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February 15, 2026

SociaBlend Development Recap

Timeframe: ~Last 2 Weeks
Project Area: Account Linking + Public Landing + Trending + Creator Foundation

1️⃣ AdSense Integration (Initial Phase)

What We Implemented

  • Loaded AdSense script once via WordPress enqueue (sb-adsense)
  • Injected <ins class="adsbygoogle"> blocks into:
    • Sidebar (public shell)
    • Feed (in-feed ad card format)
  • Added logic to:
    • Avoid double rendering
    • Trigger adsbygoogle.push() after DOM insertion
  • Confirmed ad elements rendering via console inspection

What We Discovered

  • Google flagged: “Google-served ads on screens without publisher content”

What We Did to Address It

  • Built Public Landing Page
  • Added:
    • Trending content
    • Sociablend Updates
    • Sidebar trending
    • Sidebar ad card
  • Removed login-only redirect for public landing
  • Ensured real content exists alongside ads

Status:
AdSense partially integrated. Will revisit after more content depth is added.

2️⃣ Public Landing Page Architecture

Created:

  • Public Landing template
  • Trending panel
  • Updates panel
  • Panel swap animation
  • Sidebar trending mini-feed
  • Sidebar AdSense card
  • Mobile compatibility

Implemented:

  • REST endpoint: /load-trending
  • REST endpoint: /load-updates
  • Inline JS swap system
  • Rotation of trending posts (1 post per cycle)
  • Automatic page cycling

Current Behavior:

  • Trending rotates every X seconds
  • Updates load via REST
  • Sidebar displays trending card + ad
  • Navbar simplified for public users

Status:
Working and stable.

3️⃣ Header Refactor (Shell Separation)

We split shell behavior into:

A) App Shell (Logged In + Verified)

  • Full navbar
  • Sidebar
  • Notifications
  • Messages
  • User menu
  • User dashboard behavior

B) Public Shell (Landing + Trending)

  • Minimal navbar (Sign In / Create Account)
  • Sidebar:
    • Trending card
    • Advertisement card
  • No personal dashboard elements

Result:
Clean separation between:

  • Public marketing mode
  • Logged-in app mode

4️⃣ Trending System Refactor

Changes:

  • Converted trending to REST-based endpoint
  • Allowed:
    • Single post rotation mode
    • Page-based pagination fallback
  • Disabled “Load More” on landing (rotation-only mode)

Status:
Working correctly.

5️⃣ Registration Page Review & Refactor

Improvements:

  • Cleaned password validation
  • Added canonical account type support
  • Introduced: sb_account_type
  • Preserved backward compatibility:
    • user_type_person
    • user_type_business
    • user_type_influencer

Current Flow:

  1. User registers
  2. Role = editor
  3. Redirect → /profile-completion/

6️⃣ Login Page Refactor

Fixed:

  • Empty redirect edge cases
  • Added nonce protection
  • Added account-type-aware routing
  • Removed inline AdSense (policy-safe)
  • Added fallback redirect safety

Logic Now:

  1. Login
  2. If profile not complete → profile-completion
  3. If complete:
    • personal → user_redirect_page
    • business/influencer → temporary fallback (trending)

Status:
Stable, secure, forward-compatible.

7️⃣ Profile Completion Refactor

Added:

  • Nonce protection
  • Account-type branching
  • Creator placeholder logic
  • Secure folder creation
  • Avatar handling
  • Tag assignment
  • Verification code system

Critical New Behavior:

After profile completion:

If:

sb_account_type = personal

→ Create personal dashboard page via:

sociablend_ensure_user_page_setup()

If:

sb_account_type = business OR influencer

→ Mark:

sb_creator_needs_setup = 1

→ Temporary redirect = trending

This sets the stage for creator-specific dashboards.

8️⃣ Public Content + Google Policy Compliance Strategy

We:

  • Stopped redirecting entire site to login
  • Created real public content
  • Added updates feed
  • Added trending content
  • Added sidebar content
  • Reduced login-wall footprint

This improves:

  • AdSense approval likelihood
  • Crawlability
  • SEO footprint
  • Business presentation

9️⃣ Where We Left Off

We are at the Creator Expansion Architecture Stage.

We have:

  • Account type stored
  • Login routing aware of account type
  • Profile completion branching by account type
  • Placeholder flag for creator setup

🔟 Next Step (Critical)

We now need to build:

Creator System Foundation

1️⃣ Create Custom Post Type:

sb_creator

For:

  • Businesses
  • Influencers

2️⃣ On profile completion (business/influencer):

Automatically:

  • Create sb_creator post
  • Assign post_author = user_id
  • Store creator meta
  • Generate slug
  • Set:
user_redirect_page = creator-dashboard-slug

3️⃣ Build:

  • Creator Dashboard Template
  • Creator Content Manager
  • Creator Profile Public View
  • Linking personal ↔ creator accounts

🚀 Strategic Direction Forward

We are transitioning from:

User Feed Platform

→ To:

Multi-Account Social Infrastructure

  • Personal accounts
  • Business accounts
  • Influencer accounts
  • Cross-linking between them
  • Content-first creator dashboards

📌 Official Current Status

Public Landing: ✔
Trending REST: ✔
Updates REST: ✔
AdSense (partial): ✔
Registration flow refactored: ✔
Login flow secured: ✔
Profile completion branching: ✔
Creator foundation: 🚧 (next build phase)

🔜 Next Step

I recommend we now:

  1. Build register_post_type('sb_creator')
  2. Auto-create creator profile for business/influencer
  3. Generate creator dashboard template
  4. Wire redirect to creator dashboard

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