Using AI to build a activity stream without Buddypress
THE CORE PRINCIPLES WE FOLLOW FROM HERE:
✅ 1️⃣ We preserve your existing ZoloBlocks structure
- The layout you built — 3 columns, cards, sidebars — stays.
- This was never BuddyPress.
- This was your child theme + ZoloBlocks + Gutenberg — we don’t touch that foundation.
- The activity stream is simply one functional module inside that existing layout.
✅ 2️⃣ We rebuild ONLY the activity stream engine
- We will surgically replace:
- The post editor (form)
- The activity database structure (feeds)
- The rendering logic (the feed loop)
- Nothing else in your theme breaks.
✅ 3️⃣ Every step is fully version-controlled
- Each phase will be named and stored:
phase-1-post-form.phpphase-2-media-upload.phpphase-3-feed-render.phpphase-4-reactions.php- etc.
- You will always know exactly where each file came from.
- This becomes your permanent codebase.
✅ 4️⃣ We document every command chain
- No more plugin-zips flying around with mystery patches.
- Every block of code I give you will have:
- Placement instructions
- Directory path
- File name
- Purpose
- Revision step
✅ 5️⃣ We break zero existing pages
- While we build, your existing ForumLA system remains operational.
- We can create a secondary sandbox page like:
