diff --git a/components/styles/cards/desktop.tsx b/components/styles/cards/desktop.tsx
index 326e465..f836ff5 100644
--- a/components/styles/cards/desktop.tsx
+++ b/components/styles/cards/desktop.tsx
@@ -1,33 +1,263 @@
 import { Service } from '../../../interfaces/CardTypes';
-import styled from 'styled-components';
-import { CardLink, PageCard, CardStyleWrap, CardContentTitle, CardContentWarning, OnlineStatus } from '../content';
+import styled, { css, DefaultTheme } from 'styled-components';
+import Link from 'next/link';
+import Image from 'next/image';
+import OpenInNewTabIcon from '../../../public/icons/open-new-window.svg'
 
-// Card Content Component for Services Page
-export const ServiceCardDesktop = ({ content }: { content: Service }) => {
-  let ret;
-  if (content.href) {
-    ret = (
-      <CardLink href={content.href}>
-        <PageCard>
-          <CardContentTitle content={content} />
-          <p>{content.desc}</p>
-          <CardContentWarning>{content.warn}</CardContentWarning>
-        </PageCard>
-        <OnlineStatus status={content.status}>{content.status}</OnlineStatus>
+// needed for Online Status checks
+interface OnlinePropType {
+  status: string;
+}
+
+const Card = styled.div`
+  position: relative;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  align-items: center;
+  width: 30rem;
+  max-width: 90%;
+  height: 12.5rem;
+  margin: 1rem;
+
+  // themeing
+  border-top: 0.25rem solid;
+  border-radius: 10px;
+
+  color: ${({ theme }) => theme.colors.primary};
+  border-color: ${({ theme }) => theme.colors.primary};
+  background-color: ${({ theme }) => theme.colors.background};
+
+
+  transition-property: max-height, margin-bottom;
+  transition-duration: 0.2s, 0s;
+  transition-delay: 0.2s, 0.2s;
+`
+
+// custom objects for CardTitle
+//#############################
+const CardHeaderWrap = styled.div`
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: row;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  align-items: center;
+  width: 100%;
+  max-height: 3.5rem;
+  flex-grow: 0.8;
+`;
+
+const CardTitleText = styled.h2`
+  font-size: 1.2rem;
+  margin: 0.5rem 0;
+`;
+
+const CardTitleIcon = styled.div`
+  position: relative;
+  object-fit: contain;
+  margin-right: 0.4rem;
+  aspect-ratio: 1;
+  height: 1.5rem;
+`;
+
+
+const CardStatus = styled.p<OnlinePropType>`
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  padding: 0.1rem;
+  margin: 0.5rem;
+  margin-right: 1.5rem;
+  
+  border-radius: 5px;
+  border: 0;
+  border-bottom: 0.125rem solid;
+
+  background: transparent;
+  color: ${props => {
+    let ret;
+    switch (props.status) {
+      case "Online":
+        ret = ({ theme }: { theme: DefaultTheme }) => theme.colors.online;
+        break;
+      case "Loading":
+        ret = ({ theme }: { theme: DefaultTheme }) => theme.colors.loading;
+        break;
+      case "Offline":
+        ret = ({ theme }: { theme: DefaultTheme }) => theme.colors.offline;
+        break;
+      default:
+        ret = ({ theme }: { theme: DefaultTheme }) => theme.colors.offline;
+    }
+    return ret;
+  }};
+`
+
+const CardTitle = styled.div`
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: row;
+  justify-content: center;
+  align-items: center;
+  margin: 0.5rem;
+  padding-left: 1rem;
+`
+
+// content visible when reduced
+const CardHeader = ({ content, href }: { content: Service, href: string }) => {
+  return (
+    <CardHeaderWrap>
+      <CardTitle>
+        {
+          content.icon ? (
+            <CardTitleIcon>
+              <Image alt="icon" src={content.icon} fill />
+            </CardTitleIcon>
+          ) : (<></>)
+        }
+        <CardTitleText>{content.name}</CardTitleText>
+      </CardTitle>
+      <CardStatus status={content.status}>{content.status}</CardStatus>
+    </CardHeaderWrap>
+  )
+}
+
+// custom objects for CardDescription
+//###################################
+
+// shared properties for all Description objects
+const CardDescriptionCommon = css`
+  text-align: left;
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  margin: 0.3rem;
+`
+
+// content visible when expanded
+const CardDescriptionWrap = styled.div`
+  ${CardDescriptionCommon}
+  padding: 0 1rem;
+  overflow: hidden; /* Hide scrollbars */
+  scrollbar-width: thin;
+  width: 100%;
+`
+
+const CardDescriptionExtended = styled.p`
+  ${CardDescriptionCommon}
+  margin: 0;
+  margin-bottom: 0.9rem;
+  width: 100%;
+`
+
+const CardDescriptionWarning = styled(CardDescriptionExtended)`
+  color: ${({ theme }) => theme.colors.offline};
+  font-weight: bold;
+`
+
+const CardDescription = ({ content }: { content: Service }) => {
+  return (
+    <CardDescriptionWrap>
+      <CardDescriptionExtended>
+        {content.desc}
+      </CardDescriptionExtended>
+      <CardDescriptionWarning>
+        {content.warn}
+      </CardDescriptionWarning>
+    </CardDescriptionWrap>
+  )
+}
+
+// custom objects for CardFooter
+//##############################
+
+const CardFooterWrap = styled.div`
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(0, 1fr));
+  grid-auto-flow: row;
+  //flex-direction: row;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-items: center;
+  width: 100%;
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: 5%;
+`
+
+const CardLink = styled(Link)`
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: row;
+  justify-content: center;
+  align-items: center;
+  margin: 0.5rem;
+  margin-left: 1rem;
+  margin-right: 1rem;
+  padding: 0 0.5rem;
+  border: 0;
+  border-radius: 5px;
+  border-left: 2px solid;
+  border-right: 2px solid;
+
+  transition-property: overflow-x;
+  transition-duration: 0.2s;
+
+  &:hover {
+    background-color: ${({theme}) => theme.colors.background};
+    color: ${({ theme }) => theme.colors.secondary};
+  }
+
+  transition-property: background-color;
+  transition-duration: 0.5s;
+`
+
+const OpenInNewTab = styled.div`
+  color: ${({ theme }) => theme.colors.primary};
+  object-fit: contain;
+  aspect-ratio: 1;
+  height: 1rem;
+  width: 1rem;
+  max-width: 0;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  visibility: hidden;
+
+  ${CardLink}:hover & {
+    margin-left: 0.3rem;
+    max-width: 1rem;
+    transition-delay: 0s, 0s;
+    visibility: visible;
+    color: ${({ theme }) => theme.colors.secondary};
+  }
+
+  transition-property: max-width, margin-left, visibility;
+  transition-duration: 0.5s, 0s, 0S;
+  transition-delay: 0s, 0.2s, 0.2s;
+`
+
+
+const CardFooter = ({ content, href }: { content: Service, href: string }) => {
+  return (
+    <CardFooterWrap>
+      {href ? (
+        <CardLink href={href}>
+          Open
+          <OpenInNewTab>
+            <OpenInNewTabIcon width="1rem" height="1rem" />
+          </OpenInNewTab>
+        </CardLink>
+      ) : (<></>)}
+      {content.extLink ? (
+      <CardLink href={content.extLink}>
+        Official Site
+        <OpenInNewTab>
+          <OpenInNewTabIcon width="1rem" height="1rem" />
+        </OpenInNewTab>
       </CardLink>
-    )
-  }
-  else {
-    ret = (
-      <CardStyleWrap>
-        <PageCard>
-          <CardContentTitle content={content} />
-          <p>{content.desc}</p>
-          <CardContentWarning>{content.warn}</CardContentWarning>
-        </PageCard>
-        <OnlineStatus status={content.status}>{content.status}</OnlineStatus>
-      </CardStyleWrap>
-    )
-  }
-  return ret;
+      ) : (<></>)}
+    </CardFooterWrap>
+  )
+}
+
+// exported Card Elements
+//#######################
+
+export const ServiceCardDesktop = ({ content }: { content: Service }) => {
+  return (
+    <Card>
+      <CardHeader content={content} href={content.href ? content.href : ""} />
+      <CardDescription content={content} />
+      <CardFooter content={content} href={content.href ? content.href : ""} />
+    </Card>
+  )
 }
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