:root {
    --background-color: #0D1117;
    --text-color: #7D8590;
    --link-color: #7289DA;
    --link-color-hover: #7289DA;
    --borders: 1.5px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.075);
    --title-background-color: #010409;
    --title-border: 2px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.075);
    --active-page-fontsize: 1.6rem;
    /* Fixed properties, unchanged in different themes: */
    --primary-font: monospace;
    --secondary-font: Cambria, Cochin, Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;
    /* Properties unique to this page: */
    --blog-name-color-hover: #B450B0;
    --grid-layout: "picture-area text-area";
    --grid-images: block;
    --grid-images-margin: 1%;
    --grid-images-padding: 0 0 0 15px;
  }
  
  .lightmode {
    --background-color: #F3F2EE;
    --text-color: #7C7C81;
    --link-color: #B450B0;
    --link-color-hover: rgba(180, 80, 176, 0.8); /* 80% opacity of #B450B0 */
    --borders: 1px solid lightgray;
    --title-background-color: white;
    --title-border: 1px solid lightgray;
    --active-page-fontsize: 1.6rem;
    /* Properties unique to this page: */
    --blog-name-color-hover: #B450B0;
    --grid-layout: "picture-area text-area";
    --grid-images: block;
    --grid-images-margin: 1%;
    --grid-images-padding: 0 0 0 15px;
  }

  .corporatemode {
    --background-color: white;
    --text-color: black;
    /* confirm me: */
    --link-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65);
    /* --link-color: grey; */
    /* --link-color: black; */
    --link-color-hover: black;
    --borders: 1px solid lightgray;
    --title-background-color: white;
    --title-border: none;
    /* confirm me: */
    --active-page-fontsize: 1.35rem;
    /* confirm me: */
    --primary-font: Georgia;
    --secondary-font: Georgia;
    /* Properties unique to this page: */
    --blog-name-color-hover: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
    --grid-layout: "text-area text-area";
    --grid-images: none;
    --grid-images-margin: none;
    --grid-images-padding: none;
  }
    
  html { 
    background: #0D1117; /* will change main background via javascript, not css properties */
    font-size: 16px;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
  }
  
  .container {
    margin: 0 auto;
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 1500px;
    margin-top: 5vh;
    font-family: var(--primary-font);
    color: var(--text-color);
    /* color: black; */
  }

/* ___________________________________
   Main contents and navigation: */

  .grid-container {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 5fr 1fr;
    grid-template-rows: 9fr 1.5fr;
    height: 95vh; /* container fills screen without any overflow */
    grid-gap: 10px;
    grid-template-areas: 
    "menu-area text-area branding-area"
    "...       footer    ...";
  }
  
  .menu {
    grid-area: menu-area;
    writing-mode: vertical-lr;
    margin-left: 10%;
    font-size: 1.5rem;
  }

  .menu-link {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: rgba(124, 124, 129, 0.25);
  }

  .menu-link:hover {
    color: var(--link-color-hover);
    cursor: pointer;
  }

  #active-page {
    color: var(--link-color);
    opacity: 1;
    writing-mode: horizontal-tb;
    font-family: var(--secondary-font);
    width: 2.5vw;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-size: var(--active-page-fontsize);
  }

  .text {
    grid-area: text-area;
    font-size: 1.25rem;
    width: 70%;
  }

  .title {
    padding-left: 1%;
    padding-top: 0.5%;
    padding-right: 1%;
    padding-bottom: 0.5%;
    margin-left: -1%;
    margin-right: -1%;
    border-radius: 7.5px;
    background-color: var(--title-background-color);
    border: var(--title-border);
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    align-items: center;
  }

  #title-text {
    opacity: 0.65;
  }

  #title-text-corporate {
    font-size: 1.35rem;
  }

/* .mode {
    cursor: pointer;
    float: right; /* this is causing <i> to go onto the next line
    /* display: block;
    padding-right: 5px;
  } */

  .dropdown {
    position: relative;
    display: inline-block;
  }

  .dropdown button {
    border: 1px solid var(--text-color);
    border-radius: 50px;
    width: 3vw;
    background-color: var(--link-color);
    color: var(--title-background-color);
    opacity: 0.7;
    cursor: pointer;
    font-size: 1.2rem;
    padding: 3px 0 2px 0;
  }

  .lightmode .dropdown button {
    background-color: var(--title-background-color);
    color: var(--link-color);
    border: 1px solid var(--link-color);
  }

  .dropdown i {
    padding: 10px;
    /* padding: 10px 7.5px 10px 7.5px; */
    font-size: 1.2rem;
    cursor: pointer;
  }

  .corporatemode .dropdown i {
    opacity: 0.6;
  }

  .dropdown i:hover {
    opacity: 0.4;
  }

  .dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {
    display: block;
  }

  .dropdown-content {
    display: none;
    position: absolute;
    min-width: fit-content;
    background-color: var(--background-color);
    box-shadow: 0 8px 16px var(--text-color);
    /* box-shadow: 0 8px 16px rgba(1, 1, 1, 0.2);
    box-shadow: 0 8px 16px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2); */
    border-radius: 15px;
    border: 1px solid var(--text-color);
    z-index: 1;
    text-align: center;
    /* Centre the dropdown menu contents below mode button: */
    right: 0;
    left: 50%;
    transform: translateX(-50%);
  }

  #dropdown-dark-mode {
    padding: 10px;
    /* padding: 10px 7.5px 10px 7.5px; */
    border-top: 1px solid var(--text-color);
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--text-color);
  } 

  .mode-instruction-text {  
    writing-mode: horizontal-tb;
    text-align: right;
    font-size: 1.2rem;
    margin-left: -25vw;
    color: var(--text-color);
    font-family: var(--secondary-font);
    padding-top: 3vh;
  }

  .mode-instruction-text-inset {
    font-family: var(--primary-font);
    font-size: 0.9rem;
  }

  .footer {
    font-size: 1rem;
    border-top: var(--borders);
    grid-area: footer;
    width: 70%;
    margin-top: 5vh;
  }

  footer a {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: var(--text-color);
  }

  footer a:hover {
    color: var(--link-color);
  }

  .footer-social-link {
    text-decoration: underline;
  }

  .footer-wording {
    float: right;
    font-family: var(--secondary-font);
  }

  .branding {
    grid-area: branding-area;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    writing-mode: vertical-rl;
    margin-right: 10%;
    margin-bottom: -5vh;
  }

  .branding img {
    width: 3vw;
    height: auto;
  }

  .responsive-header {
    display: none;
  }

/* New code for Blog page: */

  .flex-container {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    justify-content: space-between;
  }

  .flex-container a {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: var(--text-color);
  }

  .blog-container {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1.25fr;
    column-gap: 2.5%;
    padding-bottom: 2.5vh;
  }

  .blog-container img {
    width: 100%;
    height: auto;
  }

  .blog-container img:hover {
    border-bottom: 5px solid #B450B0;
    margin-bottom: -5px;
    cursor: pointer;
  }

  .blog-text {  
    font-size: 0.9rem;
    align-self: center;   
    margin-left: var(--grid-images-margin);
    padding: var(--grid-images-padding);
  }

  .blog-name {
    font-size: 1.25rem;
    font-family: var(--secondary-font);
    text-align: left;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-style: italic;
  }

  .blog-summary {
    border-bottom: var(--borders);
    padding-bottom: 10px;
    text-align: justify;
  }

  .blog-name:hover {
    color: var(--blog-name-color-hover);
    cursor: pointer;
  }

  .blog-summary:hover {
    cursor: pointer;
    background: linear-gradient(to right, #B450B0, #7289DA);
    -webkit-background-clip: text; /* for Safari/Chrome */
    color: transparent;
  }

  .corporatemode .blog-summary:hover {
    background: none;
    color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
  }

  .blog-date {
    font-size: 0.8rem;
    font-family: var(--secondary-font);
    font-weight: normal;
  }

  .blog-grid-layout {
    grid-template-areas: var(--grid-layout);
  }

  .picture-grid-placement {
    grid-area: picture-area;
    display: var(--grid-images);
  }

  .text-grid-placement {
    grid-area: text-area;
  }

/* __________________________________
   Responsive design - Tablet: */

  @media screen and (max-width: 992px) {

  html {
    overflow-x: hidden;
  }
  
  .container {
    width: 80%;
  }

  .grid-container {
    width: 100%;
    height: 85vh;
    padding-top: 3vh;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    grid-template-rows: 1fr;
    grid-template-areas: 
      "text-area"
      "footer";
  }

  .responsive-header {
    width: 92.5%;
    padding-left: 7.5%;
    padding-bottom: 1.5vh;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    align-items: center;
    border-bottom: var(--borders);
    /* Make header top layer in document:  */
    z-index: 2;
    position: relative;
  }

  .responsive-logo {
    padding-right: 7.5%;
  }

  .burger div {
    width: 25px;
    height: 4px;
    margin: 4px;
    background: var(--link-color);
    transition: all 0.3s ease-in;
  }

  .responsive-mode {
    font-size: 1.25rem;
  }

  .responsive-header img {
    height: 4vh;
    width: auto;
  }

  .text {
    width: 90%;
    margin: 0 auto;
    z-index: 0;
    position: relative;
    padding-bottom: 5vh;
  }

  .mode {
    display: none;
  }

.picture-grid-placement {
  align-self: center; 
}

  .branding {
    display: none;
  }

  .footer {
    width: 100%;
    padding-bottom: 4vh;
  }

/* ____________________
   Burger menu: */

  .menu {
    position: fixed;
    right: 0;
    top: 0;
    z-index: 1;
    height: 100vh;
    width: 100vw;
    background-color: var(--background-color);
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
    transform: translateX(100%);
    transition: transform 0.5s ease-in;
    writing-mode: horizontal-tb;
    font-size: 1.75rem;
  }

  .menu a {
    color: rgba(124, 124, 129, 1);
  }

  #active-page {
    padding-bottom: 1px;
    font-family: var(--primary-font);
    width: fit-content;
  }

  .nav-active {
    transform: translateX(0%);
  }

  .toggle .line1 {
    transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-5px, 6px);
  }

  .toggle .line2 {
    opacity: 0;
  }

  .toggle .line3 {
    transform: rotate(45deg) translate(-5px, -6px);
  }
}

/* _________________________________
   Responsive design - Phone: */

  @media screen and (max-width: 576px) {

  html {
    font-size: 14px;
  }

  .container {
    width: 100%;
  }

  .responsive-header img {
    height: 6vh;
  }

  .blog-text {
    padding: 0 5px 0 0;
  }  

  .blog-summary {
    text-align: left;
  }

  .footer {
    width: 90%;
    margin: auto;
  }

  .footer-wording {
    padding-top: 1vh;
  }  
}