.classic-slider {
  --grid-gutter: 25px;
}
.classic-slider .cat-labels {
  margin-left: 20px;
  top: 0;
}
.classic-slider .cat-labels a {
  padding: 0 14px;
  line-height: 30px;
}
.classic-slider .large .cat-labels {
  margin-left: 7px;
}
.classic-slider .the-date {
  color: #d3dbdf;
  display: block;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-size: 11px;
}
.classic-slider .slider {
  opacity: 0;
}
.classic-slider .slider h3 {
  position: relative;
  float: left;
}
.classic-slider .slider h3 a {
  color: #fff;
  font-size: 18px;
  line-height: 2;
}
.classic-slider .slider .wp-post-image {
  height: 100%;
}
.classic-slider .slider .caption,
.classic-slider .featured .caption {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
  width: 100%;
  padding: 14px 20px 17px 20px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
.classic-slider .pages {
  position: absolute;
  max-width: 100%;
  width: 100%;
  bottom: 0;
  padding-top: 10px; /* allow the mouse pointer a little room */
  z-index: 99;
  left: 0;
  padding-top: 10px;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.classic-slider .pages a {
  float: left;
  height: 4px;
  width: 19.658119658%;
  background: #72879c;
  margin-left: 0.284900285%;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
.classic-slider .pages:hover a {
  height: 8px;
}
.classic-slider .pages a:hover {
  opacity: 0.6;
}
.classic-slider .pages .flex-active {
  background: var(--c-main);
}
.classic-slider .blocks {
  padding-left: 0;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  grid-gap: 4.2%;
}
@media (max-width: 940px) {
  .classic-slider .blocks {
    display: none;
  }
}
.classic-slider .blocks article {
  position: relative;
}
.classic-slider .blocks .large {
  grid-column: 1/-1;
}
.classic-slider .blocks h3 {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
  width: 100%;
  padding: 10px;
  font-size: var(--title-size-xs);
  line-height: 1.5;
}
.classic-slider .blocks h3 a {
  color: #fff;
}
.classic-slider .blocks .small h3 {
  padding: 20px 10px 8px 10px;
}
.classic-slider .slides .image-link,
.classic-slider .blocks .image-link {
  display: block;
  overflow: hidden;
  -webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
}
.classic-slider .slides img,
.classic-slider .blocks .image-link img {
  transition: all 0.6s;
}
.classic-slider .blocks article:hover img,
.classic-slider .slides .flex-active-slide:hover img {
  -webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
  -webkit-perspective: 0;
  -webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
  transform: scale(1.1);
  opacity: 0.9;
}
.classic-slider .slider .caption,
.classic-slider .blocks h3, .classic-slider .featured .caption {
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(25, 35, 45, 0) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8) 100%);
  text-shadow: 0px 1px 1px #000;
}
.classic-slider .flexslider .slides > li {
  position: relative;
}