diff --git a/layouts/_default/home.html b/layouts/_default/home.html
index eb32e9f..1ab1353 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/home.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/home.html
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
{{ $truncate := default true .Site.Params.truncate }}
-{{ $paginator := .Paginate (where .Site.RegularPages "Section" "in" .Site.Params.mainSections) }}
+{{ $paginator := .Paginate (where .Site.RegularPages "Params.featured" "ne" true) }}
{{ range $paginator.Pages }}
{{ if $truncate }}
{{ .Render "summary" }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/featured.html b/layouts/partials/featured.html
index d38f718..50af808 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/featured.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/featured.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
{{ $dateFormat := default "Mon Jan 2, 2006" (index .Site.Params "date_format") }}
-{{/* get three random posts: 1 for large feature, 2 for small features */}}
-{{ range $index, $element := first 3 (where .Site.RegularPages "Section" "in" .Site.Params.mainSections) | shuffle }}
+{{/* get three random featured posts: 1 for large feature, 2 for small features */}}
+{{ range $index, $element := first 3 (where .Site.RegularPages "Params.featured" true) | shuffle }}
{{ if eq $index 0 }}
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/figure.html b/layouts/shortcodes/figure.html
deleted file mode 100644
index e66e322..0000000
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/figure.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-{{/*
-
-figure with auto-resizing and srcset v2020-11-30
-
-Drop-in replacement for Hugo's figure shortcode as of 2020-05-02 that uses img srcset
-to enable browsers to download only the resolution that they need.
-
-The resizing and srcset magic only works for images that are part of the page
-bundle. It will fall back to stock Hugo figure behaviour otherwise.
-
-Improvements that were initially out of reach of my Hugo template programming "skills"
-but have now been taken care of:
-- [x] gracefully handle images that are not in page bundle, i.e. no image processing available
-- [x] use a single configurable sizes array, and derive everything from there
-
-See https://cpbotha.net/2020/05/02/drop-in-replacement-for-hugo-figure-shortcode-with-img-srcset-support/
-
-- original srcset img shortcode from: https://laurakalbag.com/processing-responsive-images-with-hugo/
-- original hugo figure shortcode from: https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/blob/master/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/figure.html
-- no unnecessary resizes and more nudges by Stéfan van der Walt https://mentat.za.net/
-- mashing together and srcset logic fixes by Charl P. Botha https://cpbotha.net/
-
-Changes:
-- 2020-11-30 handle images that are rotated 90 degrees (should handle more eventually)
-- 2020-05-10 fall back to stock Hugo behaviour when no page bundle found
-- 2020-05-04 no unnecessary resizes, sizes in array
-- 2020-05-02 initial release
-
-*/}}
-
-{{/* hugo will resize to all of these sizes that are smaller than your original. configure if you like! */}}
-{{ $sizes := (slice "480" "800" "1200" "1500") }}
-
-{{/* get file that matches the filename as specified as src="" in shortcode */}}
-{{ $src := .Page.Resources.GetMatch (printf "*%s*" (.Get "src")) }}
-
-