:root{
    --color-primary:#6f6af8;
    --color-primary-light: hsla(242, 91%, 69%,18%);
    --color-primary-light: hsla(242, 91%, 69%,18%);
    --color-red: #da0f3f;
    --color-red-light:hsl(346, 87%, 46%, 15%);
    --color-green:#00c476;
    --color-red-light:hsl(156, 100%, 38%, 15%);
    --color-gray-900:#1e1e66;
    --color-gray-700:#2d2b7c;
    --color-gray-300:rgba(242,242,254, 0.3);
    --color-gray-200:rgba(242,242,254, 0.7);
    --color-white:#f2f2fe;
    --color-bg:#0f0f3e;

    --transition: all 300ms ease;

    --container-width-lg: 74%;
    --container-width-md: 88%;
    --form-width: 40%;

    --card-border-radius-1: 0.3rem;
    --card-border-radius-2: 0.5rem;
    --card-border-radius-3: 0.8rem;
    --card-border-radius-4: 2rem;
    --card-border-radius-5: 5rem;
}
/* ================================================================================
GENERAL 
================================================================================== */
*{
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    outline: 0;
    border: 0;
    appearance: 0;
    list-style: none;
    text-decoration: none;
}
body {
    font-family: 'montserrat', sans-serif;
    line-height: 1.6;
    color: var(--color-gray-200);
    overflow-x: hidden;
    background: #0188cc;
    font-size: 0.9rem;
  
}
.container {
    width: var(--container-width-lg);
    max-width: 1800px;
    margin-inline: auto;
    
}
section {
    margin-top: 3rem;
    width: 100vw;
    
}
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5{
    color: var(--color-white);
    line-height: 1.3;
}
h1 {
    font-size: 3rem;
    margin: 1rem 0;
}
h2 {
    font-size: 1.7rem;
    margin: 1rem 0;
}
h3 {
    font-size: 1.1rem;
    margin: 0.8rem 0 0.5rem;
}
h4 {
    font-size: 1rem;
}
a {
    color: var(--color-white);
    transition: var(--transition);
}
img {
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
    object-fit: cover;
}
/* ================================================================================
NAV
================================================================================== */
nav {
    background: var(--color-primary);
    width: 100vw;
    height: 4.5rem;
    position: fixed;
    top: 0;
    z-index: 10;
    box-shadow: 0 1rem 1rem rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
}
nav button{
    display: none;
}
.nav__container {
    height: 100%;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: space-between;
}
.avatar {
   width: 2.5rem;
   height: 2.5rem;
   border-radius: 50%;
   overflow: hidden;
   border: 0.3rem solid var(--color-bg); 
}
.nav__logo {
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 1.2rem;
}
.nav__items {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 4rem;
}
.nav__profile{
    position: relative;
    cursor: pointer;
}
.nav__profile ul {
    position: absolute;
    top: 140%;
    right: 0;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    box-shadow: 0 3rem rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
    visibility: hidden;
    opacity: 0;
    transition: var(--transition);
    /* background: var(--color-bg); */
}
/* shgow nav ul when profile is hovered  */
.nav__profile:hover > ul {
    visibility: visible;
    opacity: 1;
}
.nav__profile ul li a {
    padding: 1rem;
    background: var(--color-gray-900);
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
}
.nav__profile ul li:last-child a{
    background: var(--color-red);
    color: var(--color-bg);
}
/* ================================================================================
CATEGORY BUTTON 
================================================================================== */

.category__button{
    background: var(--color-primary-light);
    color: var(--color-primary);
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
    border-radius: var(--card-border-radius-2);
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 0.8rem;
    text-align: center;
}
.category__button:hover{
    color: var(--color-white);
}
/* ================================================================================
GENERAL POST 
================================================================================== */
.post__thumbnail {
    border-radius: var(--card-border-radius-5) 0;
    border: 1rem solid var(--color-gray-900);
    overflow: hidden;
    margin-bottom: 1.6rem;
}
.post:hover .post__thumbnail img {
    filter: saturate(0);
    transition: filter 500ms ease;
}
.post__author {
    display: flex;
    gap: 1;
    margin-top: 1.2rem;
}
.post__author-avatar{
    width: 2.5rem;
    height: 2.5rem;
    border-radius:  var(--card-border-radius-3);
    overflow: hidden;
}
/* ================================================================================
FEATURED
================================================================================== */
.featured{
    margin-top: 8rem;
}
.featured__container{
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
    gap: 4rem;
}
.featured .post__thumbnail {
    height: fit-content;
}
/* ================================================================================
POSTS 
================================================================================== */
.posts__container {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
    gap: 5rem;
    margin-top: 5rem;
}
/* ================================================================================
CATEGORY BUTTONS
================================================================================== */
.category__buttons {
    padding: 4rem 0;
    border-top: 2px solid var(--color-gray-900);
    border-bottom: 2px solid var(--color-gray-900);
}
.category__buttons-container {
    width: fit-content;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns:repeat(3, 1fr);
    gap: 1rem;
}
/* ================================================================================
FOOTER 
================================================================================== */
footer{
    background: var(--color-gray-900);
    padding: 5rem 0 0;
    box-shadow: inset 0 1.5rem 1.5rem rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
}
.footer__socials{
     margin-inline: auto;
     width: fit-content;
     margin-bottom: 5rem;
     display: grid;
     display: flex;
     justify-content: space-between;
     align-items: center;
     gap: 1.2rem;
}
.footer__socials a {
    background: var(--color-bg);
    border-radius: 50%;
    width: 2.3rem;
    height: 2.3rem;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
}
.footer__socials a:hover{
    background: var(--color-white);
    color: var(--color-bg);
}
.footer__container {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
}
footer h4{
    color: var(--color-white);
    margin-bottom: 0.6rem;
}

footer ul li {
    padding: 0.4rem 0;
}

footer ul a {
    opacity: 0.7;
}

footer ul a:hover {
    letter-spacing: 0.2rem;
    opacity: 1;
}

.footer__copyright{
    text-align: center;
    padding: 1.5rem 0;
    border-top: 2px solid var(--color-bg); 
    margin-top: 4rem;
}

/* ================================================================================
SEARCH 
================================================================================== */
.search__bar{
    margin-top: 7rem;
}
.search__bar-container{
    position: relative;
    width: 30rem;
    background: var(--color-gray-900);
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: row;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: space-between;
    overflow: hidden;
    padding: 0.6rem 1rem;
    border-radius: var(--card-border-radius-2);
    color: var(--color-gray-300);
}
.search__bar-container > div {
    width: 100%;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
}

.search__bar input {
    background: transparent;
    margin-left: 0.7rem;
    padding: 0.5rem 0;
    width: 100%;
}
.search__bar input::placeholder{
    color: var(--color-gray-300);
}

/* ================================================================================
BUTTON 
================================================================================== */
.btn {
    display: inline-block;
    width: fit-content;
    padding: 0.6rem 1.2rem;
    background: var(--color-primary);
    border-radius: var(--card-border-radius-2);
    cursor: pointer;
    transition: var(--transition);
    color: var(--color-white);
}
.btn.sm {
    padding: 0.3rem 0.7rem ;
    font-size: 0.8rem;
}
.btn.danger{
   background: var(--color-red);  
}
.btn:hover{
    background: var(--color-white);
    color: var(--color-bg);
}
.section__extra-margin{
    /* I choose to put this here but can be removed if you wish, is for the alert message of the blog seatch bar if not found  */
    margin-top: 8%;
    text-align: center;
}
/* ================================================================================
SINGLE POST 
================================================================================== */

.singlepost{
    margin: 6rem 0 2rem;
}
.singlepost__conatiner{
    width: var(--form-width);
    background: var(--color-gray-900);
    padding: 1rem 2rem 3rem;
}
.singlepost__thumbnail{
    margin: 1.5rem 0 1rem;
}
.singlepost__conatiner p{
    margin-top: 1rem;
    line-height: 1.7;
}

/* ================================================================================
CATEGPORY POSTS
================================================================================== */
.category__title {
    height: 15rem;
    margin-top: 4.5rem;
    background: var(--color-gray-900);
    display: grid;
    place-items: center;
}
/* ================================================================================
EMPTY PAGE / ABOUT PAGE 
================================================================================== */
.empty__page{
    height: 70vh;
    display: grid;
    place-content: center;
}

/* ================================================================================
GENERAL FORM 
================================================================================== */
.form__section {
    display: grid;
    place-items: center;
    height: 100vh;
}
.form__section-container {
    width: var(--form-width);
}

.alert__message {
    padding: 0.8rem 1.4rem;
    margin-bottom: 1rem;
    border-radius: var(--card-border-radius-2);
}
.alert__message.error{
    background: var(--color-red-light);
    color: var(--color-red);
}

.alert__message.success{
    background: var(--color-green-light);
    color: var(--color-green);
}
.alert__message.lg{
    text-align: center;
}
form{
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 1rem;
}
.form__control {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 0.6rem;
}
.form__control.inline {
    flex-direction: row;
    align-items: center;
}
input, textarea, select{
    padding: 0.8rem 1.4rem;
    background-color: var(--color-gray-900);
    border-radius: var(--card-border-radius-2);
    resize: none;
    color: var(--color-white);
}
.form__section small{
margin-top: 1rem;
display: block;
}
.form__section small a{
color: var(--color-primary);
}
.footer__copyright small {
    margin: 3px;
}
/* ================================================================================
DASHBOARD 
================================================================================== */
.darshboard{
    margin-top: 6rem;
}
.sidebar__toggle {
    display: none;
}
.darhboard__container{
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 14rem auto;
    gap: 1rem;
    background: var(--color-gray-900);
    padding: 2rem;
    margin-bottom: 5rem;
}
.darshboard aside a{
    background: var(--color-primary);
    display: flex;
    gap: 1rem;
    align-items: center;
    padding: 1.6rem;
}
.darshboard aside ul li:not(:last-child) a{
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color)--color-gray-900;
}
.darshboard aside a:hover{
    background: var(--color-gray-700);
}
.darshboard aside a.active{
    background: var(--color-gray-900);
}
.darshboard main {
    margin-left: 1.5rem;
}
.darshboard main h2 {
    margin: 0 0 2rem 0;
    line-height: 1;
}
.darshboard main table{
    width: 100%;
    text-align: left;
}
.darshboard main table th{
    background: var(--color-gray-700);
    padding: 0.8rem;
    color: var(--color-white);
}
.darshboard main table td{
    padding: 0.8rem;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-gray-200);
}
.darshboard main table tr:hover td{
    background: var(--color-bg);
    color: var(--color-white);
    cursor: default;
    transition: var(--transition);
}
/* ================================================================================
MEDIA QUERIES (MEDIU DEVICES)
================================================================================== */
@media screen and (max-width:1024px) {
    /* ==================================================================GENERAL
    ======================================================================== */
    .container{
        width: var(--container-width-lg);
    }
    h2 {
        font-size: 1.6rem;
    }
    h3 {
        font-size: 1.2rem;
    }
    h5 {
        font-size: 0.8rem;
    }
        /* =============================================================NAV
    ======================================================================== */
    nav button {
        display: inline-block;
        font-size: 1.5rem;
        background: transparent;
        color: var(--color-white);
        cursor: pointer;
    }
    nav button#close__nav-btn {
        display: none;
    }
    .nav__container{
        position: relative;
    }

    .nav__items{
        position: absolute;
        flex-direction: column;
        top: 100%;
        right: 0;
        width: 12rem;
        align-items: flex-end;
        justify-content: center;
        gap: 0;
        display: none;
    }
    .nav__items li {
        width: 100%;
        height: 4.5rem;
        display: flex;
        align-items: center;
        box-shadow: -2rem 3rem 7rem rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
        background: var(--color-gray-900);
        border-top: 1px solid var(--color-bg);
        animation: animateDropdown 1s 0s ease forwards;
        opacity: 0;
        transform-origin: top ;
    }
    .nav__items li:nth-child(2) {
        animation-delay: 100ms;
    }
    .nav__items li:nth-child(3) {
        animation-delay: 200ms;
    }
    .nav__items li:nth-child(4) {
        animation-delay: 400ms;
    }
    .nav__items li:nth-child(5) {
        animation-delay: 600ms;
    }
    .nav__items li:nth-child(6) {
        animation-delay: 800ms;
    }
    .nav__items li:nth-child(7) {
        animation-delay: 1000ms;
    }
    
    

    /* nav dropdown animation  */
    @keyframes animateDropdown {
        0%{
            transform: translateX(90deg);
        }
        100% {
            transform: rotateX(0deg);
            opacity: 1;
        }
        
    }
    .nav__items li a {
        border-radius: 0;
        width: 100%;
        height: 100%;
        background: var(--color-gray-900);
        padding: 0 2rem;
        display: flex;
        align-items: center;
    }

    .nav__profile {
        background: var(--color-gray-900);
    }
    .nav__profile ul {
        top: 100%;
        width: 100%;
    }
    .nav__profile .avatar {
        margin-left: 2rem;
        border: 0;
    }
    .featured__container {
        gap: 3rem;
    }
    .posts__container {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
        gap: 3rem;
    }
    .footer__container {
        grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;
        gap: 3rem;
    }
/* ================================================================================
BLOG
================================================================================== */
    .search__bar-container {
        width: 60%;
    }
/* ================================================================================
 GENERAL FORM 
================================================================================== */
    .form__section-container{
        padding: 3rem;
    }

    /* ================================================================================
DASHBOAD 
================================================================================== */
    .darhboard__container {
        grid-template-columns:4.3rem auto;
        padding: 0;
        background: transparent;
    }
    .darshboard aside h5 {
        display: none;
    }
    .darshboard main table thead {
        display: none;
    }
    .darshboard main table tr {
        display: flex;
        flex-direction: column;
    }
    .darshboard main table:nth-child(even) {
        background: var(--color-gray-900);

    }
    .darshboard main table tr:hover td {
        background: transparent;
    }
}
/* ================================================================================
MEDIA QUERIES (SMAILL DEVICES)
================================================================================== */
@media screen  and (max-width: 600px) {
    section {
        margin-top: 2rem ;
    }
    h1{
        font-size: 2rem;
    }
    .featured {
        margin-top: 6rem;
    }
    .featured__container {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr;
        gap: 0;
    }
    .posts__container {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    }
    .category__buttons-container {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
    }
    .footer__container {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
        text-align: center;
        gap: 2rem;
    }
    /* ================================================================================
BLOG 
================================================================================== */
    .search__bar-container {
        width: var(--container-width-md);
    }
    /* ================================================================================
SINGLE POST 
================================================================================== */
    .singlepost__conatiner {
        background: transparent;
        padding: 0;
    }
    /* ================================================================================
 GENERAL FORM 
================================================================================== */
    .form__section-container{
        padding: 0;
    }
    /* ================================================================================
    DASHBOARD 
================================================================================== */
    .darshboard {
        margin-top: 5rem;
    }
    .darhboard__container{
        grid-template-columns: 1fr;
        gap: 0;
    }
    .darshboard main {
        margin: 0;
    }
    .darshboard main h2 {
        margin-top: 1rem;
    }
    .darshboard aside {
        position: fixed;
        box-shadow: 2rem 0 4rem rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
        left: -100%;
        height: 100vh;
        transition: var(--transition);
        background: var(--color-primary);
    }
    .darshboard .sidebar__toggle {
        display: inline-block;
        background: var(--color-primary-variant);
        color: var(--color-white);
        position: fixed;
        right: 0;
        bottom: 4rem;
        z-index: 1;
        width: 2.5rem;
        height: 2.5rem;
        border-radius: 50% 0 0 50%;
        font-size: 1.3rem;
        box-shadow: -1rem 0 2rem rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
    }
    .darshboard aside a h5 {
        display: inline-block;
    }
    #hide__sidebar-btn {
        display: none;
    }
}