/* ═══════════════════════════════════════
   MonEntrepreneur — Blog & Article Styles
═══════════════════════════════════════ */

/* ── Shared blog body reset ── */
.mep-blog-body, body.single {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  color: var(--near);
  background: var(--bg);
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  overflow-x: hidden;
  margin: 0 !important;
  padding: 0 !important;
}

/* ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
   BLOG INDEX
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ */

/* Hero */
.blog-hero {
  background: var(--near);
  padding: 120px clamp(24px,5vw,48px) 72px;
  text-align: center;
}
.blog-hero-inner { max-width: 640px; margin: 0 auto; }
.blog-hero-label {
  font-size: .625rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .18em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--accent); margin-bottom: 16px;
}
.blog-hero h1 {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 3.25rem);
  font-weight: 400; color: var(--white);
  letter-spacing: -.03em; line-height: 1.1;
  margin: 0 0 16px;
}
.blog-hero p {
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.5);
  font-size: .9375rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.7;
  margin: 0;
}

/* Main container */
.blog-main { padding: clamp(48px,6vw,80px) clamp(24px,5vw,48px) 96px; }
.blog-container { max-width: 1160px; margin: 0 auto; }

/* Grid */
.blog-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  gap: 28px;
}

/* Featured card spans full width */
.blog-card--featured {
  grid-column: 1 / -1;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 0;
}
.blog-card--featured .blog-card-img-wrap { height: 400px; }
.blog-card--featured .blog-card-body { padding: clamp(32px,4vw,52px); }
.blog-card--featured .blog-card-title { font-size: clamp(1.375rem, 2.5vw, 2rem); }

/* Card base */
.blog-card {
  background: var(--white);
  border: 1px solid var(--border);
  overflow: hidden;
  transition: transform .3s var(--ease), box-shadow .3s var(--ease);
}
.blog-card:hover { transform: translateY(-4px); box-shadow: 0 12px 40px rgba(0,0,0,.08); }

.blog-card-img-wrap { display: block; height: 220px; overflow: hidden; }
.blog-card-img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; transition: transform .6s var(--ease); }
.blog-card:hover .blog-card-img { transform: scale(1.04); }

.blog-card-img-placeholder { background: var(--offwhite); display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; }
.blog-card-img-ph svg { width: 40px; height: 40px; color: var(--light); }

.blog-card-body { padding: 24px 28px 28px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 12px; }

.blog-card-meta { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
.blog-card-cat {
  font-size: .5625rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .12em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--accent); background: var(--accent-bg); border: 1px solid var(--accent-border);
  padding: 3px 10px;
}
.blog-card-date, .blog-card-read {
  font-size: .6875rem; color: var(--light); font-weight: 400;
}
.blog-card-date::before, .blog-card-read::before { content: '·'; margin-right: 6px; }

.blog-card-title {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: clamp(1.125rem, 1.8vw, 1.375rem);
  font-weight: 600; color: var(--black);
  line-height: 1.25; letter-spacing: -.01em;
  margin: 0;
}
.blog-card-title a { text-decoration: none; color: inherit; transition: color .2s; }
.blog-card-title a:hover { color: var(--accent); }

.blog-card-excerpt { font-size: .875rem; color: var(--body); font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0; }

.blog-card-cta {
  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 6px;
  font-size: .75rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .06em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--accent);
  text-decoration: none; margin-top: auto;
  transition: gap .2s;
}
.blog-card-cta:hover { gap: 10px; }

/* Pagination */
.blog-pagination {
  display: flex; justify-content: center; gap: 6px;
  margin-top: 56px;
}
.blog-pagination .page-numbers {
  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
  width: 40px; height: 40px;
  border: 1px solid var(--border); background: var(--white);
  font-size: .8125rem; font-weight: 600; color: var(--body);
  text-decoration: none; transition: all .2s;
}
.blog-pagination .page-numbers:hover,
.blog-pagination .page-numbers.current {
  background: var(--accent); border-color: var(--accent); color: var(--white);
}
.blog-pagination .page-numbers.prev,
.blog-pagination .page-numbers.next { width: auto; padding: 0 18px; }

/* Empty state */
.blog-empty {
  text-align: center; padding: 80px 24px;
  border: 1px dashed var(--border); background: var(--white);
}
.blog-empty svg { width: 40px; height: 40px; color: var(--light); margin-bottom: 16px; }
.blog-empty h3 { font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 1.375rem; font-weight: 500; color: var(--black); margin: 0 0 8px; }
.blog-empty p { font-size: .875rem; color: var(--body); font-weight: 300; }

/* ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
   SINGLE ARTICLE
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ */

/* Article hero */
.article-hero {
  padding: 100px clamp(24px,5vw,48px) 0;
  max-width: 800px; margin: 0 auto;
}
.article-cat {
  font-size: .5625rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .16em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--accent);
  margin-bottom: 16px;
}
.article-title {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: clamp(1.75rem, 4.5vw, 3rem);
  font-weight: 500; color: var(--black);
  line-height: 1.15; letter-spacing: -.03em;
  margin: 0 0 20px;
}
.article-meta {
  display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px;
  font-size: .75rem; color: var(--light); font-weight: 400;
  margin-bottom: 36px;
}
.article-meta-dot { color: var(--border); }
.article-hero-img { margin: 0 clamp(-24px,-5vw,-48px); }
.article-hero-photo { width: 100%; max-height: 520px; object-fit: cover; display: block; }

/* Layout: content + sidebar */
.article-layout {
  max-width: 1160px; margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 56px clamp(24px,5vw,48px) 96px;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 300px;
  gap: 56px;
  align-items: start;
}

/* Sidebar */
.article-sidebar { position: sticky; top: 80px; }
.article-sidebar-card {
  background: var(--white);
  border: 1px solid var(--border);
  padding: 28px;
}
.sidebar-tag {
  font-size: .5625rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .14em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--forest);
  border: 1px solid rgba(45,95,62,.2);
  background: var(--forest-bg);
  display: inline-block; padding: 4px 10px;
  margin-bottom: 16px;
}
.article-sidebar-card h3 {
  font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 1.125rem; font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--black); margin: 0 0 10px; line-height: 1.3;
}
.article-sidebar-card p {
  font-size: .8125rem; color: var(--body); font-weight: 300;
  line-height: 1.7; margin: 0 0 20px;
}
.sidebar-cta-btn {
  display: block; width: 100%; padding: 14px;
  background: var(--accent); color: var(--white);
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700;
  font-size: .75rem; letter-spacing: .06em; text-transform: uppercase;
  text-align: center; text-decoration: none;
  transition: background .2s; margin-bottom: 16px;
}
.sidebar-cta-btn:hover { background: var(--accent-hover); }
.sidebar-trust {
  display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 4px;
  font-size: .6875rem; color: var(--forest); font-weight: 600;
}

/* Article body (prose) */
.article-content { min-width: 0; }
.article-body { font-size: 1.0625rem; line-height: 1.8; color: var(--body); }
.article-body h2 {
  font-family: var(--serif); font-size: clamp(1.375rem, 2.5vw, 1.75rem);
  font-weight: 600; color: var(--black);
  margin: 48px 0 16px; letter-spacing: -.01em; line-height: 1.2;
}
.article-body h3 {
  font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 1.25rem; font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--black); margin: 36px 0 12px;
}
.article-body p { margin: 0 0 20px; font-weight: 300; }
.article-body strong { color: var(--near); font-weight: 600; }
.article-body ul, .article-body ol { margin: 0 0 20px 20px; font-weight: 300; }
.article-body li { margin-bottom: 8px; }
.article-body a { color: var(--accent); text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 3px; }
.article-body img { max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 28px 0; display: block; }
.article-body blockquote {
  border-left: 3px solid var(--accent);
  padding: 16px 24px; margin: 32px 0;
  background: var(--accent-bg); font-style: italic;
  font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 1.125rem; color: var(--near);
}
.article-body hr { border: none; border-top: 1px solid var(--border); margin: 40px 0; }

/* Tags */
.article-tags { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 8px; margin-top: 40px; }
.article-tag {
  padding: 6px 14px; background: var(--offwhite);
  border: 1px solid var(--border);
  font-size: .6875rem; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: .06em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--mid);
}

/* Inline CTA (mobile / between content) */
.article-inline-cta {
  margin: 40px 0; padding: 28px;
  background: var(--near); border-left: 4px solid var(--accent);
}
.inline-cta-inner { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 24px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
.inline-cta-label {
  font-size: .5625rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .14em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--accent); margin-bottom: 6px;
}
.inline-cta-text { font-size: .875rem; color: rgba(255,255,255,.6); font-weight: 300; margin: 0; }
.inline-cta-btn {
  flex-shrink: 0; padding: 14px 28px;
  background: var(--accent); color: var(--white);
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700;
  font-size: .75rem; letter-spacing: .06em; text-transform: uppercase;
  text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;
  transition: background .2s;
}
.inline-cta-btn:hover { background: var(--accent-hover); }

/* ─── SHORTCODE STYLES ─── */

/* [mep_cta] */
.mep-sc-cta {
  margin: 36px 0; padding: 32px;
  background: var(--accent); color: var(--white);
  text-align: center;
}
.mep-sc-cta h3 { font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: 500; margin: 0 0 8px; }
.mep-sc-cta p { font-size: .9375rem; font-weight: 300; opacity: .8; margin: 0 0 20px; }
.mep-sc-cta a {
  display: inline-block; padding: 14px 36px;
  background: var(--white); color: var(--accent);
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700;
  font-size: .8125rem; letter-spacing: .06em; text-transform: uppercase;
  text-decoration: none; transition: opacity .2s;
}
.mep-sc-cta a:hover { opacity: .9; }

/* [mep_estimate_box] */
.mep-sc-estimate {
  margin: 36px 0; padding: 28px 32px;
  border: 2px solid var(--accent); background: var(--accent-bg);
}
.mep-sc-estimate-header { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px; }
.mep-sc-estimate-icon { font-size: 1.25rem; }
.mep-sc-estimate-title { font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 1.125rem; font-weight: 600; color: var(--black); }
.mep-sc-estimate-range { font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 500; color: var(--accent); margin-bottom: 6px; }
.mep-sc-estimate-note { font-size: .8125rem; color: var(--body); font-weight: 300; margin-bottom: 20px; }
.mep-sc-estimate-btn {
  display: inline-block; padding: 12px 28px;
  background: var(--accent); color: var(--white);
  font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700;
  font-size: .75rem; letter-spacing: .06em; text-transform: uppercase;
  text-decoration: none; transition: background .2s;
}
.mep-sc-estimate-btn:hover { background: var(--accent-hover); }

/* [mep_tip_box] */
.mep-sc-tip {
  margin: 28px 0; padding: 20px 24px;
  border-left: 3px solid var(--forest); background: var(--forest-bg);
}
.mep-sc-tip-label {
  font-size: .5625rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .14em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--forest); margin-bottom: 8px;
}
.mep-sc-tip p { font-size: .875rem; color: var(--body); font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0; }

/* [mep_warning_box] */
.mep-sc-warning {
  margin: 28px 0; padding: 20px 24px;
  border-left: 3px solid var(--warning); background: var(--warning-bg);
}
.mep-sc-warning-label {
  font-size: .5625rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .14em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--warning); margin-bottom: 8px;
}
.mep-sc-warning p { font-size: .875rem; color: var(--body); font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0; }

/* [mep_checklist] */
.mep-sc-checklist { margin: 28px 0; }
.mep-sc-checklist-title {
  font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--black); margin-bottom: 12px;
}
.mep-sc-checklist ul { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
.mep-sc-checklist li {
  display: flex; align-items: flex-start; gap: 12px;
  padding: 10px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--offwhite);
  font-size: .875rem; color: var(--body); font-weight: 300;
}
.mep-sc-checklist li::before {
  content: '✓'; color: var(--forest); font-weight: 700;
  font-size: .875rem; flex-shrink: 0; margin-top: 1px;
}
.mep-sc-checklist li:last-child { border-bottom: none; }

/* [mep_lead_form] */
.mep-sc-lead-form {
  margin: 40px 0; padding: 32px;
  background: var(--near); color: var(--white);
}
.mep-sc-lead-form h3 {
  font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 1.375rem; font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--white); margin: 0 0 6px;
}
.mep-sc-lead-form p { font-size: .875rem; color: rgba(255,255,255,.5); font-weight: 300; margin: 0 0 24px; }
.mep-sc-lead-form-row { display: flex; gap: 10px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
.mep-sc-lead-form input {
  flex: 1; min-width: 180px; padding: 14px 16px;
  background: rgba(255,255,255,.06); border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.1);
  font-family: var(--sans); font-size: .875rem; color: var(--white);
}
.mep-sc-lead-form input::placeholder { color: rgba(255,255,255,.25); }
.mep-sc-lead-form input:focus { outline: none; border-color: var(--accent); }
.mep-sc-lead-form button {
  padding: 14px 28px; background: var(--accent); color: var(--white);
  border: none; font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 700;
  font-size: .75rem; letter-spacing: .06em; text-transform: uppercase;
  cursor: pointer; transition: background .2s; white-space: nowrap;
}
.mep-sc-lead-form button:hover { background: var(--accent-hover); }
.mep-sc-lead-form-sent { display: none; text-align: center; padding: 16px; color: var(--forest); font-weight: 600; }

/* [mep_cost_table] */
.mep-sc-cost-table { margin: 32px 0; border: 1px solid var(--border); overflow: hidden; }
.mep-sc-cost-table-title {
  padding: 16px 20px; background: var(--near);
  font-size: .6875rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .1em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(255,255,255,.7);
}
.mep-sc-cost-table table { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; }
.mep-sc-cost-table td {
  padding: 14px 20px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--offwhite);
  font-size: .875rem; background: var(--white);
}
.mep-sc-cost-table td:last-child { text-align: right; font-weight: 600; color: var(--accent); }
.mep-sc-cost-table tr:last-child td { border-bottom: none; }
.mep-sc-cost-table tr.total td {
  background: var(--offwhite); font-weight: 700;
  border-top: 2px solid var(--border);
}

/* ─── ARTICLE NAV (next/prev) ─── */
.article-nav { margin-top: 56px; }
.article-nav-label {
  font-size: .625rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .16em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--mid); margin-bottom: 20px;
  padding-bottom: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
}
.article-nav-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 16px; }
.article-nav-card {
  display: flex; gap: 16px; align-items: center;
  background: var(--white); border: 1px solid var(--border);
  padding: 20px; text-decoration: none;
  transition: all .25s var(--ease);
}
.article-nav-card:hover { border-color: var(--accent-border); transform: translateY(-2px); }
.article-nav-card--next { flex-direction: row-reverse; text-align: right; }
.article-nav-img {
  width: 80px; height: 64px; flex-shrink: 0;
  background-size: cover; background-position: center;
  background-color: var(--offwhite);
}
.article-nav-img--ph { background-color: var(--offwhite); }
.article-nav-body { flex: 1; }
.article-nav-dir { font-size: .625rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--accent); margin-bottom: 4px; }
.article-nav-cat { font-size: .625rem; color: var(--light); text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .08em; margin-bottom: 4px; }
.article-nav-title { font-family: var(--serif); font-size: .9375rem; font-weight: 600; color: var(--black); line-height: 1.3; }

/* ─── RELATED ARTICLES ─── */
.article-related { margin-top: 56px; }
.article-related-label {
  font-size: .625rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .16em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--mid); margin-bottom: 20px;
  padding-bottom: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
}
.article-related-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: 16px; }
.article-related-card { text-decoration: none; }
.article-related-card:hover .article-related-title { color: var(--accent); }
.article-related-img {
  height: 140px; background-size: cover; background-position: center;
  background-color: var(--offwhite); margin-bottom: 12px;
}
.article-related-img--ph { background-color: var(--offwhite); }
.article-related-date { font-size: .625rem; color: var(--light); margin-bottom: 6px; }
.article-related-title { font-family: var(--serif); font-size: .9375rem; font-weight: 600; color: var(--black); line-height: 1.3; transition: color .2s; }

/* ─── RESPONSIVE ─── */
@media (max-width: 900px) {
  .blog-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .blog-card--featured { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .blog-card--featured .blog-card-img-wrap { height: 260px; }
  .article-layout { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .article-sidebar { position: static; }
  .article-nav-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .article-related-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
}
@media (max-width: 600px) {
  .blog-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .blog-card--featured { grid-column: 1; }
  .article-related-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .inline-cta-inner { flex-direction: column; align-items: flex-start; }
  .mep-sc-lead-form-row { flex-direction: column; }
}