Feature 3 — forum auto-linking
Thread + reply bodies in /forum/thread/[id] now wrap company-name
mentions with /manufacturers/<slug> links via a new client-side
LinkifyPlainText component. Loads the directory list once per page
(module-level promise cache), regex-scans each body, preserves
whitespace, caps at 10 links per body to avoid clutter.
CompanyMentionsHover mounted on the page so the same preview card
pops on hover.
Adds /api/public/companies/list — minimal { name, slug } directory
feed, cached 10min.
Feature 4 — /nab-2026 live coverage hub
New page aggregating every directory company with exhibits_nab=true.
Three sections:
- Coverage Partners — active advertisers exhibiting at NAB, larger
tiles with emerald Sponsor border
- Latest from the show floor — last 60 days of articles with NAB
in the title, cinematic grid
- All NAB 2026 exhibitors — alphabetical, capped at 200 with link
to full /manufacturers directory
Every company tile carries data-company-slug for hover previews.
Feature 5b — Sponsor logo strip on homepage
New SponsorLogoStrip server component renders just above the footer
on the homepage, showing logos of every current banner advertiser
with a directory entry + logo. Each links to the manufacturer
profile with the hover-card slug attribute.
Feature 5c — Recent coverage on manufacturer profiles
/manufacturers/[slug] now includes a grid of the 6 most recent
articles matching the company name in the title, with thumbnails.
Renames the existing manufacturer_id-linked block to "Press
releases" since it's a separate data source.
When an article body is rendered, scan it for any company name in
bb.tracked_companies (directory_visible=true) and wrap the first
mention of each company in
<a class="company-mention" data-company-slug="...">Name</a>
linking to /manufacturers/<slug>. Caps at 12 mentions per article so
heavy press-release lists don't get visually noisy.
Match rules:
- Word-boundary, case-insensitive
- Skips text already inside <a>, <script>, <style>, code/pre/headings
- Skips any element with data-no-autolink="true"
- Longest name wins on overlap (Sony Pictures beats Sony)
- One link per company per article (first occurrence)
Hover behavior: a new CompanyMentionsHover client component mounts once
per article page, listens globally for [data-company-slug] hovers, and
pops a floating card showing logo, name, 2-sentence bio, sponsor/NAB/IBC
badges, HQ city, 3 recent stories, and links to the full profile +
external website. Preview data fetched from new endpoint
/api/public/companies/[slug]/preview
with a client-side cache keyed by slug.
Includes non-advertisers — any visible directory entry gets linked,
which is the point. If a company is *also* a current banner advertiser
on broadcastbeat, the hover card adds a green "Sponsor" badge.
Styling: dotted underline that becomes solid on hover, slightly bolder
weight, accent color on hover. Subtle so multi-mention paragraphs don't
look like a link-soup.
Three-tier sort on the Industry News feed:
1. Premium — articles pinned via adv.featured_story_slots (paid slots).
Sorted by position ascending. Highlighted with an amber left-border
gradient + ★ Featured ribbon.
2. Advertiser — articles whose title contains the company name of a
current active banner advertiser on this property, AND were published
in the last 48 hours. Highlighted with a blue left-border gradient
+ ◆ Advertiser ribbon. Multiple matches ordered by publish date.
3. General — everything else, newest first.
After 48h, advertiser stories naturally drop back into the general
tier. Premium slots fall off when their ends_at passes.
Detection is title-only with case-insensitive word-boundary match; the
longest matching company name wins so "Sony Pictures" beats "Sony"
when both advertise. Backed by the new adv.active_advertisers_by_
property view.
createAdminClient() now accepts an optional schema arg so we can hit
adv from BB without juggling clients.
API revalidate dropped 300 → 60s so the feed reflects campaign flips
within a minute.
- layout.tsx: load Lora (serif) + Inter (sans) via next/font/google,
self-hosted at build time, exposed as --font-serif / --font-sans
CSS variables on <html>. No CDN fetch, no FOIT, no GDPR concern.
- tailwind.css: --font-heading and --font-body now reference the
next/font variables with Georgia / -apple-system fallbacks for the
brief window before the self-hosted face is ready. --font-mono
upgraded to IBM Plex Mono → ui-monospace → Courier New fallback
(DoubleTicker chips already specify IBM Plex Mono directly).
- ArticleFeed: drop the FEATURED filter chip (duplicates the
Staff Editorial section above), add publish date alongside the
byline on every card, lift the homepage feed cap from 200 → 5000.
- api/public/posts: lift MAX_LIMIT to 10000 so client-side
pagination + infinite-scroll see the full archive.
