Enhanced Blog Page with Responsive Design and Dark Theme Support

[Richajaishwal0]

Description

This PR significantly enhances the blog page with modern UI improvements, responsive design fixes, and comprehensive dark theme support. The changes transform the blog page into a visually appealing, professional interface that seamlessly integrates with the existing website design while maintaining excellent usability across all devices and themes.

Motivation: The blog page needed modernization to match the website's design standards, better responsive behavior for mobile devices, and proper dark theme integration to provide a consistent user experience.

Fixes #265

Type of Change

• New feature (e.g., new page, component, or functionality)
• Bug fix (non-breaking change that fixes an issue)
• UI/UX improvement (design, layout, or styling updates)
• Performance optimization (e.g., code splitting, caching)
• Documentation update (README, contribution guidelines, etc.)
• Other (please specify):

Changes Made

Visual Enhancements

• Modern Hero Section: Added floating particles, gradient backgrounds, and smooth animations
• Enhanced Search Bar: Glass-morphism design with floating animation and gradient borders
• Beautiful Card Design: Redesigned blog cards with hover effects, category badges, and improved typography
• Gradient Animations: Dynamic background gradients that shift and move subtly

Responsive Design Improvements

• Mobile-First Approach: Fixed author name truncation issues on small screens
• Flexible Card Layout: Improved card meta layout with proper text wrapping
• Hover Tooltips: Added tooltips for truncated author names with full name display
• Adaptive Spacing: Optimized padding and margins across all screen sizes

Comprehensive Dark Theme Support

• Consistent Color Palette: Uses website's standard dark theme .
• Card Theming: Proper dark backgrounds for all card components
• Typography Contrast: Optimized text colors for excellent readability
• Interactive Elements: Dark-themed search bar, tooltips, and hover states

Interactive Features

• Staggered Animations: Cards animate in with progressive delays for visual appeal
• Enhanced Hover Effects: Smooth scale and shadow transitions
• Author Attribution: Proper author names extracted from actual blog post metadata
• Professional Icons: Updated author avatars with consistent person icons

Dependencies

No new dependencies added - All enhancements use existing CSS and React capabilities
Font Integration: Utilizes existing Inter font family for consistency
Icon Usage: Uses Unicode emoji icons (👤) for author avatars
Theme Integration: Leverages Docusaurus's built-in [data-theme='dark'] selectors

Checklist

• My code follows the style guidelines of this project.
• I have tested my changes across major browsers/devices
• My changes do not generate new console warnings or errors , I ran npm run build and attached scrrenshot in this PR.
• This is already assigned Issue to me, not an unassigned issue.
  Screenshot of the work

For dark theme:

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[Richajaishwal0]

@sanjay-kv sir, I have commited for both the issues #265 and #262 in this pull request mistakely without realising the same branch. Kindly look into it.
Footer looks like :

[sanjay-kv]

Your development is damn awesome.
less error, mostly product centric approach.

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[Richajaishwal0]

@sanjay-kv Thank u sir.