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ForumLA.us – BuddyPress Activity Stream Troubleshooting Report
Date: 2025-05-12

What You Actually Learned

✅ BuddyPress is extremely sensitive to template overrides

• Breaking anything in activity-loop.php silently kills the stream.
• AJAX expects specific DOM structure: IDs, wrappers, classes, order.

✅ Plugins like Miresa inject features via hooks and JavaScript

• If expected wrappers (e.g., #activity-stream) or hooks are missing, the editor disappears.

✅ Safest method: CSS-only styling

• Don’t override templates—target existing DOM classes instead.

✅ Gamma-style layout can be achieved without overrides

• Accomplished entirely through CSS.

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Development Log Entry (Copy This Into Your Dev Notes)

forumla.us – Activity Stream Customization Notes (May 2025)

• DO NOT override activity-loop.php in /buddypress/activity/
  → Breaks Miresa + AJAX rendering
• USE CSS-only styling for activity layout
  Inserted in: Customizer > Additional CSS

Example working style:

activity-stream .activity-item {

background: #fff;
border-radius: 12px;
padding: 20px;
box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);
margin-bottom: 20px;
}

Current setup:

• Uses BuddyPress core templates (unmodified)
• Uses Miresa plugin for editor enhancements
• Activity stream fully functional

Future notes:

• Consider BuddyBuilder + Elementor for future visual layout
• Or use a staging site to test any template overrides

Working state was restored by:

• Removing activity-loop.php override
• Styling .activity-item via CSS

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Starter Child Theme – What It Is:

A safe, minimal child theme that:

• Does not override templates
• Loads Kadence parent styles
• Includes your activity card layout CSS

Included:

• style.css
• functions.php
• DEVLOG_activitystream_2025-05-12.md