# Glow Footer

> A glowing page footer — newsletter CTA with inline validation, gradient Atheros logo, async-fetched nav columns behind a skeleton shimmer, Tabler social row, and a stateful mono live-status capsule (`setSystemStatus()`). Light and dark themes, both carrying the accent gradient.

- Category: Footer
- Frameworks: Vanilla, React + CSS, React + Tailwind
- Design system: Vector
- Dark mode: yes
- Access: premium (Atheros AI Pass)
- Tags: newsletter, navigation, social
- Page: https://builder.atheros.ai/components/glow-footer
- Preview: https://d17nmjscumqk5d.cloudfront.net/builder/templates/tpl_builder_glow_footer/preview-df178519d3b1.webp

## Features

- Newsletter CTA row with client-side email validation, an inline `aria-live` error line, a fake-latency "Subscribing…" state, and a green "Subscribed ✓" success morph that resets after 2.5s
- Three-stop gradient Atheros logo built at runtime from an SVG path, recolored per theme via `<linearGradient>` stops driven by CSS custom properties
- Populated-first render: the four nav columns and five social links ship in static HTML and are hydrated idempotently in place from the seed data — no loading skeleton, no empty first paint
- Four nav columns (Product, Resources, Company, Legal) rendered with `createElement`/`textContent`, null/empty-guarded per column — each an `aria-label`led `<nav>` landmark
- Nav link hover paints the brand gradient onto the text and slides a gradient underline in via `transform: scaleX`
- Official Tabler brand social icons (Instagram, LinkedIn, X, YouTube, GitHub) built at runtime, with an accent wash, hairline ring, and gradient stroke swap on hover
- Stateful live-status capsule — uppercase JetBrains Mono chip in `role="status"`, tinted ring/wash/text plus a glowing dot with a breathing halo, switchable between operational/degraded/outage via the `setSystemStatus()` API and `data-status` on the footer root
- Gradient-fade hairline dividers, interpunct legal line with auto-updating year, and multi-stop radial page halos — violet/rose in light, rose/orange/amber in dark

## Accessibility

- **Landmarks** — `<footer>` contentinfo, one `aria-label`led `<nav>` per column, `<main>` page area
- **Form label** — Visually-hidden `<label for="subscribe-email">` plus placeholder
- **Validation** — `aria-live="polite"` error line referenced by `aria-describedby`, `aria-invalid` on the input
- **Social links** — `aria-label` + `rel="noopener"` per link, decorative SVGs `aria-hidden="true"`
- **Live status** — `role="status"` capsule — state changes are announced; label stays real text, dot and halo `aria-hidden`
- **Skeleton** — Placeholder columns and tiles are `aria-hidden="true"` while the fetch is in flight
- **Focus indicators** — Global `:focus-visible` ring, accent glow ring on the input
- **Reduced motion** — `prefers-reduced-motion: reduce` disables all animations
- **Viewport** — `100dvh` for mobile-safe viewport height

## Keyboard shortcuts

- `Enter` — Submit the newsletter form

## Common questions

**Which frameworks is Glow Footer available in?**

Glow Footer ships as Vanilla, React + CSS and React + Tailwind — HTML, CSS, JS and React source you can copy, download or clone into Atheros AI Builder.

**Is Glow Footer free?**

Glow Footer is a premium component. Anyone can preview it; the source, downloads and AI customisation are included with Atheros AI Pass.

**Does Glow Footer support dark mode?**

Yes. Glow Footer ships light and dark themes, both drawn from the Vector design system's tokens. Switch the preview to dark mode to compare them.

## Get the code

Preview Glow Footer live, then sign in to copy or download the source, apply another design system, or ask the AI assistant to change it: https://builder.atheros.ai/components/glow-footer

Every component on https://builder.atheros.ai is also reachable from Claude Code, Cursor and Codex through the Atheros MCP server (paid plans). Component index: https://builder.atheros.ai/llms-components.txt