Hero blank-band bug (root cause):
- The hero override read styled-text fields as `field.text|default:field`
(eyebrow/headline/subheadline/description). The ninjatpl engine hard-errors
on attribute-access-against-a-bare-string, and the demo seed passes these
fields as bare strings, so the whole hero errored and rendered as an empty
~75vh band on the landing page. Switched to `field|get:"text"|default:field`
— the process-global `get` filter degrades gracefully on a bare string
(returns nothing, so `|default:` falls back to the string) and still reads
`.text` from the admin/editor `{text,color}` object form. Matches the fixed
sibling lanes (terminal, scifi-clean). navbar `cta.text` left as-is: that
field is always a link object, never a bare string (terminal did the same).
Whitespace pass:
- Trimmed oversized marketing section padding py-16 md:py-24 -> py-12 md:py-20
across 15 blocks (cta, feature-grid, pricing, stats, team, testimonial,
timeline, faq, countdown, rich-section, contact-card, contact-form,
event-list, menu-list, hours-location) to remove dead inter-section bands.
Tailwind classes only — the host Tailwind build now scans theme .ninjatpl,
so responsive utilities compile; no duplicate hand-rolled media-query CSS
added.
No new CSS (earthen's manifest CSS is all bespoke aesthetic — nothing
duplicated a utility). No scroll-reveal system exists to harden; the stats
count-up already no-ops under reduced-motion / no-JS and renders final values.
Codeless build OK (earthen@0.2.1). check-safety: 32 checks 19 ok 13 skip -> OK.
No version bump.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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