Lock Hacklytics Notify me to the portal, sharp cyan CTA

[aamoghS]

What

Notify me on the Hacklytics 2027 marketing site is a portal handoff, not a form.

Every Notify me control (Navbar desktop + mobile, hero CTA, JSON-LD offer) already used INTEREST_URL from sites/hacklytics2027/lib/links.ts. That destination is unchanged:

https://datasciencegt.org/login?callbackUrl=%2Fhacklytics

The portal path is /hacklytics (sites/mainweb/app/(portal)/hacklytics/page.tsx). Login already honors callbackUrl=/hacklytics. No Typeform, no mailto, no /notify route, no new form page.

Pixel lock

• Shared .pixel-btn is a sharp cyan rectangle with black/ink label.
• Removed the 28px glow soup. Hard pixel edge only; bloom stays on sprites.
• Hero caption: “Opens the DS@GT portal. We don't collect emails here.”

Out of scope

Navbar structure, Footer, sections, and PixelGarden were left alone. Hero was touched only for the Notify me control + handoff copy.

  

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Dependency Review

✅ No vulnerabilities or license issues or OpenSSF Scorecard issues found.

Scanned Files

None

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Visit the preview URL for this PR (updated for commit 3f2a0b6):

https://hacklytics2027--pr-368-itnknci7.web.app

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Greptile Summary

The PR clarifies that Hacklytics “Notify me” controls hand users off to the existing DS@GT portal and updates the shared CTA to a sharp cyan pixel style.

• Adds shared handoff copy for visible and accessible descriptions.
• Updates the hero and navbar Notify me controls without changing their destination.
• Removes CTA bloom styling and adds a visible keyboard-focus treatment.

Confidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge with no actionable defects identified.

The existing portal destination remains unchanged, and the styling, visible caption, and accessible-label updates preserve the CTA navigation behavior.

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
sites/hacklytics2027/app/globals.css	Restyles shared pixel buttons with hard edges, reduced hover brightness, pressed-state shadows, and a focus-visible outline.
sites/hacklytics2027/app/page.tsx	Adds visible portal-handoff guidance to the hero CTA and associates it through aria-describedby.
sites/hacklytics2027/components/Navbar.tsx	Adds portal-handoff context to desktop and mobile Notify me links through accessible labels.
sites/hacklytics2027/lib/links.ts	Exports shared handoff copy while preserving the existing encoded portal login URL.

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[aamoghS]

Closing as stale: 30+ commits behind main and conflicting, so this would need rebuilding rather than rebasing. The work is not lost — reopen this PR or branch from its last commit if it is still wanted.