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From: sebastjanartic <45803536-sebastjanartic@users.noreply.replit.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 18:00:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Restore original ad placement strategy within the blog layout

Revert ad placement logic to original configuration, inserting ads into specific rows (1, 3, 5, 7) and columns (3, 1, 2, 0) within the item grid.

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---
 client/src/pages/home.tsx | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/client/src/pages/home.tsx b/client/src/pages/home.tsx
index 4d0a2d3..d54cf74 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/home.tsx
+++ b/client/src/pages/home.tsx
@@ -490,6 +490,17 @@ export default function Home() {
       }
     }
 
+    const totalRows = items.length / 4;
+    const adRows = [1, 3, 5, 7];
+    const adCols = [3, 1, 2, 0];
+    adRows.forEach((row, i) => {
+      if (row < totalRows) {
+        const idx = row * 4 + adCols[i % adCols.length];
+        if (items[idx] && items[idx].type === "article") {
+          items[idx] = { type: "ad", key: `ad-${i}` };
+        }
+      }
+    });
 
     return items;
   }, [shuffled, widgets]);