footer {
    background: var(--main-color-darken); /* Old browsers */
    padding:3% 4.5%;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: auto auto;
    grid-template-rows: auto auto auto;
    grid-gap: 2REM 2REM;
}

/* FOOTER GRID ROW 1 - MEGA MENU*/

.footerNav {
    grid-column: 1 /span 2;
    grid-row: 1;
}

.footerNav ul.footer-menu {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 25% 25% 25% 25%;
    grid-gap: 1REM;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 5;
    margin: 0px;
    padding: 0px;
    width: 100%;
    -webkit-box-shadow: none;
    -moz-box-shadow: none;
    box-shadow: none;
}

    .footer-menu > li {

        padding: 0px;
        margin: 0px;
        vertical-align: bottom;
        border-bottom: none;
        height: 100%;
    }

        .footer-menu > li > a {
            position: relative;
            display: block;
            color: #ffffff;
            text-align: left;
        }

            .footer-menu > li > a > span {
                font-size: 2.4rem;
                font-weight: 600;
                display: inline-block;
                padding: 7px 0px 7px 0px;
                white-space: normal;
            }

.footerNav .sublist-wrap {
    display: block;
    position: relative;
    width: auto;
    box-shadow: none;
    background-color: transparent;
    padding: 0px;
    text-align: left;
    border-top: none;
    z-index: 1;
    border-bottom: none;
    top: 0px;
}

    .footerNav .sublist-wrap.active {
        display: block;
    }

    .footerNav .sublist-wrap > .sublist {
        width: auto;
        border-right: none;
        margin: 0px;
        padding: 0px;
    }

        .footerNav .sublist-wrap > .sublist > li {
            margin: 0px;
            padding: 0px;
        }

        .footerNav .sublist-wrap > .sublist li a {
            display: block;
            position: relative;
            padding: 3px 0px;
            font-size: 1.6rem;
            color: #ffffff;
        }

        .footerNav .sublist-wrap > .sublist li a:before {}
        .footerNav .sublist-wrap > .sublist li:hover > a {background-color: transparent;}


/* FOOTER GRID ROW 2 - NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP*/

.footerNewsletterSignUp {
    grid-column: 1;
    grid-row: 2;
}

.footerNewsletterSignUp .divFooterSectionTitle {display: none;}
.footerNewsletterSignUp .signUpIntroCopy {color: #ffffff; font-weight: 600; font-size: 2.0rem;}
.footerNewsletterSignUp .footerSignUpWrapper {display: flex;}
.footerNewsletterSignUp .footerSignUpInput {display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%;}
.footerNewsletterSignUp .footerSignUpInput input[type='email'] {
        width: 100%;
        background-color: transparent;
        border-color: #ffffff;
        color: rgba(256,256,256,1.0);
        height: 60px;
        border-bottom-right-radius: 0px;
        border-top-right-radius: 0px;
    }

    .footerNewsletterSignUp .footerSignUpInput input::placeholder  {color: rgba(256,256,256,0.9);}
    .footerNewsletterSignUp .footerSignUpInput input:-ms-input-placeholder  {color: rgba(256,256,256,0.9);}
    .footerNewsletterSignUp .footerSignUpInput input::-ms-input-placeholder {color: rgba(256,256,256,0.9);}

.footerNewsletterSignUp .footerSignUpButton {display: block;}
.footerNewsletterSignUp .footerSignUpButton input[type='button'] {
        color: var(--btn-background);
        background-color: #ffffff;
        height: 60px;
        width: 10rem;
        min-width:10rem;
        margin: 0px;
        border-bottom-left-radius: 0px;
        border-top-left-radius: 0px;
        border: 2px solid #ffffff;
        padding: 0px;
    }


/* FOOTER GRID ROW 2 - SOCIAL MEDIA ICONS*/

.socialMediaIconsWrapper {  
    grid-column: 2;
    grid-row: 2;
    display: flex;
    align-items: flex-end;
    justify-content: flex-end;
}

.socialMediaIconsWrapper .footerSocialIcon {
    display: block;
    margin: 1REM 0 0 2REM; 
}

    .socialMediaIconsWrapper .footerSocialIcon a.footericon:hover {
        opacity: .8
    }

/* FOOTER GRID ROW 3*/
.footerCopyright {
    grid-column: 1;
    grid-row: 3;
}

.footerPoweredBy {
    grid-column: 2;
    grid-row: 3;
    text-align: right;
}

.footerCopyright, 
.footerPoweredBy {
    align-items: center;
    font-weight: normal;
    color: #ffffff;
}

.footerCopyright a, 
.footerPoweredBy a {
    font-weight: normal;
    color: #ffffff;
}

.footerCopyright a:hover, 
.footerPoweredBy a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}

.stayInTheKnowModal {display: block; clear: both; color: #ffffff;}
    .DesktopOnly {display: block;}
    .MobileOnly {display: none;}


/* MEDIA QUERIES FOR FOOTER ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@media (max-width: 1700px) {}
@media (max-width: 1400px) {}
@media (max-width: 1199px) {}
@media (max-width: 991px) {
    .socialMediaIconsWrapper {
        flex-wrap: wrap;
    }    
    .footerSocialIcon {
        display: block;
        margin: 1REM 0 0 1REM;
    }
}
@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {
    footer {
        display: grid;
        grid-template-columns: 100%;
        grid-template-rows: auto auto auto auto auto;
        grid-gap: 2REM 2REM;
    }

    .footerNav {
        grid-column: 1;
        grid-row: 1;
    }

    .footerNav ul.footer-menu {
        display: grid;
        grid-template-columns: 50% 50%;
        grid-template-rows: 50% 50%;
        grid-gap: 1REM;
        position: relative;
        z-index: 5;
        margin: 0px;
        padding: 0px;
        width: 100%;
        -webkit-box-shadow: none;
        -moz-box-shadow: none;
        box-shadow: none;
    }

    .footer-menu .plus-button, .footer-menu .back-button {
        display: none;
    }

    .footer-menu > li:nth-child(1) {
        grid-column: 2;
        grid-row: 2;
    }
    .footer-menu > li:nth-child(2) {
        grid-column: 1;
        grid-row: 1;
    }
    .footer-menu > li:nth-child(3) {
        grid-column: 1;
        grid-row: 2;
    }
    .footer-menu > li:nth-child(4) {
        grid-column: 2;
        grid-row: 1;
    }

    .DesktopOnly {display: none !important;}
    .MobileOnly {display: block;}

    .footerNewsletterSignUp {
        grid-column: 1;
        grid-row: 2;
    }
    .socialMediaIconsWrapper {
        grid-column: 1;
        grid-row: 3;
        display: flex;
        align-items: flex-end;
        justify-content: flex-start;
    }
    .footerCopyright {
        grid-column: 1;
        grid-row: 4;
    }
    .footerPoweredBy {
        grid-column: 1;
        grid-row: 5;
        text-align: left;
    }

}