body {
      font-family: var(--font-secondary);
      font-size: var(--font-scale);
      margin: auto;
      padding: 20px;
      max-width: var(--width);
      text-align: left;
      background-color: var(--background-color);
      word-wrap: break-word;
      overflow-wrap: break-word;
      line-height: 1.5;
      color: var(--text-color);
    }

    h1,
    h2,
    h3,
    h4,
    h5,
    h6 {
      font-family: var(--font-main);
      color: var(--heading-color);
    }

    a {
      color: var(--link-color);
      cursor: pointer;
      text-decoration: none;
    }

    a:hover {
      text-decoration: underline;
    }

    strong,
    b {
      color: var(--heading-color);
    }

   

    time {
      font-family: monospace;
      font-style: normal;
      font-size: 15px;
    }

    main {
      line-height: 1.6;
    }

    table {
      width: 100%;
    }

    hr {
      border: 0;
      border-top: 1px dashed;
    }

    img {
      max-width: 100%;
    }

    code {
      font-family: monospace;
      padding: 2px;
      background-color: var(--code-background-color);
      color: var(--code-color);
      border-radius: 3px;
    }

    blockquote {
      border-left: 1px solid #999;
      color: var(--code-color);
      padding-left: 20px;
      font-style: italic;
    }

    footer {
      font-size: 0.8rem;
      display: flex;
      justify-content: space-between;
      align-items: center;
      gap: 1.5em;
    }
input,
textarea,
button {
  font-family: var(--font-main);
  font-size: var(--font-scale);
  color: var(--text-color);
  background: var(--background-color);
  border: 1px solid var(--blockquote-color);
  border-radius: 4px;
  padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
  margin: 0.5rem 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  line-height: 1.4;
}

input:focus,
textarea:focus,
button:focus {
  outline: none;
  border-color: var(--link-color);
}

textarea {
  min-height: 120px;
  resize: vertical;
  width: 100%;
}

button {
  cursor: pointer;
  font-family: var(--font-secondary);
  font-weight: 500;
}

button:hover {
  border-color: var(--visited-color);
}



    /* ------------------------------------------- */
    /* ------------------------------------------- */
    /* ----------CUSTOM CLASS STYLES-------------- */
    /* ------------------------------------------- */
    /* ------------------------------------------- */


    /* HEADER + NAV */
    .site-header {
      margin: 1em 0;
      text-align: left;
    }

    .logo {
      font-size: 1.5rem;
      font-weight: bold;
      margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
        display: none;
    }

    .logo-icon {
      margin-right: 0.25rem;
    }

    .nav-links {
      margin-top: 1rem;
    }

    .nav-links a {
      margin-right: 1rem;
      text-decoration: none;
    }

    .nav-links a:hover {
      text-decoration: underline;
    }


   /* HOME POSTS LIST */
.posts_list {
  padding-left: 0;
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
}

.home_post {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: auto 1fr; /* date column auto, title takes rest */
  gap: 1rem;
  margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
  align-items: baseline; /* keep date aligned with first line of title */
}

.post_date {
  min-width: 7ch;
  text-align: right; /* line up nicely like in your 2nd screenshot */
  white-space: nowrap; /* prevent date from breaking into multiple lines */
}

.homepost_title {
  text-decoration: none;
}

.homepost_title:hover {
  text-decoration: underline;
}