/* ==========================================================================
THE NIGHT CLUB — Home Page
Loaded ONLY by index.html, after tokens/theme/base/site/public.
This is the single source of truth for the homepage: structure, the
particle hero, and every section below it. (Previously split across
home.css + home-futuristic.css as two design eras loaded together —
merged into one file so there is exactly one definition per selector.)
SCOPING RULE: several classes used here (.site-header, .btn, .site-footer,
.footer-grid, .brand …) are SHARED with other pages. Every override of a
shared class is therefore prefixed with `.home-page`, so courses.html,
course.html, about.html etc. are not affected. Homepage-only classes are
not shared.
Colours/spacing come from tokens.css. Literal rgba() values are ambient
lighting effects derived from the purple accent family.
========================================================================== */
/* ---- Page-level -------------------------------------------------------- */
.home-page {
background: var(--color-bg);
overflow-x: clip; /* ambient glows may extend past the viewport; never scroll sideways */
--gold: #d9b96a;
}
.skip-link {
position: absolute;
left: var(--space-4);
top: -100px;
z-index: 100;
padding: var(--space-3) var(--space-4);
background: var(--color-accent-500);
color: #fff;
border-radius: var(--radius-md);
font-weight: 500;
}
.skip-link:focus { top: var(--space-4); color: #fff; }
.home-page :focus-visible {
outline: 2px solid var(--color-lavender);
outline-offset: 3px;
border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
}
/* ---- Shared type primitives (homepage) ------------------------------------ */
.home-page .eyebrow {
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
gap: var(--space-2);
margin: 0 0 var(--space-6);
font-size: 0.75rem;
font-weight: 500;
letter-spacing: 0.16em;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: var(--color-lavender);
}
.home-page .eyebrow i { font-style: normal; opacity: 0.5; }
.home-page .eyebrow-plain {
margin-bottom: var(--space-4);
padding: 0;
gap: 0.75rem;
font-weight: 600;
letter-spacing: 0.22em;
color: var(--color-accent-700);
}
/* Accent line before the label (replaces the old boxed look) */
.home-page .eyebrow-plain::before {
content: "";
flex: none;
width: 34px;
height: 2px;
border-radius: 2px;
}
/* Centered headers get a mirrored line on the right too */
.section-head-center .eyebrow-plain::after,
.tm-teaser .eyebrow-plain::after,
.sk-video-head .eyebrow-plain::after {
content: "";
flex: none;
width: 34px;
height: 2px;
border-radius: 2px;
}
.eyebrow-dot {
width: 6px; height: 6px;
border-radius: 50%;
background: var(--color-accent-600);
box-shadow: 0 0 12px 2px rgba(139, 92, 246, 0.8);
}
.home-page .section-title {
margin: 0;
font-size: clamp(1.9rem, 3.4vw, 2.75rem);
line-height: 1.1;
letter-spacing: -0.03em;
font-weight: 500;
}
.home-page .section-title-sm { font-size: clamp(1.75rem, 3.2vw, 2.5rem); }
.home-page .section-sub {
margin: var(--space-4) 0 0;
max-width: 46ch;
color: var(--color-text-muted);
font-size: var(--font-size-lg);
line-height: 1.6;
}
/* Rhythm: generous but never empty. R1 foundation fix B — desktop vertical
rhythm brought down from --space-24 (96px) to --space-16 (64px); the hero
itself is sized separately and stays exempt from this. */
.section-block { padding: var(--space-16) 0; position: relative; }
.section-tight { padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: var(--space-16); }
.section-head-row {
display: flex;
align-items: flex-end;
justify-content: space-between;
gap: var(--space-6);
margin-bottom: var(--space-12);
flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.section-head-center { text-align: center; margin-bottom: var(--space-16); }
.section-head-center .eyebrow { justify-content: center; }
/* Refined secondary action — deliberately quieter than the heading. */
.link-arrow {
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
gap: var(--space-2);
margin-top: var(--space-6);
font-size: var(--font-size-sm);
font-weight: 500;
color: var(--color-text-muted);
padding-bottom: 2px;
border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-border-soft);
transition: color var(--dur-fast) var(--ease-out), border-color var(--dur-fast) var(--ease-out), gap var(--dur-fast) var(--ease-out);
}
.section-head-row .link-arrow { margin-top: 0; }
.link-arrow:hover { color: var(--color-text); border-color: var(--color-accent-600); gap: var(--space-3); }
/* "Explore All Courses" CTA — moved below the Featured Courses grid.
Scoped to .explore-all-cta only; does not touch the shared .btn-primary
colour/shadow/transform rules owned by buttons.css. Adds a standing
glow + gentle bounce so the button draws the eye without a hover. */
.explore-all-wrap {
display: flex;
justify-content: flex-end;
margin-top: var(--space-10);
}
.explore-all-cta {
font-weight: 700;
letter-spacing: 0.01em;
font-size: 0.88rem;
padding: 0 var(--space-6);
min-height: 42px;
}
/* Shared standing glow + gentle bounce — reused on any CTA that should draw
the eye without needing hover (hero "Explore Courses", "Explore All
Courses" below Featured Courses, etc). Scoped to .glow-bounce-cta only;
does not touch the shared .btn-primary colour/shadow/transform rules
owned by buttons.css. */
.glow-bounce-cta {
animation: explore-cta-glow 2.2s ease-in-out infinite, explore-cta-bounce 2.2s ease-in-out infinite;
}
@keyframes explore-cta-glow {
0%, 100% { box-shadow: 0 0 0 0 rgba(168, 85, 247, 0.55), 0 14px 32px -12px rgba(124, 58, 237, 0.65); }
50% { box-shadow: 0 0 28px 8px rgba(168, 85, 247, 0.55), 0 14px 32px -12px rgba(124, 58, 237, 0.65); }
}
@keyframes explore-cta-bounce {
0%, 100% { transform: translateY(0); }
50% { transform: translateY(-6px); }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.explore-all-cta { animation: none; }
}
/* ---- Buttons (homepage only) ------------------------------------------------
Colour, background and hover now live in buttons.css (single source of
truth). Size/shape overrides for the homepage's larger CTA buttons stay
here since they're layout, not colour. ------------------------------------ */
.home-page .btn-lg { padding: 0.95rem 1.75rem; font-size: 1rem; border-radius: 12px; gap: var(--space-2); }
/* Auth-pending guard for body-level (non-header) auth groups: same signal
nav.js already provides — no JS change. Prevents a guest-CTA flash for a
signed-in visitor. Degrades to a brief flash on browsers without :has(). */
.home-page:has(.nav-actions[data-auth-pending]) main [data-auth] {
visibility: hidden;
}
/* Auth groups in the body flow inline with their sibling buttons. */
.home-page main [data-auth] { display: contents; }
.home-page main [data-auth][hidden] { display: none; }
/* ==========================================================================
HEADER + FOOTER live in assets/css/public.css (shared by every public page).
========================================================================== */
/* ==========================================================================
1. HERO — photographic founder/workspace portrait (dark + light background
images, swapped per theme in theme-futuristic.css / site.css), with a
cinematic sticky-overlap scroll effect: the hero stays pinned while the
first section slides up over it (see "CINEMATIC HERO OVERLAP" near the
bottom). Left column = real HTML copy. Right side = the supplied raster
photo, shown as a background-image on the hero itself (see THE IMAGE
LAYER below) — never duplicated as an ![]()
, SVG or CSS illustration.
========================================================================== */
.home-page .hero.hero-v2 {
min-height: 100vh;
height: 100svh;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
padding: 0;
margin-top: calc(-1 * var(--pub-header-height));
overflow: hidden;
isolation: isolate;
background: var(--color-bg);
/* position & z-index set in the CINEMATIC HERO OVERLAP section below */
}
/* THE IMAGE LAYER — one element, one background-image per theme.
Base rule only sets geometry; the actual image + scrim are declared once
per theme (dark: theme-futuristic.css §4, light: site.css §F) so there is
exactly one authoritative background declaration per mode. */
.hero.hero-v2::after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
z-index: 1;
pointer-events: none;
display: block;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 88% center;
background-size: cover;
}
/* Subtle scanline overlay for futuristic feel (dark-only; hidden in light
mode by site.css since the photo already carries its own texture) */
.hero.hero-v2::before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
z-index: 2;
background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(
0deg,
transparent,
transparent 2px,
rgba(139, 69, 255, 0.045) 2px,
rgba(139, 69, 255, 0.045) 4px
);
pointer-events: none;
}
.hero-v2-inner {
position: relative;
z-index: 3;
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
align-items: center;
width: 100%;
max-width: var(--max-width);
margin: 0 auto;
height: 100%;
}
.hero-v2-copy {
grid-column: 1 / 2;
width: 100%;
max-width: 720px;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
align-items: flex-start;
text-align: left;
padding: 0 var(--space-6);
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
}
/* Pill badge above headline */
.hero-v2-tag {
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
gap: var(--space-3);
padding: 0.45rem 1.2rem;
border-radius: var(--radius-full);
background: rgba(139, 69, 255, 0.12);
border: 1px solid rgba(139, 69, 255, 0.35);
backdrop-filter: blur(12px);
-webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(12px);
font-family: var(--font-family-base);
font-size: 0.78rem;
font-weight: 500;
letter-spacing: 0.12em;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: var(--color-lavender);
margin: 0 0 var(--space-6);
box-shadow: 0 0 24px rgba(139, 69, 255, 0.25);
}
/* Dot before the tag text */
.hero-v2-tag::before {
content: '';
width: 6px;
height: 6px;
border-radius: 50%;
background: var(--color-accent-600);
box-shadow: 0 0 8px var(--color-accent-500);
}
/* Huge headline */
.home-page .hero h1.hero-v2-title {
margin: 0 0 var(--space-6);
max-width: 820px;
font-family: 'Sora', var(--font-family-base);
font-size: clamp(2.2rem, 3.8vw, 3.1rem);
line-height: 1.1;
letter-spacing: -0.02em;
/* base.css's global `h1 { font-weight: 400 !important }` (added for the
Staatliches h1 font) overrides any non-!important weight here — match
it with !important so this headline stays genuinely bold. */
font-weight: 700 !important;
color: var(--color-text);
text-wrap: balance;
text-shadow:
0 0 80px rgba(139, 69, 255, 0.4),
0 2px 40px rgba(6, 4, 12, 0.6);
}
/* Gradient highlight accent word — color fallback precedes the clip trick
in case the browser doesn't support background-clip:text */
.hero-title-accent {
font-family: 'Sora', var(--font-family-base);
/* base.css's global `h1 span { font-weight: 400 !important }` overrides
this unless matched with !important too (same issue as .hero-v2-title
above — "FORGOT" is a inside the