Description

This PR improves the Footer component by enhancing layout structure, responsiveness, accessibility, and overall visual hierarchy. The footer has been refactored to provide a more balanced design across different screen sizes and improve usability for navigation and community engagement.

Key improvements:

Refactored grid layout for better spacing and alignment across large screens
Improved responsiveness for mobile, tablet, and desktop views
Replaced “Stay Tuned” toggle with a functional newsletter subscription form
Added proper aria-label attributes for all icon-only and interactive elements
Improved focus states using focus-visible for better keyboard accessibility
Enhanced visual hierarchy for Navigation, Updates, and Community sections
Improved hover and interaction feedback for links and social icons
Better spacing consistency and section separation for cleaner UI

Related Issue

solves issue: #1310

Type of Contribution

• Bug fix
• New feature
• Documentation update
• [.] Refactor
• [.] GSSoC contribution

Participant Info

• GitHub username: ArshiBansal
• Contribution level (Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced): Beginner

Screen Recording

How to record: run bun run dev → open http://localhost:3000 → demonstrate the full working flow of your change, including any edge cases.

• macOS: Cmd + Shift + 5 → Record Selected Portion, or use QuickTime Player
• Windows: Win + G → Xbox Game Bar → Capture
• Linux: OBS Studio, GNOME Screenshot tool, or kazam
• Any OS: Loom (free screen recorder, great for sharing)

Recording / Loom link: ## Checklist

• I have read the contribution guidelines
• My changes follow the project structure
• I have tested my changes in Chrome, Firefox, and Safari
• bun run lint passes (no ESLint errors)
• bunx tsc --noEmit passes (no TypeScript errors)
• New interactive elements have aria-label / accessible names
• No console.log statements left in
• This PR is related to a valid issue
• Screen recording attached above (required for UI/feature/design changes)