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That’s interesting. Try var_dump of $activities_template and see what’s in it? I’m curious myself.

echo '<pre>'; var_dump($activities_template); echo '</pre>';

(Side note You can do a rough hack of your /entry.php file, for example, flip it so

<?php bp_activity_content_body() ?> is on top of <?php bp_activity_action() ?>, which puts more emphasis on the message content. This doesn’t achieve the high level of control you want, though.)