Link OWASP Community text to Slack in BLT University footer

[Manahil-Afzal]

What this PR does:

Updates the BLT University site footer to make the “OWASP Community” text clickable.
Links it directly to the OWASP Slack invite
channel.

Why this is needed:

Makes it easier for visitors to join the OWASP community.
Improves site interactivity and accessibility.

Files changed:

_includes/footer.html

No other changes were made; only the footer link was updated.
This PR is ready for review and merge.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Improvements
  • Updated footer "OWASP Community" link to use expanded markup with descriptive aria-label and title for better accessibility.
  • Added hover underline styling for clearer visual feedback on the link.
  • Adjusted link text placement and surrounding spacing for cleaner markup and ensured the template ends with a newline.

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Walkthrough

Replaced the footer’s single-line anchor with a multi-line <a> in _includes/footer.html, adding aria-label, title, hover:underline, adjusted visible text spacing, and ensured the file ends with a newline.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Footer Template \_includes/footer.html	Rewrote the footer anchor markup: replaced the single-line <a> with a multi-line <a> that adds aria-label and title attributes, introduces hover:underline, tweaks whitespace around "OWASP Community", and ensures a trailing newline at EOF.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes

Suggested labels: quality: medium

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 2 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 inconclusive)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Title check	❓ Inconclusive	The title states the PR links OWASP Community text to Slack, but the actual change only adds hover styling and accessibility attributes without confirming a Slack link is present in the footer change.	Verify whether the href attribute in the footer update actually points to the Slack invite URL. If it does, the title is accurate; if not, update the title to reflect the actual changes made (e.g., 'Improve OWASP Community link accessibility in footer').

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[Manahil-Afzal]

@DonnieBLT review this please

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🎉 PR merged! Thanks for your contribution, @Manahil-Afzal!

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