- New AvBeatLogo inline-SVG component (rounded-square emblem with
forward-leaning AV monogram + horizontal beam detail) at
src/components/AvBeatLogo.tsx, three variants (full/wordmark/icon).
- Header.tsx now uses the responsive AV BEAT logo lockup in the
top-left, links to /, full lockup on desktop (emblem+wordmark+tagline),
emblem+wordmark on tablet, emblem-only on mobile.
- Removed DualSpeedTicker (the 'RECENT FORUM POSTS' ticker strip);
the news ticker / glow chrome does not match the new aesthetic and the
forum row was the explicit removal target.
- Tailwind theme + globals.css now expose the AV BEAT 2026 palette as
semantic tokens: --brand-blue (#1D4ED8), --brand-blue-bright (#38BDF8),
--brand-navy (#0F172A), --brand-bg (#F8FAFC), --brand-surface, --brand-border,
--brand-text, --brand-text-muted. Legacy --color-* aliases re-point to the
new tokens so any inline-styled component re-themes for free.
- Site-wide hex sweep migrates 2,769 hardcoded color literals across 144
files from the old dark-broadcast palette to the new tokens (orange
-> blue, dark-brown -> white surface / navy text, cream -> navy).
- Layout body class flipped from 'bb-neon' to 'bg-brand-bg text-brand-text'
so the dark glow chrome no longer leaks through the new light theme.
Two compounding bugs caused 0 clicks since May 22:
1. lib/ads.ts exported ADS_728X90 / ADS_300X250 / FIXED_300X600 as
IIFE-evaluated module constants. They captured the FALLBACK array
at module-load time, before the centralized RMP banner cache
populates. Every render that referenced them got FALLBACK banners
whose click_url was the direct advertiser URL — bypassing the
centralized click logger entirely. 300x250s escaped because every
page reads them via rotateAll() at render time.
2. Even when the new RMP-cache banners did render, click_url pointed
at www.RMP.com/<property>/<slug>, which logs to adv.banner_clicks.
The RMP analytics dashboard reads bb.ad_clicks. Repointed click
URLs at advertising.RMP.com/r/<campaign_id> so all clicks land in
the single table the dashboard queries.
Files: lib/ads.ts (remove broken IIFE exports + repoint click_url),
SidebarAdStack, Header, Footer, and 9 pages (reading-list, forum,
forum/thread, search, gear, technology, authors, show-coverage x2).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
gear, technology, search, reading-list, show-coverage, authors/[slug],
forum/thread/[id] all now render the 300x600 + 300x250 stack as a
floating right column at the top of the content area. Existing
single-column page structure preserved (content wraps).
Maximizes impression count: every pageview across these pages now
counts 300x600 + every 300x250 in the stack, on top of the existing
728x90 in Header.
- searchLegacyArticles() default limit: 50 → 5000. /search page
explicitly passes 5000 too. ilike on title/excerpt/author is fast
enough on the 29k-row archive that returning everything is fine.
- New API route /api/search/suggest?q=...&limit=8 returns the top
matching article titles + category + slug, with a 30-second CDN
cache + 60-second stale-while-revalidate.
- The search input in the Browse bar now debounces (150ms) and
fires that API per keystroke once 2+ chars are typed. Matches
appear in a styled dropdown below the input — click to navigate
directly to /news/<slug>, or press Enter to fall through to the
full /search page. "See all results for …" link in the dropdown
footer.
- Keyboard: Escape closes the dropdown; aria-autocomplete + role
listbox/option for accessibility.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- /search and /reading-list already had Header + Footer; add a
single in-content 728x90 banner at the bottom of each main column
(gated on ADS_728X90.length > 0, hidden on mobile).
- /contributor was a bare dashboard with sidebar + main, no site
chrome at all. Wrap it in the standard Header + Footer; drop the
inner sidebar/main wrapper from min-h-screen to a natural-height
flex so the dashboard sits below the header instead of competing
with it for full viewport. Header brings the site-wide 728x90
leaderboard with it, so contributors see the same ad inventory
as the public site without a second in-content banner cluttering
the dashboard panes.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Replace the four accent-family hex codes site-wide with the teal palette
(keeps the dark theme; only swaps the accent family, not the dark base):
#3b82f6 (accent primary CTA) → #5B7C8D (teal) [839×]
#2563eb (accent-dark / hover) → #4A6473 (darker teal) [44×]
#60a5fa (info link, lighter) → #8FB0C3 (mid teal) [68×]
#1e3a5f (accent-muted bg) → #2F4F5F (navy) [44×]
tailwind.config.js tokens updated to match (accent/accent-dark/accent-muted).
Sweep also covers tailwind.css. 108 files touched. The dark base (#0d0d0d,
#111, #161616, #1a1a1a etc.) is intentionally untouched.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
P0-3 (category page crash):
- Add src/app/error.tsx and src/app/global-error.tsx so any future render
error shows a real ref id instead of the bare client-exception toast.
- NewsPageClient: null-guard every field accessed during search/category/
sort filtering and article render (title, excerpt, author, tags,
category, date, image, alt). The user-visible link
/news?category=live-production now also hydrates filter state from
?category= and ?search= search-params, so the dropdown actually filters.
P0-4 (/articles/[slug] 404s):
- /articles/[slug] and /news/[slug]: on slug miss, redirect("/news")
instead of notFound(). Dead links from the hardcoded NewsTicker /
FeaturedBento / ArticleFeed arrays now land on the news index instead
of dead-ending on 404.
- legacy-source: add searchLegacyArticles() (title/excerpt/author ilike).
P0-5 (header search):
- Header: wire Enter on the desktop and mobile search inputs and make
both search icons clickable buttons. Submits to /search?q=<query>.
- New /search route: server component that runs searchLegacyArticles
and renders results in the same card style as /news.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
