- NewsletterIssue gains an optional 'image' (per-issue cover); IssueArticle renders
it above the header and buildIssueArticle uses it as the NIP-23 'image' tag
(falling back to the spot-of-the-week image).
- NEWSLETTER_ISSUES now leads with #006 (2026-09-27): the Nostr-Twitter-Clone
rant, the Directions fixes (route never drew + identical per-mode numbers),
follow mode, choose-your-start + offline saved routes, Sasquatch Pro
(sats-paid, streamed, personal tools, one signature per session), the
Marketplace hub + 1-10 deck ratings, Mints (directory + the native JSON-error
fix), Amber scoping, the DM inbox-relay bug, and the polish list.
- Cover: https://skate-spots.org/images/drop-006-cover.png (hosted in
public/images, added in e075ee8).
Verified: the archive renders the cover + #006 copy, and the 'Drop #006 is out'
pill shows on other pages for 7 days. tsc/eslint clean, 101 tests, smoke PASS.
Two follow-ups to the Nostr-native newsletter (skipped auto-DM by design —
too spammy/fragile for now; the bell mailbox already covers the inbox feel).
Subscriber count (social proof):
- useNewsletterSubscriberCount tallies public NIP-78 subscription markers
(deduped per author, counting current "true" state).
- Shown under the subscribe CTA as "Join N+ skaters getting the drops",
hidden until it's meaningful (>=3) and rounded once it grows.
Archive backfill (consistency without losing the rich page):
- lib/newsletterArticle.ts converts a static NEWSLETTER_ISSUES entry into a
NIP-23 (kind 30023) article — structured sections rendered to Markdown,
stable slug `issue-N`, published_at from the issue date.
- NewsletterBackfillPanel (admin-only) diffs the static archive against what's
already on-relay and publishes only the missing issues; safe to re-run,
reports partial failures. The rich static page rendering is untouched.
Co-authored-by: shakespeare.diy <assistant@shakespeare.diy>
