laquo; Back to Archive</a></h4>

</div><!-- end column-->

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

</div><!-- end row -->
</div><!-- #main -->

<?php get_footer(); ?>