USER PROFILES (/forum/user/[username]):
- New API at /api/forum/user-by-username/[username] resolves by
username OR display_name (URL-encoded), since forum threads/replies
store author_name = display_name. Returns the persona's profile,
thread history (up to 50), and recent replies (up to 20).
- New page renders the persona card with archetype badge
(Audio Engineer / Colorist / etc.) + expertise level badge
(beginner/intermediate/senior) + role title, company, location,
years_experience, join date, and an expertise-tags chip row.
- Two columns underneath: "Threads started" and "Recent replies"
with proper deep-links into each thread.
- Author names in /forum, /forum/[slug], and /forum/thread/[id] are
now <Link> elements pointing to /forum/user/<displayname>, with
onClick=stopPropagation so the card-level click handler doesn't
also fire.
FAVICON:
- Hand-built neon pulse waveform — emerald→cyan→purple gradient on
dark navy background, designed to read at 16×16 to 256×256.
- Multi-resolution favicon.ico (16/32/48/64) + SVG + PNGs at
16/32/48/64/96/192/256 under /static/favicons/.
- layout.tsx icons block now references all sizes including the
apple-touch sizes (192, 256).
No env / DB changes here — pure deploy.
The schema has upvotes / downvotes / vote_score; API + UI were
querying/reading upvote_count / downvote_count (non-existent
columns). Threads existed in the DB but didn't render.
- /api/forum/threads route.ts:
- 'top-voted' sort: order by vote_score (was upvote_count)
- 'newest' default sort: forum_threads has no 'status' column,
so order pinned-first via is_pinned, then last_reply_at desc
- UI ForumThread interface + components: rename
upvote_count → upvotes, add downvotes + vote_score so the
vote display in the thread cards and the admin moderation
list pulls live data from the existing columns.
After this lands and the deploy completes, the 50 seeded
threads + the 9 ai-seeded new threads + 253 backfilled replies
already in the DB will all render at /forum.
Forum:
- /forum landing: switch to 2-col layout, add SidebarAdStack
(300x600 + every 300x250) on the right.
- /forum/thread/[id]: insert one 300x250 "Sponsored" tile after
every 4 replies (idx 3, 7, 11 …). Trailing-ad guard so the last
reply isn't followed by an ad with no replies after it. Cycles
through the full ADS_300X250 pool by index so every banner gets
impressions across long threads.
Newsletter:
- /newsletter/archive: drop SidebarAdStack into the existing
right rail above the signup CTA + topic browser.
LanguageSwitcher autodetect (US default for US users was failing):
1. Timezone override: if the user is in America/*, Pacific/Honolulu,
Pacific/Auckland|Wellington, Australia/*, Europe/London|Dublin,
or Atlantic/Reykjavik — always return 'en'. Fixes US-based
users whose OS locale happened to be set to a non-English value.
2. Otherwise walk navigator.languages (the full preference list,
not just navigator.language[0]) and pick the first base code we
support (en/es/pt/fr/de/zh/ja/ar/hi).
3. Fallback to 'en'.
All non-en selections still route through Google Translate's hosted
proxy on the .translate.goog subdomain — search engines and US
visitors continue to only ever see English on broadcastbeat.com.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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>
- "Community Forum" → "Industry Forum"
- "Connect with broadcast engineering professionals" → "Connect with broadcast, motion picture and post production professionals worldwide"
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>
