Capstone 9: Footer (4-column responsive)
A site footer that scales
Four columns on desktop: Brand + Product + Company + Legal. On tablet it collapses to two columns; on phone, one column stacked. The same auto-fit grid trick from the pricing capstone handles the reflow β no media queries required.
The one-line responsive grid
grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(180px, 1fr)). As the viewport shrinks, the grid engine drops columns one-by-one whenever a card can't hold 180px. On a 375px phone that's one column. On a 1280px desktop, four. Zero conditional CSS.
The typography rules that make footers "look pro"
- Column headers β
text-transform: uppercase,letter-spacing: 0.05em, small (13px), colourwhite. This is the "footer header" visual convention across every SaaS site. - Link colour β muted (
oklch(0.85 0 0)) by default, brightens to full white on hover.transition: color 0.15sfor the polish. - Dark background + light muted text β the standard footer palette. Uses
var(--text)(your normal dark text colour) as the background to auto-pick the site's darkest neutral.
The bottom bar
A one-liner separated from the columns by border-top: 1px solid oklch(1 0 0 / 0.1) (10% opaque white). Uses grid-column: 1 / -1 to span every column regardless of how many the grid decided to render.
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