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,
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>