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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
body.front #homepage-hero-slideshow .controls button{ padding: 0; background-color: transparent; border: 2px solid white; border-radius: 100%; margin-right: 0.5rem;
}
body.front #homepage-hero-slideshow .controls button:hover,
body.front #homepage-hero-slideshow .controls button:focus{ padding: 0; background-color: white; border: 2px solid white;
}
body.front #homepage-hero-slideshow .controls button:hover i,
body.front #homepage-hero-slideshow .controls button:focus i{ color: rgba(230,71,74,1);
}
body.front #homepage-hero-slideshow .controls button i{ position: relative; top: 1px;
}
body.front #homepage-hero-slideshow .controls button i:first-of-type{ left: 1px;
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body.front #homepage-hero-slideshow .controls button.pause i.icon-play:before{ content: "\e9a0";
}
body.front #homepage-hero-slideshow .controls button.unmute i.icon-audio-off:before{ content: "\e9d7";
}
body.front #homepage-hero-slideshow figure.video figcaption .figure-inner .section-inset{ display: block; position: relative; height: 100%;
}
body.front #homepage-hero-slideshow .view-content .views-row.views-row-first{ overflow: hidden;
}
.overlay.custom-overlay{ background-image: linear-gradient(var(--dir), rgba(var(--bg-overlay-color),0.4), rgba(var(--bg-overlay-color),0)); width: 100vw; -webkit-animation: animate 1s both; animation: animate 1s both; -webkit-animation-timing-function: var(--animation-ease); animation-timing-function: var(--animation-ease); --animation-opacity: 0;
}
div.hero-huge-callout{ width: 100%; top: 50% !important; -webkit-transform: translate(0, -50%); -ms-transform: translate(0, -50%); transform: translate(0, -50%);
}
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}
div.hero-huge-callout .button.button-clear{ border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff !important;
}
div.hero-huge-callout .button.button-clear:hover{ border: 1px solid #e6474a;
}
div.hero-huge-callout .lead-in{ max-width: 23rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;
}
@media screen and (min-width: 30em){ div.hero-huge-callout .lead-in{ max-width: 30rem; } div.hero-huge-callout .lead-in span{ margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; }
}
@media screen and (min-width: 54em){ .overlay.custom-overlay{ background: linear-gradient(var(--dir), rgba(var(--bg-overlay-color),0.4), rgba(var(--bg-overlay-color),0), rgba(var(--bg-overlay-color),0), rgba(var(--bg-overlay-color),0)); } div.hero-huge-callout .lead-in{ font-size: 1.3rem; max-width: 35rem; } div.hero-huge-callout .heading{ font-size: 3rem; }
}
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}
var playpauseButton = document.querySelector ("#playpause-button");
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}
var audioButton = document.querySelector ("#audio-button");
if (audioButton) { var b = document.createElement ("button"); var i = document.createElement ("i"); var span = document.createElement ("span"); b.setAttribute ("id", "hero-video-mute"); b.setAttribute ("type", "button"); i.setAttribute ("class", "icon icomoon icon-audio-off font-size-xl"); span.setAttribute ("class", "sr-only"); span.innerHTML = ("mute or unmute video"); b.appendChild (i); b.appendChild (span); audioButton.appendChild (b);
}
const heroVideo = document.querySelector ("#hero-video");
const heroPlayButton = document.querySelector ("#hero-video-playpause");
const heroMuteButton = document.querySelector ("#hero-video-mute");
function videoPlayToggle() { heroPlayButton.classList.toggle("pause"); if (heroVideo.paused == true) { heroVideo.play(); } else { heroVideo.pause(); }
}
function videoMuteToggle() { heroMuteButton.classList.toggle("unmute"); if (heroVideo.muted == false) { heroVideo.muted = true; } else { heroVideo.muted = false; }
}
var videoControls = document.querySelector ("#hero-video-controls");
if (videoControls) { heroPlayButton.addEventListener("click", videoPlayToggle); heroMuteButton.addEventListener("click", videoMuteToggle);
}
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