095: The front page by day and by section: the lead and five with images, the last five days in full, eight topic sections with every article in one

What is asked

The Broadsheet view of the front page, rebuilt from the top: a compact masthead with the sections as jump links; the editor's lead, large, with its image, beside the running-story box; five more with their images; the last five publishing days, every article listed under its day; eight topic section cards, each with its five newest and a link to a page per section. The full brief, with mock-ups and the decisions, is admin/notes/2026-10-28__brief__the-front-page-by-day-and-section.md. The section of every article is in admin/content/front/sections.json.

Scenario

Given admin/content/front/sections.json assigns every article to exactly one of eight sections
When admin/build/front.py runs
Then the front page shows the lead and five more with their card images
And every article of the last five publishing days appears once, under its day, with its section
And each section card shows its five newest, its count and a link to sections/<id>/
And sections/<id>/index.html lists every article in the section by month
And the build fails, naming the slug, for an article with no section or an unknown one
And a phone at 390 px has no horizontal scroll

Mock-up

In the brief: admin/notes/2026-10-28__front-page/.

Outcome

To be filled by @newsroom.dev when it ships.