:root {
      --container-max-width: 1380px;
      --color-accent: #000;
      --color-accent-dark: #a67a28;
      --color-ink: #1a1a2e;
      --color-muted: #6b7280;
      --color-surface: #f8f8f8;
      --color-white: #FFFFFF;
      --color-black: #000;
      --font-display: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif;
      --font-body: 'Inter', sans-serif;
    }

    * { box-sizing: border-box;
      -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
}

    body {
      font-family: var(--font-body);
      background-color: var(--color-surface);
      color: var(--color-ink);
      margin: 0;
    
    }

    .font-display { font-family: var(--font-display); }

/* ─── PRE HEADER ─────────────────────────────────────── */
    .site-pre-header-container{
        background-color: var(--color-black);
        color: var(--color-white);
        position: relative;
    }

     .site-pre-header{
        max-width:var(--container-max-width);
        margin:0 auto; 
        padding:0.35rem 1.5rem 0.35rem;
        display:flex; 
        align-items:center;
        justify-content:space-between;
        font-size: 0.80rem;
    }

    /* ─── HEADER ─────────────────────────────────────── */
   

    .site-header-container{
         background-color: var(--color-white);
    }
.site-header{
    max-width:var(--container-max-width);
    margin:0 auto;
    padding:0.85rem 1.5rem; 
    display:flex; 
    align-items:center; 
    justify-content:space-between;
}

    .site-header .logo img{
        width: 100%;
        max-width: 200px;
    }

    .nav-link {
      font-size: 0.75rem;
      font-weight: 500;
      letter-spacing: 0.1em;
      text-transform: uppercase;
      color: #9ca3af;
      transition: color 0.2s;
    }
    .nav-link:hover { color: var(--color-accent); }

  

    .nav-link-alt{
        color:var(--color-black); 
        background:var(--color-white); 
       box-shadow: rgba(149, 157, 165, 0.2) 0px 8px 24px;
        font-size:0.7rem; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:0.08em; text-transform:uppercase; padding:0.45rem 1rem; border-radius:3px; text-decoration:none;
    }

      .nav-link-alt:hover{
        background:var(--color-black); 
        color:var(--color-white); 
       
    }

  
   

    /* ─── HERO GRID ──────────────────────────────────── */
    .hero-featured {
      position: relative;
      overflow: hidden;
    }

    .hero-overlay {
      position: absolute;
      inset: 0;
      background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(26,26,46,0.92) 0%, rgba(26,26,46,0.4) 50%, transparent 100%);
    }

    .hero-content {
      position: absolute;
      bottom: 0;
      left: 0;
      right: 0;
      padding: 2rem;
    }

    .tag-pill {
      display: inline-block;
      background: var(--color-white);
      color: var(--color-black);
      font-size: 0.65rem;
      font-weight: 700;
      letter-spacing: 0.1em;
      text-transform: uppercase;
      padding: 0.25rem 0.6rem;
      margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
    }

.tag-pill-featured-col{
  display: inline-block;
      border: 1px solid var(--color-accent);
      color: var(--color-accent);
      font-size: 0.55rem;
      font-weight: 500;
      letter-spacing: 0.1em;
      text-transform: uppercase;
      padding: 0.1rem 0.3rem;
}

    

    .tag-pill-outline {
      display: inline-block;
      border: 1px solid var(--color-accent);
      color: var(--color-accent);
      font-size: 0.65rem;
      font-weight: 700;
      letter-spacing: 0.1em;
      text-transform: uppercase;
      padding: 0.2rem 0.5rem;
      border-radius: 2px;
      margin-bottom: 0.4rem;
    }

    /* ─── SIDE CARDS ─────────────────────────────────── */
    .side-card a{
      display: flex;
      gap: 0.75rem;
      padding: 0.9rem 0 0.5rem;
      border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e7eb;
      cursor: pointer;
    }

    .side-card:last-child a{ border-bottom: none;    padding: 0.9rem 0 0.5rem;}

    .side-card a img {
      width: 5rem;
      height: 4.5rem;
      object-fit: cover;
      border-radius: 3px;
      flex-shrink: 0;
      transition: opacity 0.2s;
    }

    .side-card:hover a img { opacity: 0.85; }

    .side-card-title {
      font-family: var(--font-display);
      font-size: 0.88rem;
      font-weight: 700;
      line-height: 1.35;
      color: var(--color-ink);
      transition: color 0.2s;
    }

    .side-card:hover .side-card-title { color: var(--color-accent-dark); }



    /* ─── POST CARD ──────────────────────────────────── */
    .post-card { cursor: pointer; }

    .post-card img {
      width: 100%;
      aspect-ratio: 16/9;
      object-fit: cover;
      border-radius: 3px;
      transition: opacity 0.2s;
      margin-bottom: 0.6rem;
    }

    .post-card:hover img { opacity: 0.88; }

    .post-card-title {
      font-family: var(--font-display);
      font-size: 0.95rem;
      font-weight: 700;
      line-height: 1.4;
      color: var(--color-ink);
      transition: color 0.2s;
    }

    .post-card:hover .post-card-title { color: var(--color-accent-dark); }

    .post-meta {
      font-size: 0.7rem;
      color: var(--color-muted);
      margin-top: 0.3rem;
    }

    .post-excerpt {
      font-size: 0.9rem;
      color: #4b5563;
      line-height: 1.6;
      margin-top: 0.35rem;
    }

    /* ─── SIDEBAR ─────────────────────────────────────── */
    .sidebar-box {
      background: #fff;
      border: 1px solid #e5e7eb;
      border-top: 3px solid var(--color-ink);
      padding: 1.25rem;
    }

    .sidebar-title {
      font-family: var(--font-display);
      font-size: 0.85rem;
      font-weight: 900;
      letter-spacing: 0.06em;
      text-transform: uppercase;
      color: var(--color-ink);
      margin-bottom: 1rem;
    }

    .category-row {
      display: flex;
      justify-content: space-between;
      align-items: center;
      padding: 0.45rem 0;
      border-bottom: 1px solid #f3f4f6;
      font-size: 0.8rem;
      color: #374151;
      cursor: pointer;
      transition: color 0.2s;
    }

    .category-row:hover { color: var(--color-accent-dark); }

    .category-count {
      background: #f3f4f6;
      font-size: 0.65rem;
      font-weight: 700;
      padding: 0.15rem 0.45rem;
      border-radius: 999px;
      color: var(--color-muted);
    }

    .mini-post {
      display: flex;
      gap: 0.6rem;
      padding: 0.7rem 0;
      border-bottom: 1px solid #f3f4f6;
      cursor: pointer;
    }

     .mini-post:last-child {
      padding: 0.7rem 0 0;
      border-bottom: none;
  
    }

    .mini-post-title {
      font-size: 0.78rem;
      font-weight: 600;
      line-height: 1.4;
      color: var(--color-ink);
      transition: color 0.2s;
    }

    .mini-post:hover .mini-post-title { color: var(--color-accent-dark); }

    /* ─── NEWSLETTER ─────────────────────────────────── */
    .newsletter-box {
      background: var(--color-ink);
      color: #fff;
      padding: 1.5rem;
      text-align: center;
    }

    .newsletter-box input {
      width: 100%;
      padding: 0.6rem 0.75rem;
      border: 1px solid #374151;
      background: rgba(255,255,255,0.08);
      color: #fff;
      font-family: var(--font-body);
      font-size: 0.8rem;
      border-radius: 3px;
      outline: none;
      margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
    }

    .newsletter-box input::placeholder { color: #6b7280; }

    .btn-accent {
      width: 100%;
      padding: 0.6rem;
      background: var(--color-accent);
      color: var(--color-ink);
      font-family: var(--font-body);
      font-size: 0.75rem;
      font-weight: 700;
      letter-spacing: 0.08em;
      text-transform: uppercase;
      border: none;
      border-radius: 3px;
      cursor: pointer;
      transition: background 0.2s;
    }

    .btn-accent:hover { background: var(--color-accent-dark); }

    /* ─── FOOTER ─────────────────────────────────────── */
    .site-footer {
      background: var(--color-ink);
      border-top: 3px solid var(--color-accent);
      color: #6b7280;
      font-size: 0.78rem;
    }


         /* ─── HOME NEWS BLOCKS ─────────────────────────────────────── */
       
        /* ─── SECTION HEADER ─────────────────────────────── */
    section .section-header {
      display: flex;
      align-items: center;
      justify-content: space-between;
      margin-bottom: 1.25rem;
      padding-bottom: 0.6rem;
      border-bottom: 2px solid var(--color-ink)
    }

   section .section-title {
      font-family: var(--font-display);
      font-size: 1.15rem;
      font-weight: 900;
      color: var(--color-ink);
      letter-spacing: -0.01em;
      text-transform: uppercase;
    }

  section  .section-link {
      font-size: 0.7rem;
      font-weight: 600;
      letter-spacing: 0.08em;
      text-transform: uppercase;
      color: var(--color-accent-dark);
      transition: opacity 0.2s;
    }

  section  .section-link:hover { opacity: 0.7; }
       
         /* home_newsarea_1 */