From 1b496d34d92ed3b7388a8bbfd7b646ae962b7733 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Saksham Jain <reach2saksham2004@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 01:34:28 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: added target and rel to social icons in hero-section and
 footer; wherever it was missing

---
 src/app/page.jsx                 | 7 +++++++
 src/components/shared/Footer.jsx | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/app/page.jsx b/src/app/page.jsx
index 058a7894..6d4801ee 100644
--- a/src/app/page.jsx
+++ b/src/app/page.jsx
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ export default function Home() {
                 >
                   <Link
                     target="_blank"
+                    rel="noopener noreferrer"
                     aria-label="Contact by Mail"
                     className="text-zinc-500 transition hover:text-[#00843D] dark:text-zinc-400 dark:hover:text-yellow-400"
                     href="mailto:aossie.oss@gmail.com"
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ export default function Home() {
                   </Link>
                   <Link
                     target="_blank"
+                    rel="noopener noreferrer"
                     aria-label="Follow on GitHub"
                     className="text-zinc-500 transition hover:text-[#00843D] dark:text-zinc-400 dark:hover:text-yellow-400"
                     href="https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org"
@@ -106,6 +108,7 @@ export default function Home() {
                   </Link>
                   <Link
                     target="_blank"
+                    rel="noopener noreferrer"
                     aria-label="Join on Discord"
                     className="text-zinc-500 transition hover:text-[#00843D] dark:text-zinc-400 dark:hover:text-yellow-400"
                     href="https://discord.gg/hjUhu33uAn"
@@ -114,6 +117,7 @@ export default function Home() {
                   </Link>
                   <Link
                     target="_blank"
+                    rel="noopener noreferrer"
                     aria-label="Follow on LinkedIn"
                     className="text-zinc-500 transition hover:text-[#00843D] dark:text-zinc-400 dark:hover:text-yellow-400"
                     href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/aossie/"
@@ -122,6 +126,7 @@ export default function Home() {
                   </Link>
                   <Link
                     target="_blank"
+                    rel="noopener noreferrer"
                     aria-label="Follow on X (Twitter)"
                     className="text-zinc-500 transition hover:text-[#00843D] dark:text-zinc-400 dark:hover:text-yellow-400"
                     href="https://x.com/aossie_org"
@@ -129,6 +134,8 @@ export default function Home() {
                     <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faXTwitter} size="2xl" />
                   </Link>
                   <Link
+                    target="_blank"
+                    rel="noopener noreferrer"
                     aria-label="Subscribe on YouTube"
                     className="text-zinc-500 transition hover:text-[#00843D] dark:text-zinc-400 dark:hover:text-yellow-400"
                     href="https://www.youtube.com/@AOSSIE-Org"
diff --git a/src/components/shared/Footer.jsx b/src/components/shared/Footer.jsx
index 67eee609..18a3b007 100644
--- a/src/components/shared/Footer.jsx
+++ b/src/components/shared/Footer.jsx
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export function Footer() {
               <div>
                 <h3 className="font-mono text-sm font-semibold text-zinc-900 dark:text-zinc-100 tracking-wider uppercase mb-4">Connect</h3>
                 <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-6">
-                  <Link aria-label="Contact by Mail" className='text-zinc-500 hover:text-[#00843D] dark:text-zinc-400 dark:hover:text-yellow-400 transition' href='mailto:aossie.oss@gmail.com'>
+                  <Link aria-label="Contact by Mail" className='text-zinc-500 hover:text-[#00843D] dark:text-zinc-400 dark:hover:text-yellow-400 transition' href='mailto:aossie.oss@gmail.com' target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
                     <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faEnvelope} size='xl' />
                   </Link>
                   <Link aria-label="Follow on GitHub" className='text-zinc-500 hover:text-[#00843D] dark:text-zinc-400 dark:hover:text-yellow-400 transition' href='https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org' target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">