From 29db2e3ba61e79551912056ebc1a31bcbf1e7816 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Its-donkey <jeff_shapiro@bigpond.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2025 00:22:52 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] design (brand): enforce white logo text with hover ring

---
 CHANGELOG.md    |  2 +-
 docs/styles.css | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 14db7df..7f67e05 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 - Website: Add dedicated contact section with email and GitHub links.
 - Docs: Consolidate feature list in README (single "Features" section).
 - Website: Mirror unified feature list on the marketing page.
-- Brand: Refresh GopherPost logo and favicon with updated gopher-and-envelope concept.
+- Brand: Refresh GopherPost logo and favicon with updated gopher-and-envelope concept; refine site header hover styling.
 
 ## v0.4.0
 - Added subscription-based audit fan-out so `/healthz` can stream live debug logs when `SMTP_DEBUG=true`.
diff --git a/docs/styles.css b/docs/styles.css
index c855be6..b54f309 100644
--- a/docs/styles.css
+++ b/docs/styles.css
@@ -54,12 +54,28 @@ header {
   align-items: center;
   gap: 0.75rem;
   font-weight: 600;
-  font-size: 1.1rem;
+  font-size: 1.4rem;
+  color: #fff;
+  transition: transform 0.2s ease, text-shadow 0.2s ease;
 }
 
 .logo img {
   height: 80px;
   width: 80px;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.55);
+  transition: transform 0.2s ease, box-shadow 0.2s ease;
+}
+
+.logo:hover {
+  color: #fff;
+  transform: translateY(-2px) scale(1.02);
+  text-shadow: 0 12px 20px rgba(15, 30, 67, 0.35);
+}
+
+.logo:hover img {
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 6px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);
+  transform: scale(1.03);
 }
 
 .hero h1 {