Three coupled rollouts in one shot.
PART A — client highlight matcher (DB migration applied separately):
- promoted-articles.ts: AdvertiserName now carries brand_aliases; matcher
iterates legal name + every alias with word-boundary regex and picks the
longest match across all candidates so "Magewell Launches…" resolves to
"Magewell Electronics Co., Ltd." via its Magewell alias.
- New isStoryAboutClient gate: hard-accept at position 0, accept if any
editorial frame ("Product Spotlight:", "Review:", "First Look", …) appears
in the prefix, hard-reject if the prefix ends with a partner/usage phrase
("with", "using", "powered by", "dealer of", "integration with", "used",
"deploys", "runs on", "leverages", …), otherwise accept within a 32-char
subject window. Validated against 5,000 historical posts: 27 partner
false-positives blocked, 3 editorial-frame stories correctly saved, the
Magewell article now highlights.
PART B — restyling /about, /about/team, /about/contact:
- New .brand-gradient utility: #2563EB→#1E3A8A linear-gradient with a
16%-opacity diagonal sheen that sweeps in the first 30% of a 7s cycle
and rests offscreen-right for the rest. Respects prefers-reduced-motion
(band parked statically at 6% opacity).
- Team page: dark legacy hero (red radial, #ff5a55 eyebrows) replaced with
brand-gradient hero; outer text wrapper #e5e7eb → #0F172A so section
headings stop being white-on-white; all serif H1/H2/H3 → font-display;
red accents (#ff5a55 / #ff6b66 / rgba(214,7,1)) → blue (#93C5FD / #7DD3FC
/ rgba(29,78,216)).
- About page: H1 + Stat values → font-display; Stat cards get a brand-
gradient top stripe.
- Contact page: outer wrapper #e5e7eb → #0F172A (fixes the white-on-white
Contact H1); H1 gets explicit text-[#0F172A] + font-display; dark contact
cards keep dark bg but gain a brand-gradient top stripe + explicit
text-[#e5e7eb] body + brighter cyan eyebrow/link colors.
PART C — richer Industry News client highlight:
- ArticleFeed: client-promoted row swaps the static border-l-4 for an
absolute-positioned .brand-gradient strip on the left edge (sheen pulses
through). Row gets a slightly richer bg tint (from-#1D4ED8/12 via /4).
- HIGHLIGHT pill now uses .brand-gradient instead of the static blue chip.
Also shipping the earlier-staged work:
- AnimatedLogo onDark: white ring around tile + brighter (#E2E8F0) tagline
+ cyan accent rule for the blue header.
- Article-prose: em/strong/code dark colors (em fixes the trailing
copyright/trademark ghost text), hr line color, figcaption readable.
- ArticleComments: "Sign in to join the discussion" bar uses brand-gradient
+ white/outline buttons that read on blue.
- Forum: Discover/Following, Newest/Top Voted/Unanswered, Sign in to post,
Start a thread, Create account — slim pills, brand-gradient active.
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- 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.
The Featured-story card's right edge wasn't lining up with any of the
ad banners below or beside it on the homepage. Two root causes:
1. Pages I redesigned (/about, /about/contact, /about/team,
/about/advertise, /show-coverage/[slug]) used `max-w-6xl px-6`
(1152px / 24px-pad). Every other page uses `max-w-container
px-4` (1200px / 16px-pad). Pages didn't line up with the
header leaderboard or with each other.
2. ArticleFeed used a flexible 12-col grid where lg:col-span-4
ends up ~280px wide (depending on container) — so the 300x250
image inside the sidebar didn't extend to the column's right
edge, leaving a visual gap relative to the full-width Featured
card above.
Fix:
- All redesigned pages now use `max-w-container mx-auto px-4`.
- ArticleFeed switches to `lg:grid-cols-[1fr,300px]` so the sidebar
column is *exactly* 300px wide. The 300x250 ads fill that column
flush, so their right edge meets the container's right padding
edge — same x-position as the Featured card's right edge above.
Also linkified the "Relevant Media Properties" copyright string in
Footer.tsx → opens https://www.relevantmediaproperties.com/ in a new
tab.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Switch the bare single-column layouts on these pages to a two-column
grid that pulls in <SidebarAdStack /> on the right (pinned 300x600 +
every 300x250 rotated). Header keeps the leaderboard above. The
in-content 728x90 banners added earlier are removed since the sidebar
now carries the ad load (avoids stacking two of the same unit on the
page).
Pages updated:
- /show-coverage/[slug] event detail
- /about
- /about/contact
- /about/team
- /about/advertise (also gets a real-banner grid in "Available units":
the actual 728x90, 300x600, and 300x250 sample creatives are
rendered next to each unit's description, so advertisers see what
the inventory looks like in production rather than just a label).
The /about pages also got a small refresh: serif H1 + accent-blue
"Broadcast Beat" eyebrow line + bordered content blocks, bringing the
look closer to the cinematic homepage.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Header.tsx: bare linkedin/instagram/facebook URLs → /broadcastbeat handles; remove TwitterXIcon from social bar + import (Footer retains TwitterXIcon per "DO NOT OVERRIDE" marker)
- AboutDropdown.tsx: drop "Press kit" item (the page itself stays at /about/press-kit, just delisted from menu)
- SystemStatusBar.tsx: remove "Index online" pulse-dot and "N wire sources" span (keep articles count + events count + build version)
- /about, /about/team, /about/press-kit: wrap in Header+Footer (previously rendered bare <main>)
- /newsletter/page.tsx (new): redirect to /newsletter/archive — Header was 404'ing on /newsletter
- /rss/route.ts (new): dynamic RSS feed reading from legacy-source news section; replaces 404 at /rss
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
