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Activity Template

Activity Template Guide

The Activity template displays the community activity page for your site. It combines a community feed, post composer, feed tabs, activity statistics, and a right sidebar.

Create the Activity Page

  1. Go to Pages → Add New.
  2. Add a page title, such as Activity or Community Activity.
  3. In the page template option, choose Activity Feed.
  4. Publish the page.
  5. Add the page to the menu location where you want customers to access it.

Activity Header

The Activity page can show a header above the feed.

To edit it:

  1. Go to Appearance → Customize.
  2. Open Template Headers.
  3. Use the Activity header options to:
  • Show or hide the Activity header.
  • Change the Activity header title.
  • Change the Activity header description.
  1. Publish your Customizer changes.

The default Activity header title is Community Activity.

Activity Feed Settings

To control what the Activity page tracks and displays:

  1. Go to VH360 Theme → Activity Feed.
  2. Use Enable Tracking to turn activity tracking on or off.
  3. Select the activity types you want to track:
  • Video uploads
  • New member registrations
  • Profile updates
  • Milestones
  1. Set the number of activities to display per page.
  2. Set the activity retention period.
  3. Save changes.

If activity tracking is disabled, the Activity page will not display the feed and visitors are redirected away from the Activity page.

Community Post Uploads

The Activity page includes a post composer for logged-in users.

To control media uploads for community posts:

  1. Go to VH360 Theme → Activity Feed.
  2. Find Community Post Uploads.
  3. Enable or disable photo uploads.
  4. Enable or disable video uploads.
  5. Set the maximum photo upload size.
  6. Set the maximum video upload size.
  7. Choose the allowed video formats:
  • MP4
  • WebM
  • OGV
  1. Save changes.

If photo and video uploads are disabled, users can still write text posts, but the media upload option will not appear in the composer.

Feed Tabs

The Activity template includes two feed views:

  • My Feed — shows posts from people the logged-in user follows and includes the user’s own posts.
  • Explore — shows the general community feed.

Explore is the default feed view.

Posting to the Activity Feed

Logged-in users can create posts directly from the Activity page.

They can:

  • Write a text update.
  • Upload a photo if photo uploads are enabled.
  • Upload a video if video uploads are enabled.
  • Like posts.
  • Comment on posts.
  • Share posts.
  • Edit or delete their own posts.

Logged-out visitors can view the feed, but they do not see the post composer and must log in to comment.

Activity Sidebar

The Activity template includes a right sidebar.

To control the Activity sidebar:

  1. Go to Appearance → Customize.
  2. Open Activity Feed Sidebar.
  3. Use the available options to:
  • Change the Who to Follow widget title.
  • Show or hide Who to Follow.
  • Show or hide the Activity ad space.
  1. Publish your changes.

The Who to Follow section shows recommended users when the site has users available to recommend.

Activity Sidebar Widgets

The Activity sidebar also supports WordPress widgets.

To add sidebar widgets:

  1. Go to Appearance → Widgets.
  2. Add widgets to Activity Feed Sidebar.
  3. Save your widget changes.

To add an ad widget:

  1. Go to Appearance → Widgets.
  2. Add a widget to Activity Feed Ad Slot.
  3. Go to Appearance → Customize → Activity Feed Sidebar.
  4. Enable Show Ad Space.
  5. Publish your changes.

Membership Access

If the paid membership system is enabled and Activity Feed is selected as a gated platform feature, non-members will see the membership gate instead of the Activity feed.

To check this setting:

  1. Go to VH360 Theme → Paid Membership.
  2. Find the platform feature gating options.
  3. Check whether Activity Feed is selected.
  4. Save changes if needed.

Test the Activity Template

After setup, test the page as both an administrator and a regular customer account.

Confirm that:

  • The Activity page uses the Activity Feed template.
  • The header title and description display correctly.
  • The feed loads on the page.
  • Logged-in users can create a post.
  • Media upload options match the Activity Feed upload settings.
  • My Feed and Explore both load.
  • The sidebar displays the correct widgets.
  • Membership gating works if Activity Feed gating is enabled.

Troubleshooting

The Activity page redirects to the homepage

Go to VH360 Theme → Activity Feed and confirm Enable Tracking is turned on.

The media upload button is missing

Go to VH360 Theme → Activity Feed → Community Post Uploads and confirm photo uploads or video uploads are enabled.

Video uploads are rejected

Confirm the video file uses one of the allowed formats selected in Community Post Uploads and does not exceed the maximum video upload size.

The sidebar ad does not appear

Confirm Show Ad Space is enabled in Appearance → Customize → Activity Feed Sidebar, then confirm a widget has been added to Appearance → Widgets → Activity Feed Ad Slot.

Non-members see a locked message

Go to VH360 Theme → Paid Membership and check whether Activity Feed is selected as a gated feature.