/* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
   Maharashtra Higher Education Summit 2026 — style.css
   1  Tokens              9  Marquees           17 Awards
   2  Base               10  Stats band         18 Partner
   3  Section shell      11  About              19 Souvenir
   4  Buttons            12  Pillars (dark)     20 Gallery + lightbox
   5  Badges             13  Vision             21 Partners marquee
   6  Decor              14  Highlights/Eco     22 FAQ
   7  Chrome (loader,    15  Attendees          23 Venue
      cursor, rail)      16  Speakers/          24 CTA
   8  Nav + hero             Programme/Exp      25 Footer, modal, UI
   ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ */

/* ───────── 1. TOKENS ───────── */
:root {
  --primary: #F15A24;
  --secondary: #FF8C00;
  --accent: #FF9A00;
  --gold: #FFC46B;

  --dark: #222222;
  --ink: #141110;
  /* dark-luxe base */
  --ink-2: #1D1815;
  --text: #444444;
  --muted: #7A7168;
  --bg: #FFFDF8;
  --light-gray: #F7F5F1;
  --line: rgba(34, 34, 34, .08);
  --line-light: rgba(255, 255, 255, .10);

  --gradient: linear-gradient(135deg, #F15A24, #FF9A00);
  --gradient-soft: linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(241, 90, 36, .10), rgba(255, 154, 0, .06));
  --gradient-line: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, #F15A24, #FF9A00, transparent);

  --radius: 20px;
  --radius-sm: 14px;
  --radius-lg: 28px;
  --radius-pill: 100px;

  --shadow: 0 15px 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, .08);
  --shadow-lg: 0 28px 70px rgba(34, 34, 34, .14);
  --shadow-brand: 0 18px 44px rgba(241, 90, 36, .30);
  --shadow-ink: 0 30px 80px rgba(0, 0, 0, .45);

  --ease: cubic-bezier(.22, .68, 0, 1);
  --t: .4s var(--ease);

  --f-head: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, serif;
  --f-sub: 'Poppins', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --f-body: 'Inter', system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif;
  --f-num: 'Montserrat', system-ui, sans-serif;

  --pad-section: 60px;
  --nav-h: 84px;
}

/* ───────── 2. BASE ───────── */
* {
  -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
}

html {
  scroll-behavior: smooth;
  scroll-padding-top: 110px;
}

/* Lenis owns the scroll once it initialises — native smooth would fight it.
   Falls back to the CSS smooth scroll above if the script never loads. */
html.lenis,
html.lenis body {
  height: auto;
}

html.lenis {
  scroll-behavior: auto !important;
}

.lenis.lenis-smooth [data-lenis-prevent] {
  overscroll-behavior: contain;
}

.lenis.lenis-stopped {
  overflow: hidden;
}

body {
  font-family: var(--f-body);
  font-size: 17px;
  line-height: 1.75;
  color: var(--text);
  background: var(--bg);
  overflow-x: hidden;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
}

/* `overflow-x: hidden` makes body a scroll container, which stops
   position:sticky descendants from ever sticking. `clip` does the same
   horizontal trimming without creating one. */
@supports (overflow: clip) {
  body {
    overflow-x: clip;
  }
}

h1,
h2,
h3,
h4,
h5,
h6 {
  font-family: var(--f-head);
  color: var(--dark);
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1.15;
  letter-spacing: -.018em;
}

p {
  margin-bottom: 1.1rem;
}

a {
  color: var(--primary);
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: var(--t);
}

a:hover {
  color: var(--secondary);
}

img,
svg {
  max-width: 100%;
  height: auto;
}

code {
  font-size: 15px;
  color: var(--primary);
  background: rgba(241, 90, 36, .08);
  padding: 2px 7px;
  border-radius: 6px;
}

::selection {
  background: rgba(241, 90, 36, .22);
  color: var(--dark);
}

.container {
  max-width: 1320px;
  padding-inline: 24px;
}

.skip-link {
  position: absolute;
  top: -70px;
  left: 16px;
  z-index: 2000;
  background: var(--ink);
  color: #fff;
  padding: 12px 22px;
  border-radius: 0 0 12px 12px;
  font-family: var(--f-sub);
  font-weight: 600;
  transition: top .3s ease;
}

.skip-link:focus {
  top: 0;
  color: #fff;
}

:focus-visible {
  outline: 3px solid rgba(241, 90, 36, .6);
  outline-offset: 3px;
  border-radius: 6px;
}

.text-light-soft {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .66) !important;
}

/* ───────── 3. SECTION SHELL ───────── */
.section {
  position: relative;
  padding: var(--pad-section) 0;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.eyebrow {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  font-family: var(--f-sub);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 12px;
  letter-spacing: .26em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--primary);
  margin-bottom: 18px;
  padding-left: 36px;
  position: relative;
}

.eyebrow::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  top: 50%;
  width: 26px;
  height: 1.5px;
  background: var(--gradient);
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  border-radius: 2px;
}

.eyebrow-light {
  color: var(--gold);
}

.eyebrow-light::before {
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #F15A24, #FFC46B);
}

.text-center .eyebrow {
  padding-left: 0;
}

.text-center .eyebrow::before {
  display: none;
}

/* same face and treatment as .ab-title in the About section */
.section-title {
  font-family: 'Joost', 'Jost', system-ui, sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: 46px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.3px;
  line-height: 1.28;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.section-head {
  max-width: 860px;
  margin: 0 auto 72px;
}

.section-desc {
  font-size: 18px;
  color: var(--muted);
  margin-bottom: 0;
}

.grad-text {
  background: var(--gradient);
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  background-clip: text;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
  color: transparent;
}

/* ───────── 4. BUTTONS ───────── */
.btn {
  font-family: var(--f-sub);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 15px;
  border-radius: var(--radius-pill);
  padding: 14px 30px;
  border: 0;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  isolation: isolate;
  transition: transform var(--t), box-shadow var(--t), background var(--t), color var(--t), border-color var(--t);
}

.btn-lg {
  padding: 17px 38px;
  font-size: 16px;
}

.btn-sm {
  padding: 10px 22px;
  font-size: 13px;
}

.btn-gradient {
  background: var(--gradient);
  color: #fff;
  box-shadow: 0 10px 26px rgba(241, 90, 36, .30);
  background-size: 180% 180%;
  background-position: 0% 50%;
}

.btn-gradient:hover,
.btn-gradient:focus-visible {
  color: #fff;
  transform: translateY(-4px);
  box-shadow: 0 20px 46px rgba(241, 90, 36, .45);
  background-position: 100% 50%;
}

.btn-gradient:active {
  transform: translateY(-1px);
}

.btn-outline-dark-soft {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .6);
  color: var(--dark);
  border: 1.5px solid rgba(34, 34, 34, .14);
  backdrop-filter: blur(8px);
}

.btn-outline-dark-soft:hover,
.btn-outline-dark-soft:focus-visible {
  border-color: var(--primary);
  color: var(--primary);
  transform: translateY(-4px);
  box-shadow: 0 16px 36px rgba(241, 90, 36, .16);
}

.btn-outline-light-soft {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .06);
  color: #fff;
  border: 1.5px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .24);
  backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
}

.btn-outline-light-soft:hover,
.btn-outline-light-soft:focus-visible {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .13);
  color: #fff;
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .6);
  transform: translateY(-4px);
}

.btn-white {
  background: #fff;
  color: var(--primary);
  box-shadow: 0 14px 34px rgba(0, 0, 0, .16);
}

.btn-white:hover,
.btn-white:focus-visible {
  color: var(--primary);
  transform: translateY(-4px);
  box-shadow: 0 22px 48px rgba(0, 0, 0, .26);
}

.btn-ghost-light {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .12);
  color: #fff;
  border: 1.5px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .5);
  backdrop-filter: blur(8px);
}

.btn-ghost-light:hover,
.btn-ghost-light:focus-visible {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .22);
  color: #fff;
  transform: translateY(-4px);
  border-color: #fff;
}

.btn-text-link {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 10px;
  font-family: var(--f-sub);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 15px;
  color: var(--gold);
  padding: 14px 4px;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.btn-text-link i {
  transition: transform var(--t);
}

.btn-text-link:hover {
  color: #fff;
}

.btn-text-link:hover i {
  transform: translateX(6px);
}

.btn-ripple .ripple {
  position: absolute;
  border-radius: 50%;
  transform: scale(0);
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .4);
  animation: rippleOut .7s ease-out forwards;
  pointer-events: none;
  z-index: -1;
}

.btn-outline-dark-soft .ripple,
.btn-white .ripple {
  background: rgba(241, 90, 36, .22);
}

@keyframes rippleOut {
  to {
    transform: scale(4);
    opacity: 0;
  }
}

/* ───── nav "express" register button — banner gradient (orange → gold) ───── */
.btn-3d-express {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 9px;
  padding: 12px 26px;
  font-family: var(--f-sub);
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: 14px;
  letter-spacing: .01em;
  color: #fff;
  background: var(--gradient);
  background-size: 200% 200%;
  background-position: 0% 50%;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: var(--radius-pill);
  cursor: pointer;
  overflow: hidden;
  isolation: isolate;
  box-shadow: 0 10px 24px rgba(241, 90, 36, .34);
  transition: transform .3s var(--ease), box-shadow .3s var(--ease), background-position .5s ease;
}

.btn-3d-express span,
.btn-3d-express i {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
}

.btn-3d-express i {
  font-size: 12px;
  transition: transform .3s var(--ease);
}

.btn-3d-express:hover,
.btn-3d-express:focus-visible {
  color: #fff;
  background-position: 100% 50%;
  transform: translateY(-3px);
  box-shadow: 0 18px 36px rgba(241, 90, 36, .46);
}

.btn-3d-express:hover i:last-child,
.btn-3d-express:focus-visible i:last-child {
  transform: translateX(5px);
}

.btn-3d-express:active {
  transform: translateY(-1px) scale(.97);
  box-shadow: 0 8px 18px rgba(241, 90, 36, .32);
}

/* ───────── 5. BADGES ───────── */

.badge-live {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 9px;
  background: rgba(241, 90, 36, .10);
  color: var(--primary);
  font-family: var(--f-sub);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 12px;
  letter-spacing: .14em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  padding: 8px 16px;
  border-radius: var(--radius-pill);
  margin-bottom: 16px;
}

.pulse-dot {
  width: 8px;
  height: 8px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--primary);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 0 rgba(241, 90, 36, .6);
  animation: pulseDot 2s infinite;
  flex: 0 0 8px;
}

@keyframes pulseDot {
  70% {
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 10px rgba(241, 90, 36, 0);
  }

  100% {
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 0 rgba(241, 90, 36, 0);
  }
}

/* ───────── 6. DECOR ───────── */

.blob-soft {
  width: 440px;
  height: 440px;
  filter: blur(90px);
  opacity: .55;
}

@keyframes blobFloat {
  0%,
  100% {
    transform: translate(0, 0) scale(1);
  }

  33% {
    transform: translate(30px, -40px) scale(1.08);
  }

  66% {
    transform: translate(-25px, 25px) scale(.94);
  }
}

.grain {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  z-index: 1;
  opacity: .30;
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='140' height='140'%3E%3Cfilter id='n'%3E%3CfeTurbulence type='fractalNoise' baseFrequency='.85' numOctaves='3'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Crect width='140' height='140' filter='url(%23n)' opacity='.45'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
}

/* dark luxe shell */

/* art frames — deliberate placeholders for photography */

.art-tag {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 3;
  left: 18px;
  bottom: 16px;
  font-family: var(--f-sub);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: .16em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #fff;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .28);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .28);
  padding: 7px 14px;
  border-radius: var(--radius-pill);
  backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
}

/* ───────── 7. CHROME ───────── */
.cursor-dot,
.cursor-ring {
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: 9998;
  pointer-events: none;
  border-radius: 50%;
  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity .3s ease;
}

.cursor-dot {
  width: 7px;
  height: 7px;
  background: var(--primary);
}

.cursor-ring {
  width: 38px;
  height: 38px;
  border: 1.5px solid rgba(241, 90, 36, .55);
  transition: opacity .3s ease, width .3s var(--ease), height .3s var(--ease), background .3s ease, border-color .3s ease;
}

body.cursor-ready .cursor-dot,
body.cursor-ready .cursor-ring {
  opacity: 1;
}

body.cursor-hover .cursor-ring {
  width: 64px;
  height: 64px;
  background: rgba(241, 90, 36, .10);
  border-color: rgba(241, 90, 36, .8);
}

body.cursor-hover .cursor-dot {
  opacity: 0;
}

/* section rail */

/* ───────── 8. TOPBAR / NAV / HERO ───────── */
.site-nav {
  top: 0;
  padding: 16px 0;
  z-index: 1050;
  background: #fffff5;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(34, 34, 34, .07);
  transition: background .45s var(--ease), box-shadow .45s var(--ease), padding .45s var(--ease), top .45s var(--ease);
}

.site-nav.at-top-hidden {
  top: 0;
}

.site-nav.scrolled {
  padding: 10px 0;
  background: #fffff5;
  /* box-shadow: 0 10px 34px rgba(34, 34, 34, .10); */
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(34, 34, 34, .07);
}

.navbar-brand {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 14px;
  padding: 0;
}

.brand-mark {
  height: 52px;
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  display: block;
}

.brand-mark img {
  height: 100%;
  width: auto;
  display: block;
}

.brand-mark svg {
  width: 46px;
  height: 46px;
  display: block;
  filter: drop-shadow(0 6px 18px rgba(241, 90, 36, .4));
}

.brand-text {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  line-height: 1.15;
}

.brand-text strong {
  font-family: var(--f-head);
  font-weight: 800;
  font-size: 19px;
  color: var(--dark);
  letter-spacing: -.02em;
}

.brand-text small {
  font-family: var(--f-sub);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: .14em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.navbar-nav .nav-link {
  font-family: var(--f-sub);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 14px;
  color: var(--dark);
  padding: 10px 13px !important;
  position: relative;
  transition: color .3s ease;
}

.navbar-nav .nav-link:hover,
.navbar-nav .nav-link.active {
  color: var(--primary);
}

.navbar-nav .dropdown-toggle::after {
  border: 0;
  content: "\f078";
  font-family: "Font Awesome 6 Free";
  font-weight: 900;
  font-size: 9px;
  margin-left: 7px;
  vertical-align: middle;
  transition: transform .3s ease;
}

.navbar-nav .dropdown-toggle[aria-expanded="true"]::after {
  transform: rotate(180deg);
}

.navbar-toggler {
  border: 0;
  padding: 10px;
  width: 46px;
  height: 44px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 5px;
  box-shadow: none !important;
}

.toggler-bar {
  display: block;
  height: 2px;
  width: 24px;
  border-radius: 2px;
  background: var(--dark);
  transition: transform .35s var(--ease), opacity .25s ease;
}

.navbar-toggler[aria-expanded="true"] .toggler-bar:nth-child(1) {
  transform: translateY(7px) rotate(45deg);
}

.navbar-toggler[aria-expanded="true"] .toggler-bar:nth-child(2) {
  opacity: 0;
}

.navbar-toggler[aria-expanded="true"] .toggler-bar:nth-child(3) {
  transform: translateY(-7px) rotate(-45deg);
}

/* BANNER — full-width key visual, sits below the fixed header */
.site-banner {
  margin-top: var(--nav-h);
  background: #FFFDF8;
  line-height: 0;
}

.site-banner img {
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
  display: block;
}

/* HERO leftovers still in use elsewhere */

/* ───────── 8b. SUMMIT THEME STRIP ───────── */
.theme-strip{
  position:relative; overflow:hidden; z-index:4;
  padding:22px 0; text-align:center;
  background:var(--gradient);
}
.theme-strip::before{                            /* soft light lift, bottom-left */
  content:""; position:absolute; inset:0; pointer-events:none;
  background:radial-gradient(ellipse at 18% 130%,rgba(255,255,255,.20),transparent 60%);
}
.theme-strip .container{ position:relative; z-index:2; }

/* language crossfade — both lines share one grid cell so the strip
   doesn't jump height when swapping between English and Hindi */
.theme-lang-rotator{
  display:grid;
  align-items:center;
  justify-items:center;
}
.theme-lang-rotator .theme-line{
  grid-area:1/1;
  width:100%;
  opacity:0;
  transform:translateY(14px);
  transition:opacity .6s var(--ease), transform .6s var(--ease);
  pointer-events:none;
}
.theme-lang-rotator .theme-line.lang-active{
  opacity:1;
  transform:translateY(0);
  pointer-events:auto;
}

.theme-line{
  font-family:'Lufga','Outfit','Jost',system-ui,sans-serif;
  font-weight:600; font-size:25px; line-height:1.32; letter-spacing:.2px;
  color:#fff; margin:0 auto;  text-wrap:balance;
}
.theme-line b{ font-weight:800; }

.theme-line-hi{
  font-family:'Noto Sans Devanagari','Nirmala UI',sans-serif;
  font-weight:600;
}
.theme-line-hi b{ font-weight:700; }

.theme-line .tw-word{
  display:inline-block;
  opacity:0;
  transform:translateY(16px);
  transition:opacity .5s var(--ease), transform .5s var(--ease);
  transition-delay:calc(var(--wi, 0) * 65ms);
}
.theme-line.in-view .tw-word{
  opacity:1;
  transform:translateY(0);
}
.theme-line .tw-word:nth-child(1){ --wi:0; }
.theme-line .tw-word:nth-child(2){ --wi:1; }
.theme-line .tw-word:nth-child(3){ --wi:2; }
.theme-line .tw-word:nth-child(4){ --wi:3; }
.theme-line .tw-word:nth-child(5){ --wi:4; }
.theme-line .tw-word:nth-child(6){ --wi:5; }
.theme-line .tw-word:nth-child(7){ --wi:6; }
.theme-line .tw-word:nth-child(8){ --wi:7; }
.theme-line .tw-word:nth-child(9){ --wi:8; }
.theme-line .tw-word:nth-child(10){ --wi:9; }
.theme-line .tw-word:nth-child(11){ --wi:10; }
.theme-line .tw-word:nth-child(12){ --wi:11; }

/* ───────── 9. MARQUEES ───────── */

.marquee-set {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 34px;
  padding-right: 34px;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

/* ───────── 10. IMPACT BAND (scale strip under About) ───────── */
.impact-band {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: var(--pad-section) 0;
  background: #f2ead4;
}

.impact-band::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  background: radial-gradient(ellipse at 18% 120%, rgba(255, 255, 255, .18), transparent 60%);
}

/* same gutters as the About section so both align on the same edges */
.impact-band .container {
  padding-inline: 60px;
}

.impact-inner {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 56px;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.impact-title {
  /* same face as .section-title / .ab-title / .glance-title */
  font-family: 'Joost', 'Jost', system-ui, sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: 42px;
  line-height: 1.16;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: .3px;
  /* deep maroon — dark shade of the brand orange */
  color: #6B1E00;
  margin: 0;
  flex: 0 0 auto;
}

.impact-figures {
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-start;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 16px 54px;
}

.impact-fig {
  text-align: center;
  min-width: 104px;
}

.impact-num {
  font-family: var(--f-num);
  font-weight: 800;
  font-size: 44px;
  line-height: 1;
  color: var(--dark);
  display: flex;
  align-items: baseline;
  justify-content: center;
}

.impact-num em {
  font-style: normal;
  color: var(--primary);
}

.impact-label {
  font-family: var(--f-sub);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 14px;
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--text);
  margin: 10px 0 0;
  line-height: 1.4;
}

/* ───────── 11. ABOUT (three-column editorial, Source Sans 3) ───────── */
.section-about {
  background: #ffffff;
  padding: 60px 0;
  font-family: 'Source Sans 3', system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif;
}

.ab-glow {
  position: absolute;
  inset: auto 50% -20% auto;
  transform: translateX(50%);
  width: 900px;
  height: 520px;
  pointer-events: none;
  background: radial-gradient(ellipse at center, rgba(255, 154, 0, .10), transparent 68%);
  filter: blur(60px);
}

.section-about .container {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  padding-inline: 60px;
}

.about-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, .86fr) minmax(0, 1.55fr) minmax(0, .86fr);
  gap: 56px;
  align-items: center;
}

/* framed media with an offset plate behind */
.ab-frame {
  position: relative;
  margin: 0;
}

.ab-plate {
  position: absolute;
  inset: -20px -24px -26px -20px;
  background: #EFE6DC;
  border-radius: 58px 20px 58px 20px;
  transform: rotate(7deg);
}

.ab-left .ab-plate {
  transform: rotate(-7deg);
  background: #F4EBE1;
}

.ab-media {
  position: relative;
  aspect-ratio: 4/5;
  /* landscape source, so don't crop it to a slot */
  border-radius: 58px 20px 58px 20px;
  overflow: hidden;
  /* clip the photo to the frame shape */
  transform: rotate(-3deg);
  box-shadow: 0 28px 62px rgba(34, 34, 34, .18);
  transition: transform .6s var(--ease), box-shadow .6s var(--ease);
}

/* scrim so the caption stays legible over any photo */
.ab-media::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 1;
  pointer-events: none;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, .10) 0%, transparent 34%, transparent 62%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .52) 100%);
}

.ab-left .ab-media {
  transform: rotate(3deg);
  border-radius: 20px 58px 20px 58px;
}

.ab-frame:hover .ab-media {
  transform: rotate(0deg) translateY(-8px);
  box-shadow: 0 38px 80px rgba(34, 34, 34, .24);
}

.ab-media img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  display: block;
  object-fit: cover;
  transition: transform .8s var(--ease);
}

/* keep the subject in frame when a 3:2 photo is cropped to 4:5 */
.ab-left .ab-media img {
  object-position: 60% center;
}

.ab-right .ab-media img {
  object-position: 38% center;
}

.ab-frame:hover .ab-media img {
  transform: scale(1.05);
}

.ab-media>i {
  font-size: 44px;
}

/* rotating seal */
.ab-badge {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 4;
  right: -42px;
  bottom: -34px;
  width: 154px;
  height: 154px;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  filter: drop-shadow(0 16px 32px rgba(241, 90, 36, .32));
}

.ab-badge svg {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  animation: badgeSpin 20s linear infinite;
}

@keyframes badgeSpin {
  to {
    transform: rotate(360deg);
  }
}

.ab-badge-text {
  font-family: 'Source Sans 3', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: 15px;
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  fill: #fff;
}

.ab-badge-core {
  position: absolute;
  width: 66px;
  height: 66px;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  border-radius: 50%;
  color: var(--primary);
  font-size: 23px;
}

/* centre column */
/* accented phrase inside the About heading */
.ab-hl {
  background: var(--gradient);
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  background-clip: text;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
  color: transparent;
}

/* Jost carries no Devanagari — without this the browser falls back to a
   system face that sits at a different weight and baseline */
.ab-dev {
  font-family: 'Noto Sans Devanagari', 'Nirmala UI', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0;
      font-size: 50px;
}

.about-copy {
  text-align: center;
  padding: 0 8px;
}

.ab-title {
  font-family: 'Joost', 'Jost', system-ui, sans-serif !important;
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: 42px;
  text-transform: uppercase !important;
  letter-spacing: 0.3px !important;
  color: var(--dark);
  line-height: 1.40;
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0 auto 58px;
  max-width: 100%;
  text-wrap: balance;
}

.about-copy p {
  font-family: 'Source Sans 3', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: 17px;
  line-height: 1.85;
  color: var(--text);
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}

.about-copy p:last-of-type {
  margin-bottom: 34px;
}

.about-copy strong {
  font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--dark);
}

.btn-glow {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  padding: 18px 46px;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: var(--radius-pill);
  font-family: 'Source Sans 3', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 15px;
  letter-spacing: .2em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #fff;
  background: var(--gradient);
  background-size: 180% 180%;
  background-position: 0% 50%;
  box-shadow: 0 14px 34px rgba(241, 90, 36, .30), 0 0 0 12px rgba(241, 90, 36, .12);
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  isolation: isolate;
  transition: transform var(--t), box-shadow var(--t), background-position var(--t);
}

.btn-glow:hover,
.btn-glow:focus-visible {
  color: #fff;
  transform: translateY(-4px);
  background-position: 100% 50%;
  box-shadow: 0 22px 48px rgba(241, 90, 36, .42), 0 0 0 18px rgba(241, 90, 36, .16);
}

/* outcomes strip */

/* ───────── 12b. THE EXPERIENCE — FORMATS (summit photo bg) ───────── */
.section-formats {
  background: var(--ink) url("../images/9.JPG") center center / cover no-repeat fixed;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .82);
}

/* z-index 2 puts the grain above the scrim, not under it */
.section-formats .grain {
  z-index: 2;
  opacity: .34;
  mix-blend-mode: overlay;
}

/* the photograph is busy and mid-toned — the scrim is what makes the copy legible */
.section-formats::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 1;
  pointer-events: none;
  background:
    radial-gradient(ellipse 70% 60% at 50% 40%, rgba(241, 90, 36, .16), transparent 70%),
    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(18, 15, 13, .90) 0%, rgba(18, 15, 13, .78) 45%, rgba(18, 15, 13, .92) 100%);
}

.section-formats .container {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 3;
}

/* family, weight and tracking inherit from the shared heading rule */
.section-formats .section-title {
  font-size: 46px;
  color: #fff;
}

.section-formats .section-desc {
  font-size: 17px;
  color: #fff;
}

.fmt-bar {
  font-weight: 300;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .32);
  padding: 0 6px;
}

.fmt-card {
  height: 100%;
  padding: 20px 34px 20px;
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  border: 0;
  /* background-color, not the shorthand — the shorthand resets background-image
     to none, which wiped the photo off every card on hover */
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .09);
  backdrop-filter: blur(14px);
  box-shadow: 0 18px 44px rgba(0, 0, 0, .22);
  transition: var(--t);
}

.fmt-card:hover {
  transform: translateY(-10px);
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .15);
  box-shadow: 0 28px 62px rgba(0, 0, 0, .34);
}

/* photo-backed card — copy anchored to the bottom under a top-to-bottom scrim */
.fmt-photo {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  min-height: 420px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: flex-end;
  padding: 34px 30px 32px;
  background: var(--ink) url("../images/5.JPG") 42% 22% / cover no-repeat;
  backdrop-filter: none;
}

/* per-card photo — overrides the image in the .fmt-photo shorthand above */
.fmt-photo-panel {
  background-image: url("https://events.eletsonline.com/techmahaimpact/images/glimpses/gal24.jpg");
  background-position: 50% 40%;
}

.fmt-photo-round {
  background-image: url("https://events.eletsonline.com/techmahaimpact/images/glimpses/gal1.JPG");
  background-position: 50% 38%;
}

.fmt-photo-fireside {
  background-image: url("../images/firesidechat.jpg");
  background-position: 50% 30%;
}

.fmt-photo-expo {
  background-image: url("https://indiapharmaexpo.com/images/expo-about-1.JPG");
  background-position: 50% 42%;
}

.fmt-photo-network {
  background-image: url("https://indiapharmaexpo.com/images/knowledge-pav.jpg");
  background-position: 50% 40%;
}

/* brand gradient washing down over the photo */
.fmt-photo::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(255, 154, 0, 0) 0%, rgb(0 0 0 / 46%) 42%, rgb(0 0 0 / 88%) 76%, rgba(241, 90, 36, .97) 100%);
  transition: var(--t);
}

.fmt-photo > * {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
}

.fmt-photo:hover {
  background-color: var(--ink);
}

.fmt-photo:hover::before {
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(255, 154, 0, 0) 0%, rgba(255, 140, 0, .38) 44%, rgba(241, 90, 36, .84) 78%, rgba(241, 90, 36, .95) 100%);
}

.fmt-photo p {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .92);
}

.fmt-card h3 {
  font-size: 23px;
  color: #fff;
  margin-bottom: 12px;
}

.fmt-card p {
  font-size: 15px;
    color: #fff;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    line-height: 1.5;
}

/* ───────── 14. IMPACT AT A GLANCE (film + figures) + ECOSYSTEM ───────── */
.section-glance {
  background: #fff;
}

.glance-deco {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  color: var(--primary);
  opacity: .05;
}

.glance-deco svg {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  display: block;
}

.glance-grid {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
}

.glance-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.08fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: 64px;
  align-items: center;
}

/* film — silent autoplay loop, no chrome */
.glance-media {
  position: relative;
  margin: 0;
  aspect-ratio: 16/10;
  overflow: hidden;
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  background: var(--ink);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-lg);
}

.glance-video {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  display: block;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.glance-media::after {
  /* scrim keeps the tag readable */
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 2;
  inset: auto 0 0 0;
  height: 38%;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, transparent, rgba(0, 0, 0, .42));
}

/* copy */
.glance-body .eyebrow {
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}

/* same face and treatment as .ab-title / .section-title */
.glance-title {
     font-family: 'Joost', 'Jost', system-ui, sans-serif;
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: 35px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.3px;
    line-height: 1.28;
    color: var(--dark);
    margin: 0 0 40px;
}

/* figures */
/* deliverables list */
.glance-deliver {
  margin: 0;
  display: grid;
  gap: 16px;
}

.glance-deliver li {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 16px;
  padding-bottom: 16px;
  border-bottom: 2px solid rgba(241, 90, 36, .22);
}

.glance-deliver li:last-child {
  padding-bottom: 0;
  border-bottom: 0;
}

.glance-deliver p {
      font-family: 'Joost', 'Jost', system-ui, sans-serif;
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: 16px;
    line-height: 1.45;
    color: #222222eb;
    margin: 0;
}

.glance-deliver li:hover .glance-ico {
  background: var(--gradient);
  color: #fff;
  transform: translateY(-3px);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-brand);
}

.glance-ico {
  width: 46px;
  height: 46px;
  flex: 0 0 46px;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  border-radius: 14px;
  background: var(--gradient-soft);
  color: var(--primary);
  font-size: 18px;
  transition: var(--t);
}

/* ───────── 17. FOCUS + TOPICS + AWARDS ───────── */
.section-focus {
  background: var(--bg);
  /* .section sets overflow:hidden, which is the other thing that stops the
     wheel column from sticking — nothing here bleeds, so let it show */
  overflow: visible;
}

/* The rail supplies the scroll length; the stage pins inside it and the
   themes swap in place, so there is no gap between them to scroll past. */
.focus-pin {
  position: relative;
  height: 340vh;
}

.focus-sticky {
  position: sticky;
  top: var(--nav-h);
  height: calc(100vh - var(--nav-h));
  /* heading and stage travel together, centred as one block — nothing is
     left behind above the pin, so there is no gap to open up */
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: center;
}

.focus-sticky .section-head {
  margin-bottom: 38px;
}

.focus-stage {
  width: 100%;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 0.92fr 1.08fr;
  gap: 70px;
  align-items: center;
}

/* A three-row window onto the six themes: the live one sits in the middle
   with its neighbours faded above and below. JS writes --off (this panel's
   distance from the active one) and the column slides by that many rows. */
.focus-panels {
  --row: 150px;
  position: relative;
  margin: 0;
  height: calc(var(--row) * 3);
  overflow: hidden;
}

.focus-panel {
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  top: 50%;
  height: var(--row);
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: auto 1fr;
  align-content: center;
  gap: 26px;
  opacity: 0;
  transform: translateY(calc(-50% + var(--off, 0) * var(--row)));
  pointer-events: none;
  transition: opacity .5s var(--ease), transform .55s var(--ease);
}

/* the two either side of the live theme */
.focus-panel.is-near {
  opacity: .3;
}

.focus-panel.is-active {
  opacity: 1;
  pointer-events: auto;
}

.focus-num {
  font-family: var(--f-num);
  font-weight: 800;
  font-size: 40px;
  line-height: .9;
  align-self: start;
  color: transparent;
  -webkit-text-stroke: 1.5px rgba(241, 90, 36, .45);
  transition: var(--t);
}

/* text-stroke and background-clip can't coexist, so the fill goes solid */
.focus-panel.is-active .focus-num {
  -webkit-text-stroke-color: transparent;
  color: var(--primary);
}

.focus-copy {
  min-width: 0;
}

.focus-copy h3 {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 11px;
  font-size: 22px;
  margin-bottom: 9px;
  transition: color var(--t);
}

.focus-copy h3 i {
  font-size: 15px;
  color: var(--primary);
  transition: var(--t);
}

.focus-panel.is-active .focus-copy h3 {
  color: var(--primary);
}

.focus-panel.is-active .focus-copy h3 i {
  transform: rotate(-8deg) scale(1.12);
}

.focus-copy p {
  font-size: 15px;
  color: var(--muted);
  line-height: 1.72;
  margin: 0;
}

/* the wheel holds still — only the lit slice and the hub figure change */
.focus-wheel {
  position: relative;
  max-width: 520px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

.focus-wheel svg {
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
  overflow: visible;
  /* a fixed quarter-turn back so slice 01 reads from twelve o'clock */
  transform-box: view-box;
  transform-origin: 300px 300px;
  transform: rotate(-30deg);
}

.fw-slice path {
  fill: var(--fw);
  opacity: .5;
  transition: opacity .5s var(--ease), filter .5s var(--ease);
}

.fw-slice text {
  font-family: var(--f-sub);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 16px;
  fill: #fff;
  text-anchor: middle;
  pointer-events: none;
  opacity: .62;
  /* undo the wheel's fixed turn about each label's own centre */
  transform-box: view-box;
  transform-origin: var(--lx) var(--ly);
  transform: rotate(30deg);
  transition: opacity .5s var(--ease);
}

.fw-slice.is-live path {
  opacity: 1;
  filter: brightness(1.1);
}

.fw-slice.is-live text {
  opacity: 1;
}

.fw-n {
  font-family: var(--f-num);
  font-weight: 800;
  font-size: 21px;
  fill: rgba(255, 255, 255, .6);
}

.fw-slice.is-live .fw-n {
  fill: rgba(255, 255, 255, .92);
}

.fw-slice {
  transform-box: view-box;
  transform-origin: 300px 300px;
  transition: transform .45s var(--ease);
  cursor: default;
}

.fw-slice.is-live {
  transform: scale(1.04);
}

.fw-hub {
  fill: var(--bg);
  stroke: rgba(241, 90, 36, .28);
  stroke-width: 1.5;
}

/* both hub texts sit on the rotation centre, so one counter-turn holds them */
.fw-hub-num,
.fw-hub-label {
  text-anchor: middle;
  transform-box: view-box;
  transform-origin: 300px 300px;
  transform: rotate(30deg);
}

.fw-hub-num {
  font-family: var(--f-num);
  font-weight: 800;
  font-size: 54px;
  fill: var(--primary);
}

.fw-hub-label {
  font-family: 'Joost', 'Jost', system-ui, sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: 15px;
  letter-spacing: 1.4px;
  fill: var(--muted);
}

/* ───────── 21b. SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE SOUVENIR ───────── */
.section-souvenir {
  background: #fff;
}

/* the Warli frame is stretched to the box, so % padding — which resolves
   against width for all four sides — keeps the copy inside the artwork */
.souv-frame {
  background: url("../images/border.png") center / 100% 100% no-repeat;
  padding: 6% 7.5% 7.5%;
}

.souv-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1.05fr;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 54px;
}

.souv-media {
  margin: 0;
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  overflow: hidden;
  box-shadow: 0 22px 54px rgba(64, 48, 24, .20);
}

.souv-media img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  display: block;
  transition: transform .8s var(--ease);
}

.souv-frame:hover .souv-media img {
  transform: scale(1.04);
}

.souv-title {
  font-size: 22px;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}

.souv-body p {
  font-family: 'Source Sans 3', sans-serif;
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.8;
  color: var(--text);
  margin-bottom: 14px;
}

.souv-body p:last-child {
  margin-bottom: 0;
}

/* ───────── 22. FAQ ───────── */
.section-faq {
  background: var(--bg);
}

/* two columns — items flow 1|2 / 3|4; align-items:start so an open answer
   grows only its own item, not the one beside it */
.faq-accordion {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  align-items: start;
  gap: 16px 24px;
}

.faq-accordion .accordion-item {
  background: #fff;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: var(--radius-sm) !important;
  margin-bottom: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgba(34, 34, 34, .04);
  transition: box-shadow var(--t), border-color var(--t);
}

.faq-accordion .accordion-item:hover {
  box-shadow: var(--shadow);
  border-color: rgba(241, 90, 36, .2);
}

.faq-accordion .accordion-header {
  margin: 0;
}

.faq-accordion .accordion-button {
  font-family: var(--f-sub);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 17px;
  color: var(--dark);
  background: #fff;
  padding: 24px 68px 24px 28px;
  box-shadow: none !important;
  border-radius: var(--radius-sm) !important;
  transition: color .3s ease, background .3s ease;
}

.faq-accordion .accordion-button:not(.collapsed) {
  color: #fff;
  background: var(--gradient);
}

.faq-accordion .accordion-button::after {
  content: "\f067";
  font-family: "Font Awesome 6 Free";
  font-weight: 900;
  background-image: none !important;
  width: 34px;
  height: 34px;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background-color: rgba(241, 90, 36, .1);
  color: var(--primary);
  font-size: 12px;
  position: absolute;
  right: 22px;
  top: 50%;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  transition: transform .4s var(--ease), background-color .3s ease, color .3s ease;
}

.faq-accordion .accordion-button:not(.collapsed)::after {
  content: "\f068";
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .24);
  color: #fff;
  transform: translateY(-50%) rotate(180deg);
}

.faq-accordion .accordion-body {
      padding: 22px 28px 28px;
    color: var(--text);
    font-size: 14px;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
    font-weight: 400;

}

.faq-foot {
  margin-top: 34px;
  font-family: var(--f-sub);
  font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--muted);
}

/* ───────── 23. VENUE ───────── */
.section-venue {
  background: var(--light-gray);
  display: none;
}

/* full-bleed: the map runs the width of the viewport, not the container */
.venue-wrap {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  background: #fff;
  margin-bottom: 44px;
}

/* re-imposes the container's bounds on the floating card only */
.venue-card-hold {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 2;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: flex-end;
  max-width: 1320px;
  margin-inline: auto;
  padding-inline: 24px;
  pointer-events: none;          /* keeps the map draggable around the card */
}

.ifrane_container {
  padding-top: 150px;
  padding-bottom: 80px;
}

.venue-map {
  position: relative;
  height: 520px;
}

.venue-map iframe {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  border: 0;
  display: block;
  filter: grayscale(.35) contrast(1.04);
}

.map-veil {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255, 253, 248, .5) 0%, rgba(255, 253, 248, 0) 46%);
}

.venue-card {
  position: relative;
  pointer-events: auto;
  width: min(390px, 86%);
  padding: 38px 34px;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .92);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .9);
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  backdrop-filter: blur(18px);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-lg);
}

.venue-card h3 {
  font-size: 26px;
  margin-bottom: 22px;
}

.venue-meta li {
  display: flex;
  gap: 14px;
  align-items: center;
  padding: 12px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px dashed var(--line);
}

.venue-meta li:last-child {
  border-bottom: 0;
}

.v-ico {
  width: 42px;
  height: 42px;
  flex: 0 0 42px;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  border-radius: 13px;
  background: var(--gradient-soft);
  color: var(--primary);
}

.venue-meta strong {
  display: block;
  font-family: var(--f-sub);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 15px;
  color: var(--dark);
  line-height: 1.3;
}

.venue-meta small {
  font-size: 13px;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.venue-note {
  font-size: 14px;
  color: var(--muted);
  margin: 18px 0 22px;
}

.venue-extras {
  margin-top: 34px;
}

.vx-card {
  height: 100%;
  padding: 32px 28px;
  background: #fff;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgba(34, 34, 34, .04);
  transition: var(--t);
}

.vx-card:hover {
  transform: translateY(-8px);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow);
  border-color: rgba(241, 90, 36, .24);
}

.vx-ico {
  width: 52px;
  height: 52px;
  margin-bottom: 18px;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  border-radius: 16px;
  background: var(--gradient-soft);
  color: var(--primary);
  font-size: 19px;
}

.vx-card h3 {
  font-size: 19px;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.vx-card p {
  font-size: 15px;
  color: var(--muted);
  margin: 0;
  line-height: 1.7;
}

/* ───────── 25. FOOTER / MODAL / FLOATING UI ───────── */
.site-footer {
  background: var(--ink);
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .66);
  padding: 0 0 0;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.site-footer::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  height: 3px;
  background: var(--gradient);
}

.footer-top {
  padding: 70px 0 0;
}

.footer-brand {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 14px;
  margin-bottom: 22px;
}

/* white lockup for the dark footer */
.footer-logo {
  width: auto;
  height: 120px;
  display: block;
}

.footer-about {
  font-size: 15px;
  line-height: 1.75;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .55);
  max-width: 400px;
}

.footer-head {
  font-family: var(--f-sub);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 16px;
  color: #fff;
  margin-bottom: 24px;
  position: relative;
  padding-bottom: 14px;
}

.footer-head::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  width: 32px;
  height: 2px;
  background: var(--gradient);
  border-radius: 2px;
}

.footer-links li {
  margin-bottom: 11px;
}

.footer-links a {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .58);
  font-size: 15px;
  display: inline-block;
  position: relative;
  transition: color .3s ease, padding-left .3s var(--ease);
}

.footer-links a:hover {
  color: var(--accent);
  padding-left: 12px;
}

.footer-links a::before {
  content: "›";
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  opacity: 0;
  color: var(--accent);
  transition: opacity .3s ease;
}

.footer-links a:hover::before {
  opacity: 1;
}

.newsletter-form .news-field {
  position: relative;
}

.newsletter-form .news-field i {
  position: absolute;
  left: 18px;
  top: 50%;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .36);
  font-size: 14px;
}

.newsletter-form .form-control {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .05);
  border: 1px solid var(--line-light);
  border-radius: var(--radius-pill);
  color: #fff;
  padding: 15px 22px 15px 48px;
  font-size: 15px;
  transition: var(--t);
}

.newsletter-form .form-control::placeholder {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .34);
}

.newsletter-form .form-control:focus {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .09);
  border-color: var(--accent);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px rgba(255, 140, 0, .14);
  color: #fff;
}

.news-msg {
  font-size: 13px;
  margin: 12px 0 0;
  min-height: 1.2em;
}

/* .ok / .err are set at runtime by the form handlers in main.js */
.news-msg.ok { color: #7BD389; }
.news-msg.err { color: #FF9A9A; }

.footer-social {
  display: flex;
  gap: 12px;
  margin-top: 26px;
}

.footer-social a {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  width: 40px;
  height: 40px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .06);
  border: 1px solid var(--line-light);
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .7);
  font-size: 15px;
  transition: background .3s var(--ease), border-color .3s var(--ease), color .3s var(--ease), transform .3s var(--ease), box-shadow .3s var(--ease);
}

.footer-social a:hover,
.footer-social a:focus-visible {
  background: var(--gradient);
  border-color: transparent;
  color: #fff;
  transform: translateY(-3px);
  box-shadow: 0 10px 22px rgba(241, 90, 36, .32);
}

.footer-bottom {
  margin-top: 70px;
  padding: 26px 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line-light);
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 14px 30px;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  font-size: 14px;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .44);
}

.register-modal .modal-content {
  border: 0;
  border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-lg);
  overflow: hidden;
  background: var(--bg);
}

.register-modal .modal-header {
  border: 0;
  padding: 34px 38px 12px;
  align-items: flex-start;
}

.register-modal .modal-title {
  font-size: 29px;
  margin: 0;
}

.register-modal .modal-body {
  padding: 16px 38px 38px;
}

.register-modal .btn-close {
  margin-top: 6px;
}

.form-label {
  font-family: var(--f-sub);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 13px;
  color: var(--dark);
  margin-bottom: 8px;
}

.req {
  color: var(--primary);
}

.register-modal .form-control,
.register-modal .form-select {
  border: 1.5px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
  padding: 13px 18px;
  font-size: 15px;
  background: #fff;
  transition: var(--t);
}

.register-modal .form-control:focus,
.register-modal .form-select:focus {
  border-color: var(--primary);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px rgba(241, 90, 36, .12);
}

.form-check-input:checked {
  background-color: var(--primary);
  border-color: var(--primary);
}

.form-check-input:focus {
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px rgba(241, 90, 36, .14);
  border-color: var(--primary);
}

.form-check-label {
  font-size: 14px;
  color: var(--text);
}

.form-msg {
  margin: 14px 0 0;
  font-size: 14px;
  text-align: center;
  min-height: 1.2em;
}

/* .ok / .err are set at runtime by the form handlers in main.js */
.form-msg.ok { color: #1E9E5A; }
.form-msg.err { color: #D64545; }

.sticky-cta {
  position: fixed;
  left: 16px;
  right: 16px;
  bottom: 16px;
  z-index: 1040;
  display: none;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 14px;
  padding: 12px 14px 12px 20px;
  background: rgba(20, 17, 16, .92);
  border: 1px solid var(--line-light);
  border-radius: var(--radius-pill);
  backdrop-filter: blur(16px);
  box-shadow: 0 14px 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
  transform: translateY(140%);
  transition: transform .5s var(--ease);
}

.sticky-cta.show {
  transform: translateY(0);
}

.sc-info strong {
  display: block;
  font-family: var(--f-sub);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 14px;
  color: #fff;
  line-height: 1.2;
}

.sc-info small {
  font-size: 11px;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .5);
}

.sticky-cta .btn {
  padding: 11px 24px;
  font-size: 14px;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

/* shaped like a closed book: spine down the left, rounded fore-edge right */
.back-to-top {
  position: fixed;
  right: 26px;
  bottom: 26px;
  z-index: 1035;
  width: 46px;
  height: 56px;
  border-radius: 3px 8px 8px 3px;
  /* dog-ear: the bottom-right corner is cut away so the page reads as folded */
  clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 0, 100% calc(100% - 14px), calc(100% - 14px) 100%, 0 100%);
  perspective: 320px;            /* depth for the turning leaf */
  border: 0;
  background: #fff;
  color: var(--primary);
  font-size: 15px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  overflow: hidden;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow);
  opacity: 0;
  visibility: hidden;
  transform: translateY(20px) scale(.9);
  transition: var(--t);
}

/* the spine */
.btt-spine {
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  width: 8px;
  border-radius: 3px 0 0 3px;
  background: var(--gradient);
  transition: var(--t);
}

/* a leaf that swings on the spine when either half is pressed */
.btt-page {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0 0 0 8px;              /* starts at the spine */
  z-index: 4;
  opacity: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  transform-origin: left center;
  backface-visibility: hidden;
  border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0;
  background: linear-gradient(100deg, #fff 0%, #FFF6EE 60%, #FDE7D6 100%);
}

.back-to-top.turn-down .btt-page {
  animation: bttTurnDown .62s var(--ease);
}

.back-to-top.turn-up .btt-page {
  animation: bttTurnUp .62s var(--ease);
}

/* forward: the leaf lifts off the fore-edge and falls across the spine */
@keyframes bttTurnDown {
  0% { opacity: 1; transform: rotateY(0deg); box-shadow: -8px 0 16px rgba(120, 50, 10, .16); }
  85% { opacity: 1; }
  100% { opacity: 0; transform: rotateY(-168deg); box-shadow: none; }
}

/* back: the same leaf swings in from the spine and settles flat */
@keyframes bttTurnUp {
  0% { opacity: 0; transform: rotateY(-168deg); box-shadow: none; }
  15% { opacity: 1; }
  100% { opacity: 0; transform: rotateY(0deg); box-shadow: -8px 0 16px rgba(120, 50, 10, .16); }
}

/* the folded flap itself — shaded triangle sitting against the cut */
.btt-fold {
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  z-index: 3;
  width: 14px;
  height: 14px;
  pointer-events: none;
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom right,
      rgba(241, 90, 36, .26) 0 50%,
      transparent 50%);
  transition: var(--t);
}

/* stacked page edges along the fore-edge */
.back-to-top::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  right: 4px;
  top: 8px;
  bottom: 8px;
  width: 4px;
  border-radius: 2px;
  background: repeating-linear-gradient(180deg,
      rgba(241, 90, 36, .22) 0 1px,
      transparent 1px 4px);
  transition: var(--t);
}

/* two halves: top page scrolls up, bottom page scrolls down */
.btt-half {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  flex: 1 1 50%;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  padding: 0 0 0 5px;          /* clears the spine */
  border: 0;
  background: transparent;
  color: inherit;
  font-size: 15px;
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: var(--t);
}

.btt-up {
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(241, 90, 36, .16);
}

.btt-half:hover {
  background: var(--gradient);
  color: #fff;
}

.btt-half:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid var(--primary);
  outline-offset: -3px;
}

/* dim whichever direction has nowhere left to go */
.back-to-top.at-top .btt-up,
.back-to-top.at-end .btt-down {
  opacity: .3;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.back-to-top.show {
  opacity: 1;
  visibility: visible;
  transform: translateY(0) scale(1);
}

.back-to-top:hover {
  transform: translateY(-6px);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-brand);
}

.back-to-top:hover .btt-fold {
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom right,
      rgba(255, 255, 255, .5) 0 50%,
      transparent 50%);
}

.btt-ring {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.btt-track {
  fill: none;
  stroke: rgba(241, 90, 36, .14);
  stroke-width: 2.5;
}

/* dash length is set from the rect's real perimeter in main.js */
.btt-progress {
  fill: none;
  stroke: var(--primary);
  stroke-width: 2.5;
  stroke-linecap: round;
  transition: stroke-dashoffset .12s linear;
}

.back-to-top:hover .btt-track {
  stroke: rgba(255, 255, 255, .3);
}

.back-to-top:hover .btt-progress {
  stroke: #fff;
}

[data-float] {
  will-change: transform;
}

/* ───────── MOTION PREFERENCES ───────── */
@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce) {
  *,
  *::before,
  *::after {
    animation-duration: .001ms !important;
    animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
    transition-duration: .001ms !important;
    scroll-behavior: auto !important;
  }

  

  
}