UI updates

Seasoned.Frontend/app/assets/css/app-theme.css

@@ -665,6 +665,12 @@ html, body {
   border: 1px solid #e8dec5 !important;
 }
 
+.save-prompt-card {
+  border: 1px solid #e0d5c5 !important;
+  border-left: 4px solid #8c4a32 !important;
+  border-radius: 8px !important;
+}
+
 /* Mobile Experience: Full-screen Parchment */
 @media (max-width: 959px) {
   .landing-wrapper {
@@ -678,14 +684,12 @@ html, body {
     overflow: visible !important;
   }
 
-  /* 2. Kill the Wood Background and apply Parchment to the whole page */
   .recipe-bg, .landing-page, .v-application {
     background-color: #f4e4bc !important; 
     background-image: none !important;
     min-height: 100vh !important;
   }
 
-  /* 3. Make the Card fill the width and remove the 'floating' shadow */
   .v-container {
     padding: 0 !important;
     margin: 0 !important;
@@ -701,11 +705,9 @@ html, body {
     border-radius: 0 !important;
     box-shadow: none !important;
     min-height: 100vh;
-    /* Keeps the subtle paper texture without the wood peeking through */
     background-image: url("https://www.transparenttextures.com/patterns/natural-paper.png") !important;
   }
 
-  /* 4. Force columns to stack so they don't squash */
   .recipe-content .v-row {
     display: flex !important;
     flex-direction: column !important;
@@ -728,21 +730,18 @@ html, body {
     text-shadow: none;
   }
 
-  /* 2. Adjust the hover state for mobile (touch) */
   .nav-auth-btn:hover, 
   .nav-home-btn:hover, 
   .nav-btn:hover {
-    background-color: rgba(46, 30, 10, 0.1) !important; /* Subtle dark tint */
+    background-color: rgba(46, 30, 10, 0.1) !important;
-    color: #8c4a32 !important; /* Use your rust-orange accent on hover */
+    color: #8c4a32 !important;
   }
 
-  /* 3. If you have an App Bar, ensure it doesn't stay transparent with white text */
   .v-app-bar {
     background-color: #f4e4bc !important; 
     border-bottom: 1px solid #dccca7 !important;
   }
-  
+
-  /* 4. Fix the icon colors in the nav if they are white */
   .v-app-bar .v-icon {
     color: #2e1e0a !important;
   }

Seasoned.Frontend/app/components/RecipeDisplay.vue

@@ -39,6 +39,26 @@
         </v-col>
       </v-row>
 
+      <v-expand-transition>
+        <v-card 
+          v-if="showSavePrompt" 
+          class="mx-auto mb-6 pa-4 save-prompt-card"
+          max-width="500"
+          color="#fdfbf7" 
+          elevation="2"
+        >
+          <div class="d-flex align-center">
+            <v-icon color="#8c4a32" class="mr-4" size="large">mdi-feather</v-icon>
+            <div>
+              <p class="text-subtitle-1 font-weight-bold mb-0" style="color: #5d4a36;">A Quick Note...</p>
+              <p class="text-body-2 mb-0" style="color: #8c7e6a;">To create a shareable link, please <strong>Save to Collection</strong> first.</p>
+            </div>
+            <v-spacer></v-spacer>
+            <v-btn icon="mdi-close" variant="text" size="small" color="#8c7e6a" @click="showSavePrompt = false"></v-btn>
+          </div>
+        </v-card>
+      </v-expand-transition>
+
       <v-row justify="center" class="mt-12 pb-10">
         <v-btn
           class="px-8 print-btn"
@@ -117,6 +137,7 @@
 import { ref } from 'vue'
 import '@/assets/css/app-theme.css'
 const hasShared =ref(false)
+const showSavePrompt = ref(false)
 
 const props = defineProps({
   recipe: { type: Object, default: null },
@@ -133,7 +154,8 @@ const printRecipe = () => {
 
 const shareRecipe = async () => {
   if (!props.recipe?.id) {
-    alert("Please save this recipe to your collection first to generate a shareable link!");
+    showSavePrompt.value = true;
+    setTimeout(() => { showSavePrompt.value = false; }, 6000);
     return;
   }