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177.ukpol-information-card { 178 width: 100%; 179 min-height: 185px; 180 box-sizing: border-box; 181 transition: 182 transform 0.2s ease, 183 box-shadow 0.2s ease; 184} 185 186.ukpol-information-card:hover { 187 transform: translateY(-3px); 188 box-shadow: 0 10px 24px rgba(13, 48, 40, 0.12); 189} 190 191.ukpol-information-card p:first-child { 192 margin-top: 0; 193 margin-bottom: 12px; 194 font-weight: 700; 195} 196 197.ukpol-information-card h3 { 198 margin-top: 0; 199 margin-bottom: 12px; 200} 201 202.ukpol-information-card h3 a { 203 text-decoration: none; 204} 205 206.ukpol-information-row:first-of-type .ukpol-information-card h3 a { 207 color: #ffffff; 208} 209 210.ukpol-information-row:first-of-type .ukpol-information-card h3 a:hover { 211 color: #d6c07b; 212} 213 214.ukpol-information-row:last-of-type .ukpol-information-card h3 a { 215 color: #143f35; 216} 217 218.ukpol-information-row:last-of-type .ukpol-information-card h3 a:hover { 219 color: #92772f; 220} 221 222/* Speeches and Parliament */ 223 224.ukpol-record-columns > .wp-block-column { 225 display: flex; 226} 227 228.ukpol-record-column { 229 width: 100%; 230} 231 232.ukpol-record-query .wp-block-post-template { 233 margin-top: 8px; 234} 235 236.ukpol-record-query .wp-block-post-title { 237 margin-top: 0; 238} 239 240/* Government cards */ 241 242.ukpol-government-query .wp-block-post-template { 243 gap: 24px; 244} 245 246.ukpol-government-card { 247 height: 100%; 248 overflow: hidden; 249 box-sizing: border-box; 250 transition: 251 transform 0.2s ease, 252 box-shadow 0.2s ease; 253} 254 255.ukpol-government-card:hover { 256 transform: translateY(-3px); 257 box-shadow: 0 10px 24px rgba(13, 48, 40, 0.12); 258} 259 260.ukpol-government-card .wp-block-post-featured-image { 261 margin-top: 0; 262 overflow: hidden; 263} 264 265.ukpol-government-card .wp-block-post-featured-image img { 266 width: 100%; 267 object-fit: cover; 268 transition: transform 0.35s ease; 269} 270 271.ukpol-government-card:hover .wp-block-post-featured-image img { 272 transform: scale(1.02); 273} 274 275.ukpol-government-card .wp-block-post-title { 276 margin-top: 0; 277} 278 279/* Archive search */ 280 281.ukpol-archive-search { 282 max-width: 760px; 283 margin-right: auto; 284 margin-left: auto; 285} 286 287.ukpol-archive-search .wp-block-search__inside-wrapper { 288 padding: 5px; 289 background: #ffffff; 290 border: 0; 291 border-radius: 5px; 292 box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.18); 293} 294 295.ukpol-archive-search .wp-block-search__input { 296 min-height: 54px; 297 padding: 10px 18px; 298 color: #143f35; 299 background: #ffffff; 300 border: 0 !important; 301 border-radius: 3px; 302 font-size: 17px; 303} 304 305.ukpol-archive-search .wp-block-search__input:focus { 306 outline: 3px solid #d6c07b; 307 outline-offset: 1px; 308} 309 310.ukpol-archive-search .wp-block-search__button { 311 min-height: 48px; 312 margin: 0; 313 padding: 10px 22px; 314 color: #0d3028; 315 background: #d6c07b; 316 border: 0; 317 border-radius: 3px; 318 font-weight: 700; 319} 320
321.ukpol-archive-search .wp-block-search__button:hover { 322 color: #ffffff; 323 background: #92772f; 324} 325 326/* Historical cards */ 327 328.ukpol-history-query .wp-block-post-template { 329 gap: 24px; 330} 331 332.ukpol-history-card { 333 height: 100%; 334 box-sizing: border-box; 335 transition: 336 transform 0.2s ease, 337 box-shadow 0.2s ease; 338} 339 340.ukpol-history-card:hover { 341 transform: translateY(-3px); 342 box-shadow: 0 10px 24px rgba(13, 48, 40, 0.1); 343} 344 345.ukpol-history-card .wp-block-post-title { 346 margin-top: 8px; 347} 348 349/* Buttons */ 350 351.ukpol-record-section .wp-block-button__link, 352.ukpol-government-section .wp-block-button__link, 353.ukpol-history-section .wp-block-button__link { 354 border-color: #143f35; 355 border-radius: 3px; 356 color: #143f35; 357 font-weight: 700; 358 text-decoration: none; 359} 360 361.ukpol-record-section .wp-block-button__link:hover, 362.ukpol-government-section .wp-block-button__link:hover, 363.ukpol-history-section .wp-block-button__link:hover { 364 color: #ffffff; 365 background: #143f35; 366 text-decoration: none; 367} 368 369/* Tablet and mobile */ 370 371@media (max-width: 900px) { 372 .ukpol-home-intro h1 { 373 font-size: 40px !important; 374 } 375 376 .ukpol-news-layout { 377 gap: 34px; 378 } 379 380 .ukpol-government-query .wp-block-post-template, 381 .ukpol-history-query .wp-block-post-template { 382 grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); 383 } 384} 385 386@media (max-width: 781px) { 387 .ukpol-information-row, 388 .ukpol-record-columns, 389 .ukpol-news-layout { 390 gap: 22px; 391 } 392 393 .ukpol-information-card { 394 min-height: 0; 395 } 396 397 .ukpol-record-column { 398 margin-bottom: 20px; 399 } 400 401 .ukpol-home-intro, 402 .ukpol-information-section, 403 .ukpol-government-section, 404 .ukpol-archive-section { 405 padding-right: 20px !important; 406 padding-left: 20px !important; 407 } 408} 409 410@media (max-width: 600px) { 411 .ukpol-home-intro h1 { 412 font-size: 34px !important; 413 } 414 415 .ukpol-home-intro p, 416 .ukpol-information-section > p, 417 .ukpol-government-section p, 418 .ukpol-history-section p { 419 font-size: 16px; 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