@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato:100,300,400,700,900,100italic,300italic,400italic,700italic,900italic);
body,
html {
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased !important;
    -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale !important;
    overflow-y: auto;
    overflow-x: hidden;
    font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif !important;
    color: #0A0A0A;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 12px;  }/* for vertical scrollbars */
::-webkit-scrollbar-track { background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); }
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); }


h2 {
    line-height: 1.2;
    font-weight: 300;
}

.story-title {
    font-size: 24px;
    font-weight: 200;
    font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif !important;
    color: #035651;
}

.container-border{
    border: 4px solid #024B47;
}



/****************************************************/
/* Navigation */
/****************************************************/

#sdt-stories-menu {
    color: #035651;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    padding: 10px 0;
    height: 80px;
    box-shadow: 0px 5px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
    border-bottom: solid 0px #9FA2A1;
    background-color: #ffffff;
   
}

.navbar-brand img {
    height: 30px;
    width: auto;
}



.navbar-brand { padding: 0px 0px }
.navbar-nav > li > a {
    font-size: 12px;
    font-weight: 300;
    border-bottom: 2px solid transparent;
    padding: 5px 5px;
    margin: 2px 10px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    transition: all 0.5s;
    font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif;
}

.navbar-default .navbar-nav > li > a.active,
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > li > a:hover,
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > li > a:focus {
    color: #333;
    border-bottom: 4px solid #035651;
}

.navbar-default .navbar-toggle { border-color: transparent }
.navbar-default .navbar-toggle:hover,
.navbar-default .navbar-toggle:focus { background-color: transparent }
.navbar-default .navbar-toggle:hover>.navbar-default .navbar-toggle .icon-bar,
.navbar-default .navbar-toggle:focus>.navbar-default .navbar-toggle .icon-bar { color: #035651; }



#menu-float-option-stories
{
  margin-left:8%;
  margin-top: -30px;
  transform: translateY(20px); /* Optional: adds a slight slide-up effect */
  transition: opacity 0.7s ease-out, transform 0.7s ease-out; /* Define the slow transition */
}

#menu-float-option-stories.shifted
{
 margin-left: 8%;
 margin-top: -30px;
 opacity: 1;
 transform: translateY(0);
}




#sdt-menu.appear
{
 background-color: white;
 opacity: 1;
 transform: translateY(0);
}


.navbar-toggle{
text-align:center;
height:55px;
width:55px;
background-size: contain;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: center;
cursor: pointer;
}

.navbar-toggle .icon-bar {
    display: block;
    width: 22px;
    height: 3px;
    border-radius: 1px;
    background-color: #9d6dda;
    margin-left: 4px;
}




/****************************************************/
/* Page Header  */
/****************************************************/

#sdt-header {
    padding: 20px 0;
    background: #035651;
    margin-top: 70px;
    color: #ffffff;
}

#sdt-header .breadcrumb {
    padding: 8px 15px;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
    list-style: none;
    background-color: transparent;
    border-radius: 4px;
    margin-left: -10px;
    margin-top: -10px;
}

#sdt-header .breadcrumb > li + li:before {
    padding: 0 5px;
    color: #FFF;
    content: "/\00a0";
}
#sdt-header .breadcrumb > li a { color: #ffffff }


/****************************************************/
/* Display menu logo on scroll */
/****************************************************/

.animate-element-stories {
    padding-top: 0px;
    margin-top: 2px;
    opacity: 1;
    transform: translateY(20px); /* Optional: adds a slight slide-up effect */
    transition: opacity 0.7s ease-out, transform 0.7s ease-out; /* Define the slow transition */
}

/* This class will be added by JavaScript to trigger the animation */

.animate-element.is-visible {
  opacity: 1;
  transform: translateY(0);
}


/* This class will be added by JavaScript to trigger the animation */

.animate-element-frame.is-visible {
  opacity: 1;
  transform: translateY(0);
}


.menuheader-stories 
{
    font-weight: 800;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-size: 24px;
    color: #9D6DDA;
    padding: 10px 20px 0 0;
    font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif;
    letter-spacing: 1px;
}

.menuheader-stories:hover {
    color: #DEAAF7;
}


.menu-container
{
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
}





    /****************************************************/
    /*Breadcrumb Style */
    /****************************************************/


    #sdt-stories-header {
        padding: 10px 0;
        background: #035651;
        margin-left: 22%;
        margin-top: 2%;
        color: #ffffff;
    }

    #sdt-stories-header .container {
        padding: 0px 0;
        background: #035651;
        width: auto;
    }

    #sdt-stories-header .container .breadcrumb {
        padding: 10px 0;
        background: #035651;
    }

    .breadcrumb {
        padding: 10px 0;
        margin-bottom: 0px;
    }



    /****************************************************/
    /* Section Headers */
    /****************************************************/


    .section-header {
        padding: 20px 0px 0px 0;
        text-align: center;
    }



    .section-header h2 {
        text-transform: uppercase
    }

    .section-header h5 {
        letter-spacing: 1px
    }

.channelling-blurb {
    text-align: left;
    color:#ffffff;
    padding: 20px 10px 0px 10px;
    margin-left: 20%;
    margin-right: 20%;
    width: 60%;
}
   
       


/****************************************************/
/*stories cards */
/****************************************************/

.white-bg-stories {
    text-align: left;
    background-color: #F0F0F0;
    border-style: solid;
    padding: 40px 10px 20px 10px;
    border: 0px solid #CBB799;
    border-radius: 10px;
    margin-left: 10%;
    margin-right: 10%;
}

post-wrap-stories {
    padding: 10px;
}




.storycard h4{
    text-align: center;
    padding-bottom:15px;
}

.storycard {
    background-color: #F0F0F0;
    padding: 20px 50px 10px 50px;
    height: auto;
}

.storiescardcontainer {
    max-width: 900px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    display: grid;
    gap: 20px;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(50%, 1fr));
    background-color: #F0F0F0;
}




.storiescardcontainer .storycard {
    background-color: #ffffff;
    border: 1px solid #F5F5DC;
    border-radius: 5px;
    font-size: 20px;
    text-align: left;
    margin: 20px;
    box-shadow: 5px 5px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
    height: auto;
}

    

.continue {
    font-size: 16px;
    color: #9D6DDA;
    font-weight: 500;
    text-align: left;
}

.continue:hover {
    font-size: 16px;
    color: #035651;
    font-weight: 500;
    text-align: left;
}

.stories-img {
    box-shadow: 4px 8px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
    border-radius: 5px;
}

/****************************************************/
/* Footer */
/****************************************************/
#sdt-footer {
    padding: 3% 0 2% 0;
    background-color: #000000;
    color: #ffffff;
    text-align: center;
}


ul.social li a.fa {
    background: #FFCC32;
    width: 50px;
    height: 50px;
    padding: 15px;
    text-align: center;
    margin-right: -5px;
    font-size: 20px;
    color: #ffffff;
    margin-bottom: 0;
}

ul.social li a.fa:hover {
    background-color: #333333
}


ul.social li a i {
    font-size: 18px;
    background: transparent;
    width: 32px;
    height: 32px;
    padding: 7px 0;
    text-align: center;
    border-radius: 50%;
    border-top-left-radius: 0;
    border: 1px solid transparent;
    color: #ffffff;
    transition: all 0.5s;
}

ul.social li a i:hover {
    border-color: #ffffff
}


/****************************************************************************************************/
/*************************************************** Buttons ***************************************/
/**************************************************************************************************/




.sdt-btn {
    font-size: 16px;
    word-spacing: 2px;
    font-weight: 700;
    padding: 10px 20px;
    background-color: #035651;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    border-color: #035651;
    transition: all 0.5s;
}
.sdt-btn:focus,
.sdt-btn:hover {
    background-color: #333333;
    border-color: #035651;
}
.color {
    background-color: #035651;
    border-color: #035651;
}
.color:focus,
.color:hover {
    border-color: #333333;
    background-color: #035651;
}








/****************************************************/
/* Blogs - Blog Section */
/****************************************************/

#sdt-stories {
    background-color: #035651;
    padding: 60px 0;
}

#sdt-stories .story-post-container {
    padding: 0px;
    background: transparent;
    width: auto;
    margin: 20px 10%;
    border: none;
}

#sdt-stories .stories-header-container {
    padding: 10px;
    background: #035651;
    width: auto;
    margin: 0px 20px;
}


#sdt-stories h2 {
    color: #ffffff;
}


#story-post {
    padding: 10px 0px;
    background: #035651;
    background-size: contain; /* or other values for positioning */
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
#story-post a.btn { margin: auto 0 }



.story-wrap {
    position: relative;
    margin-bottom: 30px;
    padding: 50px;
    transition: all 0.5s;
    background-color: #FFFFFF;
}





.stories-element {
    padding-top: 8px;
    opacity: 1;
    transform: translateY(20px); /* Optional: adds a slight slide-up effect */
    transition: opacity 0.7s ease-out, transform 0.7s ease-out; /* Define the slow transition */
}

    /* This class will be added by JavaScript to trigger the animation */

.stories-element.is-visible {
    opacity: 1;
    transform: translateY(0);
}


.story-author
{
  color: #9d6dda;
}






/****************************************************/
/* header shifting */
/****************************************************/
@media (min-width: 1200px) { 
    .container { width: 1100px }
}




/****************************************************/
/*Responsive */
/****************************************************/

@media screen and (max-width: 900px) {

    .menuheader-stories {
        font-size: 18px;
        font-weight: 600;
        font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif !important;
        color: #9D6DDA;
        line-height: 1;
    }

    .breadcrumb {
        margin-top: 40px;
        padding: 10px 0;
        margin-bottom: 0px;
    }

    #sdt-stories-header {
        padding: 10px 0;
        background: #035651;
        margin-left: 5%;
        margin-top: 2%;
        color: #ffffff;
    }

    #sdt-stories .container {
        background: #035651;
        width: auto;
        padding: 15px;
    }

    .storycard {
        background-color: #ffffff;
        padding: 10px;
        height: auto;
    }

    .storiescardcontainer {
        max-width: 900px;
        margin: 0 auto;
        display: grid;
        gap: 20px;
        grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(50%, 1fr));
        background-color: #F0F0F0;
    }

    .storiescardcontainer .storycard {
        background-color: #ffffff;
        border: 1px solid #F5F5DC;
        border-radius: 5px;
        padding: 10px;
        font-size: 20px;
        text-align: left;
        margin: 10px;
        box-shadow: 5px 5px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
        height: auto;
    }

    #sdt-stories .stories-header-container {
        padding: 10px 0;
        background: #035651;
        width: auto;
        margin: 0px;
    }

    .white-bg-stories {
        text-align: left;
        background-color: #F0F0F0;
        border-style: solid;
        padding: 30px 10px 20px 10px;
        border: 0px solid #CBB799;
        border-radius: 10px;
        margin-left: 2%;
        margin-right: 2%;
    }

    .story-wrap {
        position: relative;
        margin-bottom: 30px;
        padding: 8%;
        transition: all 0.5s;
        background-color: #FFFFFF;
    }

    .story-title {
        font-size: 18px;
        font-weight: 500;
    }

    #sdt-stories .story-post-container {
        padding: 0px;
        background: transparent;
        width: auto;
        margin: 20px 5%;
        border: none;
    }

    .channelling-blurb {
        text-align: left;
        color: #ffffff;
        padding: 20px 10px 0px 10px;
        margin-left: 10%;
        margin-right: 10%;
        width: 80%;
    }


}