/* ==========================================================================
   BLOG THEME — professional white-background variant of the main site.
   Loaded alongside style.css. Nav/footer stay dark for brand continuity;
   everything between them switches to a light, editorial palette.
   ========================================================================== */

:root {
    --paper: #ffffff;
    --paper-alt: #f6f5f1;
    --ink: #1c1f1d;
    --ink-soft: #4b504b;
    --border-soft: #e5e1d4;
    --accent-ink: #8a6a00; /* readable gold-family accent for text on white */
}

/* Only the background changes at the body level — nav/footer must keep the
   homepage's light-on-dark text color (set by the base `body` rule in
   style.css). Every piece of blog content below sets its own explicit
   ink/ink-soft color, so nothing relies on inheriting from body here. */
body.blog-page {
    background: var(--paper);
}

/* style.css's bare `nav {}` rule (written for the fixed site header) matches
   every <nav> element on the page, including these two — reset the
   fixed-header-only properties so they lay out normally in the flow. */
.breadcrumb,
.post-nav {
    position: static;
    top: auto;
    width: auto;
    z-index: auto;
    background: none;
    border-bottom: none;
    display: block;
}

/* --- BREADCRUMB --- */
.breadcrumb {
    max-width: 900px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 150px 0 0;
    font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;
    font-size: 0.78rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.5px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--ink-soft);
}

.breadcrumb a { color: var(--accent-ink); }
.breadcrumb a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }

/* --- BLOG / POST HERO --- */
.post-hero, .blog-hero {
    background: var(--paper);
    padding: 20px 5% 50px;
    text-align: left;
}

.blog-hero { text-align: center; padding: 130px 5% 60px; }

.post-hero__eyebrow, .blog-hero__eyebrow {
    display: inline-block;
    font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;
    font-weight: 700;
    letter-spacing: 2px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-size: 0.78rem;
    color: var(--accent-ink);
    margin-bottom: 14px;
}

.post-hero__wrap { max-width: 900px; margin: 0 auto; }
.blog-hero__wrap { max-width: 760px; margin: 0 auto; }

.post-hero h1, .blog-hero h1 {
    font-size: 2.6rem;
    line-height: 1.15;
    color: var(--ink);
    margin-bottom: 18px;
}

.post-hero h1 span, .blog-hero h1 span {
    background: linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent 58%, var(--primary) 58%);
}

.post-hero p.deck, .blog-hero p.deck {
    font-size: 1.15rem;
    color: var(--ink-soft);
    max-width: 700px;
}

.blog-hero p.deck { margin: 0 auto; }

.post-hero__meta {
    display: flex;
    gap: 18px;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    margin-top: 20px;
    font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;
    font-size: 0.8rem;
    color: var(--ink-soft);
    letter-spacing: 0.3px;
}

.post-hero__meta i { color: var(--primary); margin-right: 6px; }

.post-featured-img {
    max-width: 900px;
    margin: 40px auto 0;
    padding: 0 5%;
}

.post-featured-img img {
    width: 100%;
    height: auto;
    max-height: 480px;
    object-fit: cover;
    border-radius: 8px;
    box-shadow: 14px 14px 0 var(--primary);
    display: block;
}

/* --- ARTICLE BODY --- */
.post-body {
    max-width: 760px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 60px 5% 20px;
}

.post-body h2 {
    font-size: 1.5rem;
    color: var(--ink);
    border-left: 5px solid var(--primary);
    padding-left: 16px;
    margin: 55px 0 20px;
}

.post-body h2:first-child { margin-top: 0; }

.post-body h3 {
    font-size: 1.15rem;
    color: var(--ink);
    margin: 32px 0 14px;
}

.post-body p {
    color: var(--ink-soft);
    font-size: 1.05rem;
    line-height: 1.85;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
}

.post-body p.lede {
    font-size: 1.2rem;
    color: var(--ink);
}

.post-body strong { color: var(--ink); }

.post-body ul.check-list { margin: 0 0 25px; }

.post-body ul.check-list li {
    color: var(--ink-soft);
    font-size: 1.02rem;
    line-height: 1.7;
    margin-bottom: 12px;
    padding-left: 30px;
    position: relative;
}

.post-body ul.check-list li i {
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    top: 4px;
    color: var(--primary);
}

.post-body ul.check-list li strong { color: var(--ink); }

/* Callout / "Honest Take" box */
.callout {
    background: var(--paper-alt);
    border-left: 4px solid var(--primary);
    border-radius: 6px;
    padding: 24px 28px;
    margin: 34px 0;
}

.callout p { margin-bottom: 0; color: var(--ink); }
.callout p + p { margin-top: 14px; }

.callout__label {
    display: block;
    font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;
    font-weight: 700;
    letter-spacing: 1px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-size: 0.75rem;
    color: var(--accent-ink);
    margin-bottom: 10px;
}

/* Comparison tables */
.table-wrap {
    overflow-x: auto;
    margin: 30px 0;
    border-radius: 6px;
    border: 1px solid var(--border-soft);
}

.post-body table {
    width: 100%;
    border-collapse: collapse;
    font-size: 0.9rem;
    min-width: 560px;
}

.post-body table caption {
    caption-side: top;
    text-align: left;
    font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;
    font-size: 0.8rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.5px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--ink-soft);
    padding: 10px 14px;
    background: var(--paper-alt);
}

.post-body th {
    background: var(--dark);
    color: var(--light);
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.5px;
    font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: 0.75rem;
    padding: 12px 14px;
    text-align: left;
    white-space: nowrap;
}

.post-body td {
    padding: 12px 14px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-soft);
    color: var(--ink-soft);
    vertical-align: top;
}

.post-body tr:nth-child(even) td { background: var(--paper-alt); }
.post-body tr:last-child td { border-bottom: none; }

/* --- END-OF-POST CTA --- */
.post-cta {
    background: var(--dark);
    color: var(--light);
    border-radius: 10px;
    padding: 45px 5%;
    text-align: center;
    margin: 30px 0 70px;
}

.post-cta h3 {
    color: #fff;
    font-size: 1.5rem;
    margin-bottom: 12px;
}

.post-cta p { color: #ccc; margin-bottom: 24px; }

.post-cta .cta-row {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 20px;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.post-cta a.phone-link {
    color: var(--primary);
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: 1.1rem;
    font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;
}

.post-cta a.phone-link i { margin-right: 8px; }

.post-nav {
    max-width: 760px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0 5% 60px;
}

.post-nav a {
    display: inline-flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 8px;
    font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: 0.85rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.5px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--accent-ink);
}

.post-nav a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }

/* --- BLOG INDEX GRID --- */
.post-grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
    gap: 30px;
    max-width: 1200px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 70px 5% 100px;
}

.post-card {
    background: var(--paper);
    border: 1px solid var(--border-soft);
    border-radius: 10px;
    overflow: hidden;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    transition: var(--transition);
    box-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.04);
}

.post-card:hover {
    transform: translateY(-6px);
    box-shadow: 0 14px 30px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
}

.post-card__img {
    height: 190px;
    overflow: hidden;
}

.post-card__img img {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    object-fit: cover;
    display: block;
    transition: transform 0.5s ease;
}

.post-card:hover .post-card__img img { transform: scale(1.06); }

.post-card__body { padding: 22px 22px 26px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 1; }

.post-card__tag {
    display: inline-block;
    background: var(--primary);
    color: #000;
    font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: 0.68rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.5px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    padding: 4px 10px;
    border-radius: 3px;
    margin-bottom: 14px;
    width: fit-content;
}

.post-card__body h2 {
    font-size: 1.15rem;
    color: var(--ink);
    margin-bottom: 12px;
    line-height: 1.25;
}

.post-card__body p {
    color: var(--ink-soft);
    font-size: 0.92rem;
    line-height: 1.6;
    margin-bottom: 18px;
    flex: 1;
}

.post-card__link {
    font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: 0.82rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.5px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--accent-ink);
}

.post-card:hover .post-card__link { color: var(--ink); }

@media (max-width: 1024px) {
    .post-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
}

@media (max-width: 768px) {
    .post-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; padding: 50px 5% 70px; }
    .breadcrumb { padding-top: 110px; }
    .post-hero h1, .blog-hero h1 { font-size: 1.9rem; }
    .post-featured-img img { max-height: 260px; }
    .post-body table { min-width: 480px; }
    .post-cta .cta-row { flex-direction: column; gap: 14px; }
}