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## blog-page-layout-with-article-cards.markdown

      
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    Blog Page Layout With Article Cards

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## index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="blog.css">
    <title>Blog Page</title>
</head>
<body>
    <div class="main-section">
        <div class="card-container">
           <img src="https://images.pexels.com/photos/929778/pexels-photo-929778.jpeg" alt="" class="cardImage">
           <div class="card-text-container">
              <span class="card-span"></span>
              <h1 class="article-title">Gardening</h1>
              <p class="article-descrip">Learn how to germinate seeds of fruits and vegetables and the seeds of your soul and mind. Breathe with us. Grow with us.</p>
              <a href="#" target="_blank" class="read-more-button">Read More</a>
           </div>
        </div>
    </div>

    <div class="main-section">
        <div class="card-container">
            <img src="https://images.pexels.com/photos/64272/blossom-bloom-flower-red-64272.jpeg" alt="" class="cardImage">
            <div class="card-text-container">
               <span class="card-span"></span>
               <h1 class="article-title">Self Care</h1>
               <p class="article-descrip">Here's some tips on how not to let the man or whoever tf is overbearing in your life get you down. Sometimes, you just gotta be a monk.</p>
               <a href="#" target="_blank" class="read-more-button">Read More</a>
            </div>
         </div>

     </div>
    <!--https://images.pexels.com/photos/64272/blossom-bloom-flower-red-64272.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=750&w=1260 -->
</body>
</html>

## style.css
html, body {
      margin: 0;
      padding: 0;
      font-family: arial;
      box-sizing: border-box;
}

.main-section {
    height: 100%;
    display: flex;
    flex-basis: column nowrap;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    background-color: white;
}

.card-span {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 3.125em;
    height: 0.25em;
    background-color: #66aa77;
    margin-bottom: 1.875em;
}

.card-container {
    background-color: black;
    color: white;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    margin: 1.875em;
    box-shadow: 0 0.5em 1em rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45);
}


.cardImage {
    width: 100%;
}

.article-title {
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 2em;
    margin: 0 0 0.9em;
}

.article-descrip {
    font-weight: 300;
    line-height: 1.25em;
    margin: 0 0 1.9em 0;
}

.read-more-button {
    text-decoration: none;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: #66aa77;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 0.8em;
    position: relative;
    display: inline-block;
    z-index: 1;
    padding: 0.3125em;
    left: -0.3125em;
}

.read-more-button:hover {
    color: #66aa77;
}

.read-more-button::before {
    content: '';
    z-index: -1;
    position: absolute;
    top: calc(50%);
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 40%;
    pointer-events: none;
    background:   #6FDEC9;
    transform: scale3d(0, 1, 1);
    transform-origin: 0% 50%;
    transition: transform 0.33s;
}

.read-more-button:hover::before {
    transform: scale3d(1, 1, 1);
    transform-origin: 0% 50%;
}

.cardImage {
    height: 300px;
    width: 100%;
    background-position: center;
    background-size: cover;
}

.card-text-container {
    margin: 60px 45px 55px;
}


@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {
    .card-container {
      flex-direction: row;
      width: 100%;
    }
    .cardImage {
      height: 26.25em;
      min-width: 22.5em;
      background-size: cover;
    }
   .card-text-container {
      margin: 0 3.75em;
      max-width: 41.25em;
    }
}

@media screen and (min-width: 1024px) {
    .card-container {
      max-width: 75em;
    }
}
	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html lang="en">
	<head>
	<meta charset="UTF-8">
	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
	<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge">
	<link rel="stylesheet" href="blog.css">
	<title>Blog Page</title>
	</head>
	<body>
	<div class="main-section">
	<div class="card-container">
	<img src="https://images.pexels.com/photos/929778/pexels-photo-929778.jpeg" alt="" class="cardImage">
	<div class="card-text-container">
	<span class="card-span"></span>
	<h1 class="article-title">Gardening</h1>
	<p class="article-descrip">Learn how to germinate seeds of fruits and vegetables and the seeds of your soul and mind. Breathe with us. Grow with us.</p>
	<a href="#" target="_blank" class="read-more-button">Read More</a>
	</div>
	</div>
	</div>

	<div class="main-section">
	<div class="card-container">
	<img src="https://images.pexels.com/photos/64272/blossom-bloom-flower-red-64272.jpeg" alt="" class="cardImage">
	<div class="card-text-container">
	<span class="card-span"></span>
	<h1 class="article-title">Self Care</h1>
	<p class="article-descrip">Here's some tips on how not to let the man or whoever tf is overbearing in your life get you down. Sometimes, you just gotta be a monk.</p>
	<a href="#" target="_blank" class="read-more-button">Read More</a>
	</div>
	</div>

	</div>
	<!--https://images.pexels.com/photos/64272/blossom-bloom-flower-red-64272.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=750&w=1260 -->
	</body>
	</html>
	html, body {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	font-family: arial;
	box-sizing: border-box;
	}

	.main-section {
	height: 100%;
	display: flex;
	flex-basis: column nowrap;
	align-items: center;
	justify-content: center;
	background-color: white;
	}

	.card-span {
	display: inline-block;
	width: 3.125em;
	height: 0.25em;
	background-color: #66aa77;
	margin-bottom: 1.875em;
	}

	.card-container {
	background-color: black;
	color: white;
	display: flex;
	flex-direction: column;
	align-items: center;
	justify-content: center;
	margin: 1.875em;
	box-shadow: 0 0.5em 1em rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45);
	}



	.cardImage {
	width: 100%;
	}

	.article-title {
	font-weight: 600;
	font-size: 2em;
	margin: 0 0 0.9em;
	}

	.article-descrip {
	font-weight: 300;
	line-height: 1.25em;
	margin: 0 0 1.9em 0;
	}

	.read-more-button {
	text-decoration: none;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	color: #66aa77;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 0.8em;
	position: relative;
	display: inline-block;
	z-index: 1;
	padding: 0.3125em;
	left: -0.3125em;
	}

	.read-more-button:hover {
	color: #66aa77;
	}

	.read-more-button::before {
	content: '';
	z-index: -1;
	position: absolute;
	top: calc(50%);
	left: 0;
	width: 100%;
	height: 40%;
	pointer-events: none;
	background: #6FDEC9;
	transform: scale3d(0, 1, 1);
	transform-origin: 0% 50%;
	transition: transform 0.33s;
	}

	.read-more-button:hover::before {
	transform: scale3d(1, 1, 1);
	transform-origin: 0% 50%;
	}

	.cardImage {
	height: 300px;
	width: 100%;
	background-position: center;
	background-size: cover;
	}

	.card-text-container {
	margin: 60px 45px 55px;
	}


	@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {
	.card-container {
	flex-direction: row;
	width: 100%;
	}
	.cardImage {
	height: 26.25em;
	min-width: 22.5em;
	background-size: cover;
	}
	.card-text-container {
	margin: 0 3.75em;
	max-width: 41.25em;
	}
	}

	@media screen and (min-width: 1024px) {
	.card-container {
	max-width: 75em;
	}
	}