fix: correct layout shift and resolve PDF navigation on Meet Five and Handbook cards

[piyushtripathi9424]

Description
This PR fixes the hydration mismatch layout shift on the Meet Five and Community Handbook cards. The shift was caused by invalid HTML (nested <a> tags).

To resolve this without altering intended routing behavior:

• The inner "Read More" anchors have been converted to <span> tags to safely remove the nesting and fix the layout shift.
• The outer wrapper continues to conditionally render a Gatsby <Link> for internal navigation, or a standard <a> tag (with target="_blank" rel="noreferrer") for external and static destinations.
• The isExternalOrStatic URL check has been hardened to accurately detect .pdf extensions even when query parameters or hash fragments are present in the URL.

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Related Issue(s)
Fixes #8084

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• Code adheres to the Layer5 coding standards
• DCO sign-off provided in commit
• Tested locally and confirmed layout loads cleanly without shifting

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Adventure and handbook cards now use single navigation wrappers. Adventure cards render destination-specific elements for internal, external, static, email, and missing destinations. Adventure images use the card title as alternative text.

Changes

Resource presentation updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Card routing and accessibility src/components/AdventuresVol/index.js, src/components/HandbookCard/index.js	AdventuresVol classifies destinations and renders a <div>, external anchor, or Gatsby Link as appropriate. Both cards replace nested “Read More” anchors with spans. HandbookCard uses className, and adventure images use title-based alternative text.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Suggested reviewers: parth-tussle

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check	⚠️ Warning	The navigation changes in HandbookCard and AdventuresVol support issue #8084 and preserve card routing. The new alt={title} attribute in AdventuresVol is an accessibility change. The diff prov…	Remove alt={title} from this pull request, or link the accessibility change to a separate issue.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue #8084 requires smooth Meet Five card navigation without noticeable layout shift. HandbookCard and AdventuresVol now use one outer navigation element and a span for the inner “Read More” co…
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 2…
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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main changes: fixing layout shift and PDF navigation for Meet Five and Handbook cards.

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The navigation changes in HandbookCard and AdventuresVol support issue #8084 and preserve card routing. The new alt={title} attribute in AdventuresVol is an accessibility change. The diff provides no connection between that change and the layout-shift requirement.

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In `@src/components/AdventuresVol/index.js`:
- Line 38: Update the card link attributes in the AdventuresVol component to use
the existing isExternalOrStatic classification, assigning the new-tab target and
noreferrer relationship for all external or static destinations rather than only
URLs ending in .pdf.

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[AnkitRewar11]

@piyushtripathi9424 I think this can be fixed with a smaller change. The PDF link was already working before, so we may not need to add separate PDF handling or change it to open in a new tab.

Could we keep the existing card link and only change the inner “Read More” link to a <span>? This would fix the layout shift while keeping the current PDF behavior unchanged.

[piyushtripathi9424]

@piyushtripathi9424 I think this can be fixed with a smaller change. The PDF link was already working before, so we may not need to add separate PDF handling or change it to open in a new tab.

Could we keep the existing card link and only change the inner “Read More” link to a <span>? This would fix the layout shift while keeping the current PDF behavior unchanged.

Done

[PARTH-TUSSLE]

The nested-anchor issue is fixed cleanly here, but could we preserve the existing external/static link handling in AdventuresVol?

The new implementation uses a plain <a href={to}> for every destination, which may change the existing behavior for external/static links (for example, target/rel handling). Could we reuse the existing isExternalOrStatic classification so the navigation behavior remains unchanged while removing the nested anchor?

[piyushtripathi9424]

The nested-anchor issue is fixed cleanly here, but could we preserve the existing external/static link handling in AdventuresVol?

The new implementation uses a plain <a href={to}> for every destination, which may change the existing behavior for external/static links (for example, target/rel handling). Could we reuse the existing isExternalOrStatic classification so the navigation behavior remains unchanged while removing the nested anchor?

Good catch! I've restored the isExternalOrStatic classification and the conditional <Link> / <a> routing logic to preserve the exact original behavior for external/static links (including target="_blank"), while keeping the nested anchor removed.

[PARTH-TUSSLE]

Could you keep the alt={title} change out of this PR? It's a useful accessibility improvement, but it isn't related to the layout-shift/nested-anchor issue. Keeping it separate would keep this PR focused on the navigation fix and make the change easier to review and maintain.

One non-blocking suggestion - The isExternalOrStatic check uses to.endsWith(".pdf"). Could we make the PDF detection handle query/hash suffixes, or confirm that all PDF destinations here are guaranteed to end exactly in .pdf?

[PARTH-TUSSLE]

Also@piyushtripathi9424 could you add this as an agenda item in the meeting minutes for the websites meet on Monday, we could discuss it there?

[piyushtripathi9424]

Also@piyushtripathi9424 could you add this as an agenda item in the meeting minutes for the websites meet on Monday, we could discuss it there?

Sure, I am adding this issue for today's meeting discussion.

[piyushtripathi9424]

Could you keep the alt={title} change out of this PR? It's a useful accessibility improvement, but it isn't related to the layout-shift/nested-anchor issue. Keeping it separate would keep this PR focused on the navigation fix and make the change easier to review and maintain.
One non-blocking suggestion - The isExternalOrStatic check uses to.endsWith(".pdf"). Could we make the PDF detection handle query/hash suffixes, or confirm that all PDF destinations here are guaranteed to end exactly in .pdf?

Done! I've removed the alt={title} change to keep the PR focused, and updated the PDF detection to safely handle URLs with query strings and hash fragments.