/* color theme is #000, blue, lightSkyBlue, and #fff */

/* resets */
* {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
  }
  
  html {
     scroll-behavior: smooth;
  }
  
  .body {
    overflow-x: hidden;
    background-color: #000;
    animation: bodyFadeIn;
    animation-duration: 2s;
  }
  
  /* Adding the scrollbar effects */
  /* Gradient Scrollbar */
  
  body::-webkit-scrollbar {
    width: 10px;
  }
  
  
  body::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
    background-clip: content-box;
    background:  linear-gradient(0deg, yellow 25%, pink 50%, lightSkyBlue 75%, blue 100%);
  }
  
  body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
    border-radius: 5px;
    background: transparent; /* opacity: 0; should do the thing either */
    box-shadow: 0px 0px 0px 100000vh black;
  }
  
  /* giving the entire website a reveal class */
  
  .reveal{
    position: relative;
    opacity: 0;
    transition: 1s all ease;
  }
  
  .reveal.active{
    opacity: 1;
  }
  
  
  /* styling the nav */
  #navigation {
    background-color: #000;
    color: #fff;
    box-shadow: 0 0 20px #333;
  }
  #navigation a{
    border-radius: 10px;
    display: block;
    padding: 10px;
    color: #fff;
  } 

  
#projects-menu ul {
  list-style-type: none;
  background: #000;
  color: white;
}
  
  
    #navigation a:hover{
    background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.02);
      color: #000;
    text-shadow: 0 0 2px blue, 0 0 6px lightSkyBlue, 0 0 12px #fff;
  }
  
  /* adjusting the header */
  #header {
    position: relative;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
    position: relative;
  /*  setting the size  */
   margin-top: 50px;
    height: 100vh;
  /* adding background image   */
    background: url("https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1603302576837-37561b2e2302?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1168&q=80");
  /*  adjusting background image  */
    background-size: cover;
    background-position: center;
  /* styling the text */
    color: #fff;
    text-align: center;

  }
  
  
  /*  translating the title down*/
  .text {
    position: relative;
    font-size: 5em;
    text-align: center;
    color: white;
    -webkit-box-reflect: below -0.46em linear-gradient(transparent, white);
  }

.text span {
    position: relative;
    display: inline-block;
    animation: textShining 1s  infinite linear;
    -o-animation: textShining 1s  infinite linear;
}

  
@keyframes textShining {
  0% {
      text-shadow: 0 0 1px black, 0 0 2px pink, 0 0 4px lightskyblue, 0 0 6px white;
  }

  25% {
      text-shadow: 0 0 1px black,  0 0 3px pink, 0 0 5px lightskyblue, 0 0 7px white;
  }

  50% {
      text-shadow: 0 0 1px black,  0 0 4px pink, 0 0 6px lightskyblue, 0 0 8px white;
  }

  75% {
    text-shadow: 0 0 1px black,  0 0 3px pink, 0 0 5px lightskyblue, 0 0 7px white;
  }

  100% {
    text-shadow: 0 0 1px black, 0 0 2px pink, 0 0 4px lightskyblue, 0 0 6px white;
  }
}
  
/* transition button animations and styling */
.btn-animation-container {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.btn-animation-container a {
  margin-top: 40px;
  overflow: hidden;
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 15px 30px;
  border: 1px solid #fff;
  border-radius: 10px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-weight: 600;
  text-decoration: none;
  letter-spacing: 2px;
  color: #fff;
  -webkit-box-reflect: below 0px linear-gradient(transparent, #0002);
  transition: 0.5s;
}

.btn-animation-container a:hover {
  border: none;
  transition-delay: 1s;
  color: #000;
  box-shadow:     0 0 10px rgba(255,255,255,1),
  0 0 20px rgba(255,255,255,1),
  0 0 40px rgba(255,255,255,.8),
  0 0 80px rgba(255,255,255,.6),
  0 0 100px rgba(255,255,255,.4);
}

.btn-animation-container a:nth-child(2) {
  filter: hue-rotate(90deg);
}


/* left side */
.btn-animation-container a::after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  right: -20px;
  top: 50%;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  width: 20px;
  height: 2px;
  background: white;

  /* different transition properties */
  transition: width 0.5s, left 0.5s, height 0.5s,
  box-shadow 0.5s;
  /* delaying the different transitions */
  transition-delay: 1s, 0.5s,0s,0s;
}

.btn-animation-container a:hover::after {
  width: 60%;
  height: 100%;
  right: -2px;
  /* bring the lines inside and cover the left side a color */
  box-shadow: 5px 0px 0 white, 5px 0px 0 white;
  /* delaying the different transitions */
  transition-delay: 0s, 0.5s,1s,1s;

}



/* right side */
.btn-animation-container a::before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  left: -20px;
  top: 50%;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  width: 20px;
  height: 2px;
  background: white;
  /* different transition properties */
  transition: width 0.5s, left 0.5s, height 0.5s,
  box-shadow 0.5s;
  /* delaying the different transitions */
  transition-delay: 1s, 0.5s,0s,0s;
}

.btn-animation-container a:hover::before {
  width: 60%;
  height: 100%;
  left: -2px;
  /* delaying the different transitions */
  transition-delay: 0s, 0.5s,1s,1s;

}


.btn-animation-container a span {
position: relative;
z-index: 100;
}
  
  
  
  /* featured posts */

 



  /* featured post content */
  
  
  #featured-post-grid {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    flex-direction: row;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
    align-items: center;
    height: 100vh;
    background: url("https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1525547719571-a2d4ac8945e2?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&auto=format&fit=crop&w=464&q=80");
    background-size: cover;
    background-position: center;
      padding-left: 50px;
    padding-right: 50px;
    padding-top: 150px;
    padding-bottom: 20px;
  }
  
  #featured-post {
    height: 400px;
    max-height: 80vh;
    width: 500px;
    max-width: 80vw;
    box-shadow: 0 0 20px #fff;
    text-align: center;
  }
  
  #featured-post-title {
    border-bottom: none;
      padding-top: 10px;
    padding-bottom: 10px;
     background: #111;
    color: #fff;
    text-shadow: 0 0 5px lightSkyBlue, 0 0 10px pink;
  }
  
  #featured-post-body {
    background: url("https://wallpapercave.com/wp/wp3830478.jpg");
    height: 200px;
    background-size: cover;
    background-position: center;
    background-color: rgba(104, 179, 255, 1.00);
    border: none;
  }
  
  #featured-post-body h1 {
    color: #fff;
    text-shadow: 0 0 20px #000;
    background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
    border-radius: 20px;
    padding-top: 10px;
    padding-bottom: 10px;
  }
  
  #featured-post-img {
    height: 300px;
    width: 100%;
    border-radius: 20px;
    border: .5px solid #fff;
    box-shadow: 0 0 10px #333;
  }
  
  #featured-post-button {
    background-color: #000;
    color: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #fff;
    box-shadow: 0 0 5px #333;
    padding-top: 5px;
    padding-bottom: 5px;
    padding-left: 10px;
    padding-right: 10px;
    border-radius: 20px;
    transition: .4s ease-in-out all;
  }
  
  #featured-post-button:hover {
    background-color: #fff;
    color: #000;
    border: 1px solid #000;
    text-shadow: 0 0 2px #000;
    box-shadow: 0 0 4px #fff, 0 0 6px lightSkyBlue, 0 0 8px pink, 0 0 12px #fff, 0 0 15px #333;
  }
  
  
  #featured-post-footer {
    border-top: none;
    padding-top: 15px;
    padding-bottom: 15px;
    background: #111;
  }
  
  #articles {
     background-color: #000;
    color: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #fff;
    box-shadow: 0 0 5px #333;
    padding-top: 5px;
    padding-bottom: 5px;
    padding-left: 10px;
    padding-right: 10px;
    border-radius: 20px;
    transition: .4s ease-in-out all; 
  }
  
  #articles:hover {
      background-color: #fff;
    color: #000;
    border: 1px solid #000;
    text-shadow: 0 0 2px #000;
    box-shadow: 0 0 4px #fff, 0 0 6px lightSkyBlue, 0 0 8px pink, 0 0 12px #fff, 0 0 15px #333;
  }
  
  .button-container {
    text-align: center;
    justify-content: center;
    margin-top: 20px;
  }
  
  #down-btn-2 {
    background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.9);
    color: #fff;
    width: 100px;
    height: 50px;
    border-radius: 50px;
    border: 1px solid #fff;
    box-shadow: 0 0 10px #111, 0 0 20px #333;
    transition: .3s ease-in-out all;
  }
  
  #down-btn-2:hover {
      background-color: #fff;
    color: #000;
    border: 1px solid #000;
    text-shadow: 0 0 2px #000;
    box-shadow: 0 0 4px #fff, 0 0 6px lightSkyBlue, 0 0 8px pink, 0 0 12px #fff, 0 0 15px #333;
  }
  
  
  
  /* styling the main content */
  #section-main {
    background-color: #000;
    height: 400px;
  }
  
  #section-main h2 {
    color: #fff;
    text-align: center;
  }
  
  
  /* styling the categories  */
  
  /* category container */
  .categories .container-fluid {
    padding-top: 20px;
    padding-bottom: 20px;
    background: url("https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1560762484-813fc97650a0?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1074&q=80");
    background-size: cover;
    background-position: center;
  }
  
  
  #categories-container {
    padding-top: 50px;
  }
  
  /* styling the columns */
  .categories .card {
    margin-top: 10px;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
  }
  
  /* styling the header  */
  .categories .card-header {
    text-align: center;
    font-size: 18px;
    color: #fff;
    text-shadow: 0 0 5px lightSkyBlue, 0 0 10px pink;
    background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.9);
    border-bottom: .5px solid rgba(250,250,250,.9);
  }
  
  /* styling the card body */
  .categories .card-body {
    list-style: none;
    font-size: 12px;
    color: #fff;
    background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.9);
  }
  
  .categories .card-body li {
      justify-content: center;
    text-align: center;
  }
  
  .categories .card-footer {
    text-align: center;
    background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.9);
      border-top: .5px solid rgba(250,250,250,.9);
  }
  
  .categories li {
      margin-top: 5px;
    margin-bottom: 5px;
  }
  
  .article-btn {
      background-color: #000;
    color: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #fff;
    box-shadow: 0 0 5px #333;
    padding-top: 5px;
    padding-bottom: 5px;
    padding-left: 10px;
    padding-right: 10px;
    border-radius: 20px;
    transition: .4s ease-in-out all;
  }
  
  .article-btn:hover {
    background-color: #fff;
    color: #000;
    border: 1px solid #000;
    text-shadow: 0 0 2px #000;
    box-shadow: 0 0 4px #fff, 0 0 6px lightSkyBlue, 0 0 8px pink, 0 0 12px #fff, 0 0 15px #333;
  }
  
  .article-buttons {
    margin-top: 5px;
    width: 300px;
        background-color: #000;
    color: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #fff;
    box-shadow: 0 0 5px #333;
    padding-top: 5px;
    padding-bottom: 5px;
    padding-left: 10px;
    padding-right: 10px;
    border-radius: 20px;
    transition: .4s ease-in-out all;
  }
  
  .article-buttons:hover {
      background-color: #fff;
    color: #000;
    border: 1px solid #000;
    text-shadow: 0 0 2px #000;
    box-shadow: 0 0 4px #fff, 0 0 6px lightSkyBlue, 0 0 8px pink, 0 0 12px #fff, 0 0 15px #333;
  }
  
  
  
  /* styling the footer */
  
  #footer {
    padding-top: 20px;
    background-color: #000;
    height: 100%;
    padding-bottom: 20px;
  }

hr {
  height: 1px;
  background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
  border-color: white;
  box-shadow: 0 0 5px lightSkyBlue, 0 0 10px pink;
  }
  
  
  
  
  /* copyright link */
  #copyright {
    color: #fff;
    text-shadow: 0 0 2px #fff, 0 0 4px lightSkyBlue, 0 0 6px pink;
  }
  /* giving copyright hover effects */
  #copyright:hover {
    color: #000;
    text-shadow: 0 0 2px blue, 0 0 4px lightSkyBlue, 0 0 6px #fff;
  }
  
  
  
  /* KEYFRAMES KEYFRAMES KEYFRAMES */
  
  
  /* giving the body keyframes */
  @keyframes bodyFadeIn {
    0% {
      background-color: #000;
      opacity: 0;
  }
    100% {
      background-color: none;
      opacity: 1;
    }}