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.
These four landing pages already had the site-wide header leaderboard
via <Header />, but no additional in-content banner. Add one 728x90
slot at the bottom of the main column on each, gated on
ADS_728X90.length > 0 and hidden on mobile to match the header
banner's display rules.
- /gear — category landing
- /technology — category landing
- /forum — community landing
- /authors/[slug] — author profile
Brings these pages in line with /show-coverage and /about/* which got
the same treatment earlier.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Dates
- FeaturedBentoFromDb hero + 4-up rail no longer render `ago(wp_published_at)`.
The whole component renders only Featured-category posts (filter is
category ILIKE 'featured'), so dropping the date display globally inside
it satisfies the "Featured posts have no date" requirement.
- /gear and /technology category cards: wrap the existing `{article.date}`
output in `{article.category !== "Featured" && ...}` so only non-Featured
posts continue to show their publish date.
- All other category landing pages, /news/<slug> detail, ArticleFeed, and
LiveWireTicker either don't render a visible article date or only use it
for SEO/structured-data fields (kept).
Trends sidebar
- Remove `BB AI · detected trends` block from the homepage (between
ArticleFeed and NewsletterSignup). Drop the unused import and delete
the orphaned TrendsSidebar.tsx component file. The detect-trends data
fetch and `bb_pulse_dot` mini-widget are gone from the page; nothing
else referenced them.
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>
Eliminates 72 hardcoded rocket.new image refs in one shot. Section pages
(/gear, /technology, /show-coverage, /news) now render from
bb.wp_imported_posts via getLegacyArticlesBySection(section), which maps
each non-news section to a curated tag set (e.g. gear -> Audio, Cameras,
lighting, Blackmagic Design, monitoring; technology -> AI, Streaming,
OTT, IP, Cloud, AV; show-coverage -> NAB, IBC, BroadcastAsia).
Also:
- src/lib/articles/types.ts: Article interface lifted out of the deleted
seed file. Type-only consumers (NewsArticleDetailClient,
ArticleDetailClient, legacy-source) re-imported from here.
- /news (client component) now wrapped: server fetches articles from DB
and passes to NewsPageClient. Filter UI unchanged.
- generateStaticParams on /news/[slug] and /articles/[slug] no longer
references seed slugs; pre-renders 50 most-recent imported slugs and
relies on dynamicParams + revalidate=3600 for the rest.
- sitemap.ts now sources article URLs from
getLegacyRecentSitemapEntries() (up to 5000 most-recent imported posts).
Default BASE_URL fallback updated from the rocket.new placeholder to
bb-staging.onsethost.com.
- src/app/api/ai/article-suggestions/route.ts now pulls candidates from
the DB (top 100 recent news) and resolves AI-returned slugs via DB
lookup if not in the candidate window.
Inline rocket.new image refs in homepage components (ArticleFeed,
FeaturedBento) are unchanged in this commit; those are inline seed
arrays in the components, not imports of sampleArticles.
