:root{
    --color-primary: #6f6afa ;
    --color-primary-light: hsl(242, 91%, 69, 18%);
    --color-primary: hsl(242, 94%, 70%) ;
    --color-primary-light: hsl(242, 91%, 69%, 18%);
    --color-primary-variant:#5854c7;
    --color-red: #da0f3f;
    --color-red-light:hsl(346,100%, 38%,15%);
    --color-green:#00c476;
    --color-green-light:hsl(156,100%, 38%,15%);
    --color-gray-900:#1e1e66;
    --color-gray-700:#2d2b7c;
    --color-gray-300:rgba(242, 242, 254, 0.3);
    --color-gray-300:rgba(242, 242, 254,0.7);
    --color-white:#f2f2fe;
    --color-bg:#0f0f3e;
    
    --transition:all 300ms ease;
    
    --container-width-lg:74%;
    --container-width-md:83%;
    --form-width:40%;
    
    
    --card-border-radius-1: 0.3rem;
    --card-border-radius-2: 0.5rem;
    --card-border-radius-3: 0.8rem;
    --card-border-radius-4: 2rem;
    --card-border-radius-5: 5rem;
    
      
    
    
    }
    /* ===========================GENERAL============================================
    ======================================================================= */
    *{
        margin: 0; 
        padding: 0;
        border: 0;
        outline: 0;
        appearance: 0;
        list-style: none;
        text-decoration: none;
        box-sizing: border-box;
    }
    
    body{
     font-family: 'montserrat' , sans-serif;
     line-height: 1.6;
     color: var(--color-gray-300);
     overflow-x: hidden;
     background: var(--color-bg);
     font-size: 0.9rem;
    }
    .container{
        width: var(--container-width-lg);
        max-width: 1800px;
        margin-inline: auto;
    }
    
    section{
        margin-top: 3rem;
        width: 100vw;
    }
    
    h1, h2, h3, h4 h5{
        color:var(--color-white);
        line-height: 1.3rem;
    
    }
    
    h1{
        font-family: 3rem;
        margin: 1rem 0;
    }
    
    h2{
        font-family: 1.7rem;
        margin: 1rem 0;
    }
    
    h3{
        font-family: 1.1rem;
       margin: 0.8rem 0 0 0.5rem;
     
    }
    
    h4{
        font-size: 1rem;
    }
    
    a{
        color: var(--color-white);
        transition: var(--transition);
    }
    
    
    img{
        display: block;
        width: 100%;
        object-fit: cover;
    }
    
    /* ===========================GENERAL  STYLYING============================================
    ======================================================================= */
    
    
    nav{
        background: var(--color-primary);
        width: 100vw;
        height: 4.5rem;
        position: fixed;
        top: 0;
        z-index: 10;
        box-shadow:0.1rem 1rem rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
    } 
    nav button{
        display: none;
    
    }
    .nav-container{
        height: 100%;
        display: flex;
        align-items: center;
        justify-content: space-between;
    }
    
    .avater{
        width: 2.5rem;
        height: 2.5rem;
        border-radius: 50%;
        overflow: hidden;
        border: 0.3rem solid var(--color-red);
    }
    
    .nav-logo{
        font-weight: 600;
        font-size: 1.2rem;
    }
    .nav-items{
        display: flex;
        align-items: center;
        gap: 4rem;
    }
    
    
    
    .nav-profile{
        position: relative;
        cursor: pointer;
    }
    
    
    
    
    
    .nav-profile ul{
        position: absolute;
        top: 140%;
        right:0;
        display: flex;
        flex-direction: column;
        box-shadow: 0 3rem 3rem rgba(0, 0, 0.4);
        background:var(--color-gray-900);
        visibility: hidden;
        opacity: 0;
        transition: var(--transition);
        
    }
    /* show nav ul when nav profile is :hover */
    
    .nav-profile:hover > ul{
       visibility: visible;
       opacity: 1;
    }
    
    .nav-profile ul li a{
        padding: 1rem;
        background:var(--color-gray-900);
        display: block;
        width: 100%;
    
    }
    .nav-profile ul li:last-child a {
        background: var(--color-red);
        color: var(--color-bg);
    }
    
    /* ===========================category button===========================================
    ======================================================================= */
    
    .category-btn{
        background:var(--color-primary-light) ;
        color:var(--color-primary);
        display: inline-block;
        padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
        border-radius: var(--card-border-radius-2);
        font-weight: 600;
        font-size: 0.8rem;
        text-align: center;
    
    }
    
    .category-btn:hover{
        color:var(--color-white);
    }
    
    /* ===========================GEneral===========================================
    ======================================================================= */
      
     .post-thumbnail{
        border-radius: var(--card-border-radius-5) 0;
        border: 1rem solid var(--color-gray-900);
        overflow: hidden;
        margin-bottom: 1.6rem;
        margin-top: 3em;
     }
    
     .post:hover .post-thumbnail img{
        filter: saturate(0);
        transition:filter 500ms ease ;
     }
    
     .post-author{
        display: flex;
        gap: 1rem;
        margin-top: 1.2rem;
    
     }
    
     .post-author-avater{
        width: 2.5rem;
        height: 2.5rem;
        border-radius: var(--card-border-radius-3);
        overflow:hidden ;
    
     }
     /* ===========================FEATURED==========================================
    ======================================================================= */
    .featured-container{
        display: grid;
        grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
        gap: 4rem;
    }
    
    .featured .post-thumbnail{
        height: fit-content;
    }
    
    .post-container{
        display: grid;
        grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
        gap:4rem ;
        margin-bottom: 5rem ;                                                                          
    }
    
     /* ==========================category button=========================================
    ======================================================================= */
    
    .category-btns{
        padding: 4rem 0;
        border-top: 2px solid var(--color-gray-900);
        border-bottom: 2px solid var(--color-gray-900);
    
    }
    
    .category-btn-container{
        width: fit-content;
        display: grid;
        grid-template-columns:repeat(3, 1fr) ;
        gap: 1rem;
    }
    
    footer{
        background: var(--color-gray-900);
        padding: 5rem;
        box-shadow: inset 0 1.5rem  1.5rem rgba(0 , 0, 0, 0.2);
    }
    .footer-socials{
        margin-inline:auto;
        width: fit-content;
    
        margin-bottom: 5rem;
        display: flex;
        justify-content: space-between;
        align-items:center ;
        gap: 1.2rem;
    
    }
    
    .footer-socials a{
        background: var(--color-bg);
        border-radius: 50%;
        width: 2.5rem;
        height: 2.3rem;
        display: flex;
        align-items: center;
        justify-content: center;
    }
    
    .footer-socials a:hover{
        background: var(--color-white);
        color: var(--color-bg);
        
    }
    .footer-container{
        display: grid;
        grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
    }
    
    footer h4{
        color: var(--color-white);
        margin-bottom: 0.6rem;
    }
    
    .footer ul li {
    padding: 0.4rem 0;    
    
    }
    footer ul a{
        opacity: 0.75;
       
    }
    footer ul a:hover{
        letter-spacing: 0.2rem;
        opacity: 1;
    }
    
    .footer-copyright{
       text-align: center;
       padding:1.5rem ; 
       border-top: 2px solid var(--color-bg);
       margin-top: 4rem;
    }
    
    /* ========================search bar=======================================
    ====================================================================*/
    .search-bar{
        margin-top: 7rem;
    
    }

    .search-bar-container{
        position: relative;
        width: 30rem;
        background: var(--color-gray-900);
        display: flex;
        flex-direction: row;

        align-items: center;
        justify-content: space-between;
        overflow: hidden;
        padding:0.6rem 1rem ;
        border: var(--card-border-radius-2);
        color: var(--color-gray-300);;
    }

    .search-bar input{
        background: transparent;
        margin-left: 0.2rem;
        padding: 0.5rem 0;
        width: 100%;
      
    }
    .search-bar-container > div{
        width: 100%;
        display: flex;
        align-items: center;
    }

    .search-bar input::placeholder{
        color: var(--color-gray-300);

    }

    /* ===============button============= */
    .btn{
        display: inline-block;
        width: fit-content;
        padding: 0.6rem 1.2rem;
        background-color: var(--color-primary);
        border-radius: var(--card-border-radius-2);
        cursor: pointer;
        transition:var(--transition) ;
        color: var(--color-white);
    }

    .btn.sm {
        padding: 0.3rem 0.7rem;
        font-size: 0.8rem;

    }

    .btn.danger{
        background: red;
    }

    .btn:hover{
        background: var(--color-white);
        color: var(--color-bg);
    }

      /* ===============single post=========== */

      .singlepost{
        margin: 6rem 0 2rem;
      }

      .singlepost-container{
        width: var(--form-width);
        background: var(--color-gray-900);
        padding:1rem 2rem 3rem ;

      }
      .single-post__thumbnail{
        margin-top: 1.5rem 0 1rem;
        
      }

      .singlepost-container p{
        margin-top: 1rem;
        line-height: 1.7rem;
      }

/*       
      /* <!-- ========================== CATEGORY Title ==================================- */
      .category-title{
        height: 10rem;
        margin-top: 4.5rem;
        background: var(--card-border-radius-1);
        display: grid;
        place-items: center;
        
      }
      .empty-page{
        height: 70vh;
        
        display: grid;
        place-content: center;
      }

      .form-section{
        display: grid;
        place-items: center;
        height: 100vh;
      }
      .form-section_container{
        width: var(--form-width);

      }
      .alert-message{
       
        padding:0.8rem 1.4rem ;
        margin-bottom: 1rem;
        border-radius: var(--card-border-radius-2);
      }

      .alert-message.error{
        background:var(--color-red-light);
        color: var(--color-red);


      }

      .alert-message.sucess{
        background: var(--color-green-light);
        color: var(--color-green);


      }
      form{
        display: flex;
        flex-direction:column;
        gap: 1rem;
      }
      .form_control{
        display: flex;
        flex-direction: column;
        gap: 0.6rem;
      }
      /* .form-control.inline{
        flex-direction: row;
        align-items: center;
      } */

      input, textarea, select {
        padding: 0.8rem 1.4rem;
        background-color: var(--color-gray-900);
        border-radius: var(--card-border-radius-2);
        resize: none;
        color: var(--color-white);
      }
      .form-section small{
        margin-top: 1rem;
        display: block;

      }

      .form-section small a{
        color: var(--color-primary);
      }


    /* ========================dashboard=====================================
    ====================================================================*/

    .dashboard{
        margin-top: 6rem;

    }
    .dashboard_container{
        display: grid;
        grid-template-columns:14rem auto ;
        gap: 1rem;
        background: var(--color-gray-900);
        padding: 2rem;
        margin-bottom: 5rem;



    }
    .dashboard aside a{
        background-color: var(--color-primary);
        display: flex;
        gap: 1rem;
        align-items: center;
        padding: 1.6rem;

    }
    .dashboard aside ul li:not(:last-child) a{
     border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-gray-900);
    }

    .dashboard aside a:hover{
        background: var(--color-gray-700);
    }

  
    .dashboard li .active{
        background-color: var(--color-gray-900);
    }

    .dashboard main{
        margin-left: 1.5rem;

    }

    .dashboard main h2{
        margin:0 0 2rem 0;
        line-height:1 ;

    }

    .dashboard main table{
        width: 100%;
        text-align: left;
    }

    .dashboard main table th {
        background: var(--color-gray-700);
        padding: 0.8rem;
        color: var(--color-white);

    }
    .dashboard main table td {
      padding: 0.8rem;
      border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-gray-300);
      

    }

    .dashboard main table tr:hover td{
        background-color: var(--color-bg);
        color: var(--color-white);
        cursor: default;
        transition: var(--transition);

    }
    .sidebar__toggle{
        display: none;
    }

    /* =========================media query tablet========================================
    ====================================================================*/
    
    @media screen and (max-width: 1024px) {
     
     
       
           .container{
            width: var(--container-width-md);
    
           }
           h4{
            font-size: 1.6rem;
           }
          h3{
            font-size: 1.24rem;
          }
    
          h3{
            font-size: 0.6rem;
          }
    
          /* nav on tablet */
       nav button{
        display:inline-block;
        font-size: 1.5rem;
        background: transparent;
        color: var(--color-white);
        cursor: pointer;
    
       }
       nav button#close_nav-btn {
        display:none ;
       }
    
       .nav-container{
        position: relative;
       }
    
       .nav-items{
        position: absolute;
        flex-direction: column;
        top:100% ;
        right:0;
        width:12rem;
        align-items: flex-start;
        justify-content: center;
        gap: 0;
        display: none;
        
       }
    
    
    .nav-items li {
        width: 100%;
        height: 4.5rem;
        display: flex;
        align-items: center;
        box-shadow : -2rem 3rem 7rem  rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
        background: var(--color-gray-900);
        border-top: 1px solid var(--color-bg);
        animation: animateDropdown 1s 0s ease forwards;
        opacity:0 ;
        transform-origin:top ;
    }
    
    .nav-items li:nth-child(2){
         animation-delay: 200ms; 
    }
    
    .nav-items li:nth-child(3){
        animation-delay: 400ms; 
    }
    
    .nav-items li:nth-child(4){
        animation-delay: 600ms; 
    }
    
    .nav-items li:nth-child(5){
        animation-delay: 800ms; 
    }
    
    
    
    /* nav dropdown animination */
    @keyframes animateDropdown {
        0% {
            transform: rotateX(90deg);
        }
        100%{
            transform: rotateX(0deg);
            opacity: 1;
        }
    }
    
    .nav-items li a{
        border-radius: 0;
        width: 100%;
        height: 100%;
        background: var(--color-gray-900);
        padding:0  2rem;
        display: flex;
        align-items: center;
    }
    .nav-profile{
        background: var(--color-gray-900);
    }
    
    .nav-profile ul{
        top: 100%;
        width: 100%;
    }
    .nav-profile .avater{
        margin-left: 2rem;
        border: 0;
    }
    
    .featured-container{
        gap: 3rem;
    }
    .post-container{
        grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
        gap: 3rem;
    }
    .footer-container{
        grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
        gap: 3rem;
    }

        /* ======================blog======================================
    ====================================================================*/
    

.search-bar-container{
width: 60%;
}
 
        /* ===================general form==============================
    ====================================================================*/
 .form-section_container{
    padding: 3rem;
 }
  
         /* ===================general form============================== */
         .dashboard_container{
            grid-template-columns: 4.3rem auto;
            padding:0;
            background: transparent;
         }


         .dashboard aside h5{
            display: none;

         }

         .dashboard main table thead{
            display: none;
         }
         .dashboard main table tr {
            display:flex;
            flex-direction: column;
         }
         .dashboard main table tr:nth-child(even){
            background: var(--color-gray-900);

         }
         .dashboard main table tr:hover td{
            background: transparent;
         }
    }
    
    
    /* ========================Small devices=======================================
    ====================================================================*/
    
    
    @media screen and (max-width: 600px){
    section{
        margin-top: 2rem;
    }
    h1{
        font-size: 2rem;
    }
    
    .featured{
        margin-top: 6rem;
    }
    
    .featured-container{
        grid-template-columns: 1fr;
        gap: 0;
    }
    .category-btn-container{
        grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
    }
    
    .post-container{
        grid-template-columns: 1fr;
       
      
    }
    
    .footer-container{
        grid-template-columns: 1fr;
        align-items: center;
        text-align: center;
        gap: 2rem;
    }

    .search-bar-container{
        width: var(--container-width-md);
        }

          /* ===============single post=========== */

          .singlepost-container{
            background: transparent;
            padding: 0;
          }
                  /* ===================general form==============================
    ====================================================================*/
 .form-section_container{
    padding: 0;
 }

             /* ==================DASHBOARD-==========================
    ====================================================================*/

  
.dashboard{
    margin-top: 5rem;
}

.dashboard_container{
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 0;
}

.dashboard main{
    margin-top: 1rem;
}
.dashboard aside{
    position: fixed;
    box-shadow: 2rem 0 4rem rgba(0 , 0, 0, 0.4);
    left: -100%;
    height: 100vh;
    transition: var(--transition);
    background: var(--color-primary);
}
.dashboard .sidebar__toggle{
    display: inline-block;
    background: var(--color-primary-variant);
    color:var(--color-white);
    position:fixed;
    right: 0;
    bottom: 4rem;
    z-index: 1;
    width: 2.5rem;
    height: 2.5rem;
    border-radius: 50% 0 0 50%;
    font-size: 1.3rem;
    cursor: pointer;
    box-shadow: -1rem 0 2rem rgba(0 , 0, 0, 0.4);
}

.dashboard aside a h5{
    display: inline-block;
}
#hide__sidebar-btn{
    display: none;
}



    }