Replace the grey theme with a green-slate light/dark pair

PaperMod ships grey on grey, which read as flat and dim on pages that are
mostly tables. Both schemes are now redefinitions of PaperMod's own
variables, so the theme picks them up without further overrides, plus
--accent, --warm and --wash for the placements below. Every text pair
clears WCAG AA.

Venue tables drop the full 1px grid for horizontal rules, a tinted header
and an accent row hover; domain and tag code spans become chips. Warm
marks the one cell worth finding first in a headered table — the ICORE
rank, the SCImago quartile, the still-open cycle — and detail-page fact
tables are excluded, since bold there is a row label, not emphasis.

The FullCalendar variable mapping was dark-only, leaving light mode on
the library's stock chrome; it now maps once through theme variables and
covers both. Event colours were saturated with white text on top, so they
become five pale chips carrying explicit dark ink, legible on either
theme.

Ranks were also emitting '**A***', which closes the emphasis on the
second star and leaves the third loose — visible once ranks had their own
colour.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

site/assets/css/extended/custom.css

@@ -3,6 +3,175 @@
    themes/PaperMod submodule — those never get committed, and CI checks the
    submodule out fresh, so they would be missing from the deployed site. */
 
+/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   Palette
+
+   PaperMod ships a neutral grey on grey. This replaces both schemes with a
+   quieter green-slate pair: paper under morning light, and a desk lamp at
+   night. Every colour below is a redefinition of a PaperMod variable, plus
+   four of our own (--accent, --accent-soft, --accent-line, --warm, --wash),
+   so the rest of the theme picks the palette up without further overrides.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+:root {
+    --theme: #f2f5f3;
+    --entry: #ffffff;
+    --primary: #1e2b28;
+    --secondary: #5b6d68;
+    --tertiary: #d8e0db;
+    --content: #2b3a36;
+    --border: #e3eae5;
+    --code-bg: #e8efea;
+    --code-block-bg: #1b2523;
+
+    --accent: #14705f;
+    --accent-soft: rgba(20, 112, 95, 0.09);
+    --accent-line: rgba(20, 112, 95, 0.32);
+    --warm: #9a5f22;
+    --wash: rgba(20, 112, 95, 0.07);
+    --shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(30, 43, 40, 0.04), 0 8px 24px rgba(30, 43, 40, 0.05);
+    --shadow-hover: 0 2px 4px rgba(30, 43, 40, 0.06), 0 14px 32px rgba(30, 43, 40, 0.09);
+}
+
+:root[data-theme="dark"] {
+    --theme: #131917;
+    --entry: #1b2321;
+    --primary: #e0e8e4;
+    --secondary: #94a5a0;
+    --tertiary: #2c3a36;
+    --content: #c6d3ce;
+    --border: #26312e;
+    --code-bg: #202a27;
+    --code-block-bg: #0f1513;
+
+    --accent: #6ec7ae;
+    --accent-soft: rgba(110, 199, 174, 0.11);
+    --accent-line: rgba(110, 199, 174, 0.30);
+    --warm: #e0b478;
+    --wash: rgba(110, 199, 174, 0.06);
+    --shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25), 0 8px 24px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.20);
+    --shadow-hover: 0 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.30), 0 14px 32px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.28);
+}
+
+/* A single soft light source behind the header, fixed so it stays put while
+   long venue tables scroll. Low enough alpha to read as tint, not gradient. */
+body {
+    background-image: radial-gradient(1100px 420px at 50% -140px, var(--wash), transparent 72%);
+    background-attachment: fixed;
+}
+
+/* PaperMod tints list pages with --code-bg, which now belongs to code chips.
+   Keep every page on the same ground. */
+.list,
+[data-theme="dark"] .list {
+    background-color: var(--theme);
+}
+
+::selection {
+    background: var(--accent-soft);
+}
+
+:focus-visible {
+    outline: 2px solid var(--accent);
+    outline-offset: 2px;
+}
+
+/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   Accent placement
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+.md-content a:not(.anchor) {
+    color: var(--accent);
+    text-decoration-color: var(--accent-line);
+}
+
+.md-content a:not(.anchor):hover {
+    text-decoration-color: var(--accent);
+}
+
+.md-content blockquote {
+    border-inline-start-color: var(--accent-line);
+}
+
+.menu .active {
+    color: var(--accent);
+    text-decoration-color: var(--accent);
+}
+
+.header {
+    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
+}
+
+.post-entry {
+    box-shadow: var(--shadow);
+}
+
+.post-entry:hover,
+.post-entry:focus-within {
+    border-color: var(--accent-line);
+    box-shadow: var(--shadow-hover);
+}
+
+.pagination a,
+.paginav a {
+    color: var(--accent);
+}
+
+/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   Venue tables
+
+   The tracker is mostly tables, and PaperMod's full 1px grid is what made them
+   read as a spreadsheet. Rules run horizontally only; the header carries the
+   tint, and the hovered row tells you which venue you are reading across.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+.md-content table th,
+.md-content table:not(.highlighttable, .highlight table, .gist .highlight) td {
+    border: 0;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
+}
+
+.md-content table th {
+    background: var(--code-bg);
+    color: var(--secondary);
+    font-size: 0.8em;
+    font-weight: 600;
+    letter-spacing: 0.03em;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--tertiary);
+}
+
+.md-content table tbody tr:hover {
+    background: var(--accent-soft);
+}
+
+/* Venue detail pages carry headerless fact tables. Their empty header row would
+   now show as a tinted bar above the first fact. */
+.md-content table thead:not(:has(th:not(:empty))) {
+    display: none;
+}
+
+/* In a table that does have headers, bold marks the one cell worth finding
+   first: the ICORE rank, the SCImago quartile, the cycle that is still open.
+   Warm keeps it separate from the run of dates beside it. Detail pages are
+   excluded — there bold marks every row label, which is not emphasis. */
+.md-content table:has(thead th:not(:empty)) td strong {
+    color: var(--warm);
+}
+
+/* Domains and tags are inline code spans. Chips, not code. */
+.md-content :not(pre) > code {
+    background: var(--accent-soft);
+    color: var(--accent);
+    border-radius: 999px;
+    padding: 0.15em 0.55em;
+    font-size: 0.72em;
+}
+
+/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   Layout adjustments (predate the palette)
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
 /* Shorter hero block: PaperMod reserves 320px / 260px for a lead image we
    don't use, which pushed the venue tables below the fold. */
 .first-entry {
@@ -19,7 +188,7 @@
    full title weight; the topic reads as a secondary breadcrumb. */
 .logo-sep {
     margin: 0 6px;
-    color: var(--secondary);
+    color: var(--tertiary);
     font-size: 24px;
     font-weight: 400;
 }
@@ -30,6 +199,10 @@
     color: var(--secondary);
 }
 
+.logo .logo-topic:hover {
+    color: var(--accent);
+}
+
 /* Topic cards on the home page. The stats line and the section shortcuts sit
    inside PaperMod's .post-entry, whose ::before overlay swallows clicks, so the
    shortcut links need to be lifted above it to stay clickable. */
@@ -44,6 +217,11 @@
     color: var(--secondary);
 }
 
+.topic-stats strong {
+    color: var(--primary);
+    font-weight: 600;
+}
+
 .topic-links {
     display: flex;
     gap: 16px;
@@ -53,7 +231,12 @@
 }
 
 .topic-links a {
-    box-shadow: 0 1px 0 var(--primary);
+    color: var(--accent);
+    box-shadow: 0 1px 0 var(--accent-line);
+}
+
+.topic-links a:hover {
+    box-shadow: 0 1px 0 var(--accent);
 }
 
 /* Intro copy above a list of cards. PaperMod gives .post-entry a bottom margin

site/content/cloud-edge/calendar/_index.md

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 ---
 title: Submission Deadlines
 layout: calendar
-generated: '2026-08-17T18:03:33Z'
+generated: '2026-08-17T18:20:48Z'
 draft: false
 events:
 - title: OSDI — abstract deadline
   start: '2026-12-01'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/osdi/
-  color: '#f4a261'
+  color: '#f0d2a4'
+  textColor: '#4a3212'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Baltimore, MD, USA
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ events:
 - title: OSDI — paper deadline
   start: '2026-12-08'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/osdi/
-  color: '#e63946'
+  color: '#f2b3ac'
+  textColor: '#5a1f19'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Baltimore, MD, USA
@@ -23,7 +25,8 @@ events:
 - title: OSDI — notification
   start: '2027-03-16'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/osdi/
-  color: '#2a9d8f'
+  color: '#b9dfd0'
+  textColor: '#14402f'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Baltimore, MD, USA
@@ -31,7 +34,8 @@ events:
 - title: OSDI
   start: '2027-07-07'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/osdi/
-  color: '#457b9d'
+  color: '#bdd2ee'
+  textColor: '#1a3557'
   allDay: true
   end: '2027-07-10'
   extendedProps:
@@ -39,7 +43,8 @@ events:
 - title: SOSP — abstract deadline
   start: '2026-03-26'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/sosp/
-  color: '#f4a261'
+  color: '#f0d2a4'
+  textColor: '#4a3212'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Prague, Czechia
@@ -47,7 +52,8 @@ events:
 - title: SOSP — paper deadline
   start: '2026-04-01'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/sosp/
-  color: '#e63946'
+  color: '#f2b3ac'
+  textColor: '#5a1f19'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Prague, Czechia
@@ -55,7 +61,8 @@ events:
 - title: SOSP — notification
   start: '2026-07-03'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/sosp/
-  color: '#2a9d8f'
+  color: '#b9dfd0'
+  textColor: '#14402f'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Prague, Czechia
@@ -63,7 +70,8 @@ events:
 - title: SOSP
   start: '2026-09-29'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/sosp/
-  color: '#457b9d'
+  color: '#bdd2ee'
+  textColor: '#1a3557'
   allDay: true
   end: '2026-10-03'
   extendedProps:
@@ -71,7 +79,8 @@ events:
 - title: NSDI Spring — abstract deadline
   start: '2026-04-16'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/nsdi/
-  color: '#f4a261'
+  color: '#f0d2a4'
+  textColor: '#4a3212'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Providence, RI, USA
@@ -80,7 +89,8 @@ events:
 - title: NSDI Spring — paper deadline
   start: '2026-04-23'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/nsdi/
-  color: '#e63946'
+  color: '#f2b3ac'
+  textColor: '#5a1f19'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Providence, RI, USA
@@ -89,7 +99,8 @@ events:
 - title: NSDI Spring — notification
   start: '2026-07-23'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/nsdi/
-  color: '#2a9d8f'
+  color: '#b9dfd0'
+  textColor: '#14402f'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Providence, RI, USA
@@ -98,7 +109,8 @@ events:
 - title: NSDI Fall — abstract deadline
   start: '2026-09-10'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/nsdi/
-  color: '#f4a261'
+  color: '#f0d2a4'
+  textColor: '#4a3212'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Providence, RI, USA
@@ -107,7 +119,8 @@ events:
 - title: NSDI Fall — paper deadline
   start: '2026-09-17'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/nsdi/
-  color: '#e63946'
+  color: '#f2b3ac'
+  textColor: '#5a1f19'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Providence, RI, USA
@@ -116,7 +129,8 @@ events:
 - title: NSDI Fall — notification
   start: '2026-12-08'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/nsdi/
-  color: '#2a9d8f'
+  color: '#b9dfd0'
+  textColor: '#14402f'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Providence, RI, USA
@@ -125,7 +139,8 @@ events:
 - title: NSDI
   start: '2027-05-11'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/nsdi/
-  color: '#457b9d'
+  color: '#bdd2ee'
+  textColor: '#1a3557'
   allDay: true
   end: '2027-05-14'
   extendedProps:
@@ -133,7 +148,8 @@ events:
 - title: EuroSys Spring — abstract deadline
   start: '2026-05-07'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/eurosys/
-  color: '#f4a261'
+  color: '#f0d2a4'
+  textColor: '#4a3212'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Rabat, Morocco
@@ -142,7 +158,8 @@ events:
 - title: EuroSys Spring — paper deadline
   start: '2026-05-14'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/eurosys/
-  color: '#e63946'
+  color: '#f2b3ac'
+  textColor: '#5a1f19'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Rabat, Morocco
@@ -151,7 +168,8 @@ events:
 - title: EuroSys Spring — notification
   start: '2026-08-21'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/eurosys/
-  color: '#2a9d8f'
+  color: '#b9dfd0'
+  textColor: '#14402f'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Rabat, Morocco
@@ -160,7 +178,8 @@ events:
 - title: EuroSys Fall — abstract deadline
   start: '2026-09-17'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/eurosys/
-  color: '#f4a261'
+  color: '#f0d2a4'
+  textColor: '#4a3212'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Rabat, Morocco
@@ -169,7 +188,8 @@ events:
 - title: EuroSys Fall — paper deadline
   start: '2026-09-24'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/eurosys/
-  color: '#e63946'
+  color: '#f2b3ac'
+  textColor: '#5a1f19'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Rabat, Morocco
@@ -178,7 +198,8 @@ events:
 - title: EuroSys Fall — notification
   start: '2027-01-29'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/eurosys/
-  color: '#2a9d8f'
+  color: '#b9dfd0'
+  textColor: '#14402f'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Rabat, Morocco
@@ -187,7 +208,8 @@ events:
 - title: EuroSys
   start: '2027-04-19'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/eurosys/
-  color: '#457b9d'
+  color: '#bdd2ee'
+  textColor: '#1a3557'
   allDay: true
   end: '2027-04-24'
   extendedProps:
@@ -195,7 +217,8 @@ events:
 - title: ATC — paper deadline
   start: '2026-06-10'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/atc/
-  color: '#e63946'
+  color: '#f2b3ac'
+  textColor: '#5a1f19'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Hong Kong
@@ -203,7 +226,8 @@ events:
 - title: ATC — notification
   start: '2026-09-18'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/atc/
-  color: '#2a9d8f'
+  color: '#b9dfd0'
+  textColor: '#14402f'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Hong Kong
@@ -211,7 +235,8 @@ events:
 - title: ATC
   start: '2026-11-16'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/atc/
-  color: '#457b9d'
+  color: '#bdd2ee'
+  textColor: '#1a3557'
   allDay: true
   end: '2026-11-19'
   extendedProps:
@@ -219,7 +244,8 @@ events:
 - title: SoCC Round 1 — abstract deadline
   start: '2026-02-06'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/socc/
-  color: '#f4a261'
+  color: '#f0d2a4'
+  textColor: '#4a3212'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Singapore
@@ -228,7 +254,8 @@ events:
 - title: SoCC Round 1 — paper deadline
   start: '2026-02-13'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/socc/
-  color: '#e63946'
+  color: '#f2b3ac'
+  textColor: '#5a1f19'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Singapore
@@ -237,7 +264,8 @@ events:
 - title: SoCC Round 1 — notification
   start: '2026-04-29'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/socc/
-  color: '#2a9d8f'
+  color: '#b9dfd0'
+  textColor: '#14402f'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Singapore
@@ -246,7 +274,8 @@ events:
 - title: SoCC Round 2 — abstract deadline
   start: '2026-07-07'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/socc/
-  color: '#f4a261'
+  color: '#f0d2a4'
+  textColor: '#4a3212'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Singapore
@@ -255,7 +284,8 @@ events:
 - title: SoCC Round 2 — paper deadline
   start: '2026-07-14'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/socc/
-  color: '#e63946'
+  color: '#f2b3ac'
+  textColor: '#5a1f19'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Singapore
@@ -264,7 +294,8 @@ events:
 - title: SoCC Round 2 — notification
   start: '2026-09-26'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/socc/
-  color: '#2a9d8f'
+  color: '#b9dfd0'
+  textColor: '#14402f'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Singapore
@@ -273,7 +304,8 @@ events:
 - title: SoCC
   start: '2026-11-18'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/socc/
-  color: '#457b9d'
+  color: '#bdd2ee'
+  textColor: '#1a3557'
   allDay: true
   end: '2026-11-21'
   extendedProps:
@@ -281,7 +313,8 @@ events:
 - title: Middleware Winter — abstract deadline
   start: '2025-12-09'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/middleware/
-  color: '#f4a261'
+  color: '#f0d2a4'
+  textColor: '#4a3212'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Tarragona, Spain
@@ -290,7 +323,8 @@ events:
 - title: Middleware Winter — paper deadline
   start: '2025-12-12'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/middleware/
-  color: '#e63946'
+  color: '#f2b3ac'
+  textColor: '#5a1f19'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Tarragona, Spain
@@ -299,7 +333,8 @@ events:
 - title: Middleware Winter — notification
   start: '2026-03-06'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/middleware/
-  color: '#2a9d8f'
+  color: '#b9dfd0'
+  textColor: '#14402f'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Tarragona, Spain
@@ -308,7 +343,8 @@ events:
 - title: Middleware Summer — abstract deadline
   start: '2026-05-29'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/middleware/
-  color: '#f4a261'
+  color: '#f0d2a4'
+  textColor: '#4a3212'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Tarragona, Spain
@@ -317,7 +353,8 @@ events:
 - title: Middleware Summer — paper deadline
   start: '2026-06-05'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/middleware/
-  color: '#e63946'
+  color: '#f2b3ac'
+  textColor: '#5a1f19'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Tarragona, Spain
@@ -326,7 +363,8 @@ events:
 - title: Middleware Summer — notification
   start: '2026-08-28'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/middleware/
-  color: '#2a9d8f'
+  color: '#b9dfd0'
+  textColor: '#14402f'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Tarragona, Spain
@@ -335,7 +373,8 @@ events:
 - title: Middleware
   start: '2026-12-14'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/middleware/
-  color: '#457b9d'
+  color: '#bdd2ee'
+  textColor: '#1a3557'
   allDay: true
   end: '2026-12-19'
   extendedProps:
@@ -343,7 +382,8 @@ events:
 - title: IPDPS — abstract deadline
   start: '2026-10-01'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/ipdps/
-  color: '#f4a261'
+  color: '#f0d2a4'
+  textColor: '#4a3212'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Seattle, WA, USA
@@ -351,7 +391,8 @@ events:
 - title: IPDPS — paper deadline
   start: '2026-10-08'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/ipdps/
-  color: '#e63946'
+  color: '#f2b3ac'
+  textColor: '#5a1f19'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Seattle, WA, USA
@@ -359,7 +400,8 @@ events:
 - title: IPDPS — notification
   start: '2027-02-02'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/ipdps/
-  color: '#2a9d8f'
+  color: '#b9dfd0'
+  textColor: '#14402f'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Seattle, WA, USA
@@ -367,7 +409,8 @@ events:
 - title: IPDPS
   start: '2027-06-01'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/ipdps/
-  color: '#457b9d'
+  color: '#bdd2ee'
+  textColor: '#1a3557'
   allDay: true
   end: '2027-06-06'
   extendedProps:
@@ -375,7 +418,8 @@ events:
 - title: SC — abstract deadline
   start: '2026-04-01'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/sc/
-  color: '#f4a261'
+  color: '#f0d2a4'
+  textColor: '#4a3212'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Chicago, IL, USA
@@ -383,7 +427,8 @@ events:
 - title: SC — paper deadline
   start: '2026-04-08'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/sc/
-  color: '#e63946'
+  color: '#f2b3ac'
+  textColor: '#5a1f19'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Chicago, IL, USA
@@ -391,7 +436,8 @@ events:
 - title: SC — notification
   start: '2026-07-01'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/sc/
-  color: '#2a9d8f'
+  color: '#b9dfd0'
+  textColor: '#14402f'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Chicago, IL, USA
@@ -399,7 +445,8 @@ events:
 - title: SC
   start: '2026-11-15'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/sc/
-  color: '#457b9d'
+  color: '#bdd2ee'
+  textColor: '#1a3557'
   allDay: true
   end: '2026-11-21'
   extendedProps:
@@ -407,7 +454,8 @@ events:
 - title: HPDC — abstract deadline
   start: '2026-01-29'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/hpdc/
-  color: '#f4a261'
+  color: '#f0d2a4'
+  textColor: '#4a3212'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Cleveland, OH, USA
@@ -415,7 +463,8 @@ events:
 - title: HPDC — paper deadline
   start: '2026-02-05'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/hpdc/
-  color: '#e63946'
+  color: '#f2b3ac'
+  textColor: '#5a1f19'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Cleveland, OH, USA
@@ -423,7 +472,8 @@ events:
 - title: HPDC — notification
   start: '2026-03-31'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/hpdc/
-  color: '#2a9d8f'
+  color: '#b9dfd0'
+  textColor: '#14402f'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Cleveland, OH, USA
@@ -431,7 +481,8 @@ events:
 - title: HPDC
   start: '2026-07-13'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/hpdc/
-  color: '#457b9d'
+  color: '#bdd2ee'
+  textColor: '#1a3557'
   allDay: true
   end: '2026-07-17'
   extendedProps:
@@ -439,7 +490,8 @@ events:
 - title: MobiSys — abstract deadline
   start: '2025-11-28'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/mobisys/
-  color: '#f4a261'
+  color: '#f0d2a4'
+  textColor: '#4a3212'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Cambridge, UK
@@ -447,7 +499,8 @@ events:
 - title: MobiSys — paper deadline
   start: '2025-12-05'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/mobisys/
-  color: '#e63946'
+  color: '#f2b3ac'
+  textColor: '#5a1f19'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Cambridge, UK
@@ -455,7 +508,8 @@ events:
 - title: MobiSys — notification
   start: '2026-03-02'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/mobisys/
-  color: '#2a9d8f'
+  color: '#b9dfd0'
+  textColor: '#14402f'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Cambridge, UK
@@ -463,7 +517,8 @@ events:
 - title: MobiSys
   start: '2026-06-22'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/mobisys/
-  color: '#457b9d'
+  color: '#bdd2ee'
+  textColor: '#1a3557'
   allDay: true
   end: '2026-06-25'
   extendedProps:
@@ -471,34 +526,39 @@ events:
 - title: SEC — abstract deadline
   start: '2026-05-08'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/sec/
-  color: '#f4a261'
+  color: '#f0d2a4'
+  textColor: '#4a3212'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     cfp_url: https://acm-ieee-sec.org/2026/
 - title: SEC — paper deadline
   start: '2026-05-08'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/sec/
-  color: '#e63946'
+  color: '#f2b3ac'
+  textColor: '#5a1f19'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     cfp_url: https://acm-ieee-sec.org/2026/
 - title: SEC — notification
   start: '2026-07-29'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/sec/
-  color: '#2a9d8f'
+  color: '#b9dfd0'
+  textColor: '#14402f'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     cfp_url: https://acm-ieee-sec.org/2026/
 - title: SEC
   start: '2026-10-13'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/sec/
-  color: '#457b9d'
+  color: '#bdd2ee'
+  textColor: '#1a3557'
   allDay: true
   end: '2026-10-17'
 - title: CCGrid — paper deadline
   start: '2025-12-21'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/ccgrid/
-  color: '#e63946'
+  color: '#f2b3ac'
+  textColor: '#5a1f19'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Sydney, Australia
@@ -506,7 +566,8 @@ events:
 - title: CCGrid — notification
   start: '2026-02-10'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/ccgrid/
-  color: '#2a9d8f'
+  color: '#b9dfd0'
+  textColor: '#14402f'
   allDay: true
   extendedProps:
     location: Sydney, Australia
@@ -514,7 +575,8 @@ events:
 - title: CCGrid
   start: '2026-05-18'
   url: /cloud-edge/venues/conferences/ccgrid/
-  color: '#457b9d'
+  color: '#bdd2ee'
+  textColor: '#1a3557'
   allDay: true
   end: '2026-05-22'
   extendedProps:

site/content/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/OSDI/_index.md

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ camera_ready: Jun 3, 2027
 
 | | |
 |---|---|
-| **ICORE Rank** | **A*** |
+| **ICORE Rank** | **A\*** |
 | **Domains** | `edge-and-cloud`, `operating-systems`, `distributed-systems` |
 | **Website** | [https://www.usenix.org/conference/osdi26](https://www.usenix.org/conference/osdi26) |
 | **Latest digest** | [OSDI 2025](/cloud-edge/digests/osdi-2025/) — 13 papers |

site/content/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/SOSP/_index.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ cfp_url: https://sigops.org/s/conferences/sosp/2026/cfp.html
 
 | | |
 |---|---|
-| **ICORE Rank** | **A*** |
+| **ICORE Rank** | **A\*** |
 | **Domains** | `edge-and-cloud`, `operating-systems`, `distributed-systems` |
 | **Website** | [https://sigops.org/s/conferences/sosp/](https://sigops.org/s/conferences/sosp/) |
 | **Latest digest** | [SOSP 2025](/cloud-edge/digests/sosp-2025/) — 14 papers |

site/content/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/_index.md

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ draft: false
 
 | Conference | Full name | ICORE | Domains | Abstract | Paper deadline | Notification | Event | Location | Digests |
 |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
-| [OSDI](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/osdi/) | USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation | **A*** | `edge-and-cloud`, `operating-systems`, `distributed-systems` | Dec 1, 2026 | Dec 8, 2026 | Mar 16, 2027 | Jul 7-9, 2027 | Baltimore, MD, USA | 2 |
+| [OSDI](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/osdi/) | USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation | **A\*** | `edge-and-cloud`, `operating-systems`, `distributed-systems` | Dec 1, 2026 | Dec 8, 2026 | Mar 16, 2027 | Jul 7-9, 2027 | Baltimore, MD, USA | 2 |
-| [SOSP](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/sosp/) | ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles | **A*** | `edge-and-cloud`, `operating-systems`, `distributed-systems` | Mar 26, 2026 | Apr 1, 2026 | Jul 3, 2026 | Sep 29, 2026 - Oct 2, 2026 | Prague, Czechia | 2 |
+| [SOSP](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/sosp/) | ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles | **A\*** | `edge-and-cloud`, `operating-systems`, `distributed-systems` | Mar 26, 2026 | Apr 1, 2026 | Jul 3, 2026 | Sep 29, 2026 - Oct 2, 2026 | Prague, Czechia | 2 |
 | [EuroSys](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/eurosys/) | European Conference on Computer Systems | **A** | `edge-and-cloud`, `operating-systems`, `distributed-systems` | Sep 17, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 (Fall) | Jan 29, 2027 | Apr 19-23, 2027 | Rabat, Morocco | 2 |
 | [HPDC](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/hpdc/) | IEEE International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing | **A** | `edge-and-cloud`, `hpc`, `distributed-systems` | Jan 29, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | Jul 13, 2026 - Jul 16, 2026 | Cleveland, OH, USA | 2 |
 | [IPDPS](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/ipdps/) | IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium | **A** | `edge-and-cloud`, `parallel-computing`, `distributed-systems` | Oct 1, 2026 | Oct 8, 2026 | Feb 2, 2027 | Jun 1-5, 2027 | Seattle, WA, USA | 2 |

site/layouts/partials/extend_head.html

@@ -7,22 +7,30 @@
   .fc table { display: table; overflow-x: visible; margin-bottom: 0; border-radius: 0; word-break: normal; }
   .fc th { min-width: 0; text-align: center; }
   .fc td:first-child, .fc th:first-child { width: auto; }
-  /* Map PaperMod dark theme to FullCalendar CSS variables */
+  /* Map the site palette onto FullCalendar's variables. The values are theme
-  [data-theme="dark"] #pa-calendar {
+     variables, so one mapping covers both light and dark. */
-    --fc-page-bg-color:            var(--theme);
+  #pa-calendar {
-    --fc-neutral-bg-color:         var(--entry);
+    --fc-page-bg-color:            var(--entry);
+    --fc-neutral-bg-color:         var(--code-bg);
     --fc-neutral-text-color:       var(--secondary);
     --fc-border-color:             var(--border);
-    --fc-today-bg-color:           rgba(255, 220, 40, 0.08);
+    --fc-today-bg-color:           var(--accent-soft);
-    --fc-list-event-hover-bg-color: var(--entry);
+    --fc-list-event-hover-bg-color: var(--accent-soft);
     --fc-button-text-color:        var(--primary);
     --fc-button-bg-color:          var(--entry);
     --fc-button-border-color:      var(--border);
-    --fc-button-hover-bg-color:    var(--tertiary);
+    --fc-button-hover-bg-color:    var(--code-bg);
-    --fc-button-hover-border-color: var(--border);
+    --fc-button-hover-border-color: var(--accent-line);
-    --fc-button-active-bg-color:   var(--tertiary);
+    --fc-button-active-bg-color:   var(--accent-soft);
-    --fc-button-active-border-color: var(--border);
+    --fc-button-active-border-color: var(--accent-line);
+    background: var(--entry);
+    border: 1px solid var(--border);
+    border-radius: var(--radius);
+    padding: 1rem;
     color: var(--primary);
   }
+  .fc .fc-daygrid-day-number, .fc .fc-col-header-cell-cushion { color: var(--secondary); }
+  .fc .fc-day-today .fc-daygrid-day-number { color: var(--accent); font-weight: 600; }
+  .fc-event { border-radius: 4px; }
 </style>
 {{- end }}

src/publish_assistant/generate_content.py

@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ def load_venue_digests(papers_dir: Path) -> dict[str, list[dict]]:
 # Markdown body renderers
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+def _bold_rank(rank: str) -> str:
+    """Bold a rank that may carry a literal asterisk. '**A***' closes the
+    emphasis on the second star, leaving the third one loose outside it."""
+    return "**" + str(rank).replace("*", r"\*") + "**"
+
+
 def _conf_body(fm: dict, digests: list[dict] | None = None, base_path: str = "") -> str:
     rank         = fm.get("icore_rank") or "—"
     hp           = fm.get("homepage") or ""
@@ -196,7 +202,7 @@ def _conf_body(fm: dict, digests: list[dict] | None = None, base_path: str = "")
     lines = [f"\n*{fm.get('full_name', '')}*\n"]
     lines += [
         "| | |", "|---|---|",
-        f"| **ICORE Rank** | **{rank}** |",
+        f"| **ICORE Rank** | {_bold_rank(rank)} |",
         f"| **Domains** | {domains} |",
     ]
     if hp:
@@ -471,7 +477,7 @@ def _conferences_section_body(venues: dict, icore: dict, deadlines: dict,
         link     = f"[{acronym}]({base_path}/venues/conferences/{acronym.lower()}/)"
         abs_cell = abstract if (abstract and abstract != paper) else ""
         dig_cell = str(n_dig) if n_dig else "—"
-        lines.append(f"| {link} | {full_name} | **{rank}** | {domains} | {abs_cell} | {paper} | {notif} | {event} | {location} | {dig_cell} |")
+        lines.append(f"| {link} | {full_name} | {_bold_rank(rank)} | {domains} | {abs_cell} | {paper} | {notif} | {event} | {location} | {dig_cell} |")
     return "\n".join(lines) + "\n"
 
 
@@ -503,6 +509,18 @@ def _journals_section_body(venues: dict, venue_digests: dict | None = None, base
 # Calendar events builder (for FullCalendar)
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+# One chip colour per event kind. Backgrounds stay pale and dark ink is set
+# explicitly, so a chip is legible on both the light and the dark site theme —
+# FullCalendar's default white event text would not be.
+EVENT_COLORS = {
+    "abstract":     ("#f0d2a4", "#4a3212"),
+    "paper":        ("#f2b3ac", "#5a1f19"),
+    "notification": ("#b9dfd0", "#14402f"),
+    "event":        ("#bdd2ee", "#1a3557"),
+    "special":      ("#d8c8f0", "#35215c"),
+}
+
+
 def _calendar_events(venues: dict, deadlines: dict, base_path: str = "") -> list[dict]:
     events: list[dict] = []
     for conf in venues.get("conferences") or []:
@@ -515,15 +533,17 @@ def _calendar_events(venues: dict, deadlines: dict, base_path: str = "") -> list
             cycle_name = cycle.get("name") or ""
             prefix     = f"{acronym} {cycle_name}".strip()
             cfp_url    = cycle.get("cfp_url") or dl.get("cfp_url") or ""
-            for field, label, color in [
+            for field, label, kind in [
-                ("abstract_deadline", "abstract deadline", "#f4a261"),
+                ("abstract_deadline", "abstract deadline", "abstract"),
-                ("submission_deadline", "paper deadline",  "#e63946"),
+                ("submission_deadline", "paper deadline",  "paper"),
-                ("notification",       "notification",     "#2a9d8f"),
+                ("notification",       "notification",     "notification"),
             ]:
+                color, text_color = EVENT_COLORS[kind]
                 iso = _parse_date(cycle.get(field) or "")
                 if iso:
                     ev: dict = {"title": f"{prefix} — {label}", "start": iso,
-                                "url": url, "color": color, "allDay": True}
+                                "url": url, "color": color,
+                                "textColor": text_color, "allDay": True}
                     props: dict = {}
                     if location:
                         props["location"] = location
@@ -537,16 +557,17 @@ def _calendar_events(venues: dict, deadlines: dict, base_path: str = "") -> list
 
         start, end = _parse_date_range(dl.get("event_dates") or "")
         if start:
+            color, text_color = EVENT_COLORS["event"]
             ev = {"title": acronym, "start": start, "url": url,
-                  "color": "#457b9d", "allDay": True}
+                  "color": color, "textColor": text_color, "allDay": True}
             if end:
                 ev["end"] = end
             if location:
                 ev["extendedProps"] = {"location": location}
             events.append(ev)
 
-    # Journal special issue deadlines — one purple series, distinct from conferences
+    # Journal special issue deadlines — one violet series, distinct from conferences
-    journal_color = "#7b2cbf"
+    journal_color, journal_text_color = EVENT_COLORS["special"]
     for journal in venues.get("journals") or []:
         acronym = journal.get("acronym", "")
         url = f"{base_path}/venues/journals/{acronym.lower()}/"
@@ -563,7 +584,7 @@ def _calendar_events(venues: dict, deadlines: dict, base_path: str = "") -> list
                 if iso:
                     ev = {"title": f"{acronym} SI — {si_title} — {label}",
                           "start": iso, "url": url, "color": journal_color,
-                          "allDay": True}
+                          "textColor": journal_text_color, "allDay": True}
                     if cfp_url:
                         ev["extendedProps"] = {"cfp_url": cfp_url}
                     events.append(ev)