:root {
      --gold: #b3925d;
      --text-dark: #2c2c2c;
      --text-light: #666;
      --bg-soft: #fcfbf7;
    }

    body {
      margin: 0;
      padding: 0;
      background-color: var(--bg-soft);
      font-family: 'Forum', serif;
      color: var(--text-dark);
      -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    }

    .blog-container {
      max-width: 750px;
      margin: 0 auto;
      padding: 2rem 1.2rem;
    }

    .blog-header {
    text-align: center;
    background: transparent; /* Ensures background is transparent */
    padding-bottom: 2rem;
    }

    .blog-header h1 {
    font-family: 'Forum', serif;
    font-size: 3rem;
    margin: 0; /* Removed bottom margin to keep date close */
    font-weight: 400;
    line-height: 1.1;
    color: var(--text-dark);
    }

    .blog-meta {
    font-family: 'Forum', serif;
    font-size: 1rem;
    letter-spacing: 2px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--gold);
    display: block;
    margin-top: 0.5rem; /* Adds small space between title and date */
    }

    .blog-featured-image {
      width: 100%;
      height: auto;
      border-radius: 4px;
      box-shadow: 0 15px 35px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);
      display: block;
      margin-bottom: -1.8rem;
    }

    .blog-content {
      font-size: 1.25rem;
      line-height: 1.7;
      text-align: justify;
      hyphens: auto;
    }

    .blog-content h2 {
      font-family: 'Forum', serif;
      color: var(--gold);
      margin: 3rem 0 1.5rem 0;
      font-size: 2rem;
      font-weight: 400;
      border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
      display: inline-block;
      width: 100%;
    }

    .blog-content p {
      margin-bottom: 1.6rem;
    }

    .blog-content blockquote {
      margin: 3rem 0;
      padding: 1rem 2rem;
      border-left: 2px solid var(--gold);
      font-style: italic;
      font-size: 1.4rem;
      color: #555;
      background: #fdfaf3;
    }

    .blog-content ul {
      list-style: none;
      padding: 1.5rem;
      background: #f9f9f9;
      border-radius: 8px;
    }

    .blog-content li {
      margin-bottom: 1rem;
      position: relative;
    }

    

    /* COMMENTS SECTION STYLING */
    .comments-wrapper {
      margin-top: 5rem;
      padding-top: 3rem;
      border-top: 1px solid #eee;
      width: 100%;
      display: block;
      clear: both;
    }

    .comments-wrapper h3 {
      font-family: 'Forum', serif;
      font-size: 2rem;
      color: var(--text-dark);
      text-align: center;
      margin-bottom: 2rem;
    }

    /* Customizing the Cusdis look to match your site */
    #cusdis_thread {
      min-height: 500px;
      width: 100%;
      margin-bottom: 2rem;
      overflow: visible !important;
      --cusdis-primary-color: var(--gold) !important;
    }

    #cusdis_thread iframe {
        width: 100% !important;
        min-height: 500px;
        border: none;
    }

    .back-to-blog {
      display: inline-block;
      margin: 4rem 0;
      text-decoration: none;
      color: var(--gold);
      font-family: 'Forum', serif;
      font-size: 1.2rem;
      transition: opacity 0.3s;
    }

    .back-to-blog:hover { opacity: 0.7; }

    footer {
      text-align: center;
      padding: 4rem 1rem;
      font-family: 'Forum', serif;
      color: var(--text-light);
      font-size: 0.9rem;
    }

    a { color: var(--gold); text-decoration: underline; }

    @media (max-width: 600px) {
      .content-spacer { height: 70px; }
      .blog-header h1 { font-size: 2.2rem; }
      .blog-content { font-size: 1.15rem; text-align: left; }
    }

    .content-spacer { height: 80px; }

    #blog-section-header
    {
        margin: 0rem; !important
        margin-bottom: 0rem; !important
        margin-top: 0rem; !important
    }
    

    blockquote p
    {
        margin: 0rem 0rem; !important
    }