New to bbPress, confused on theming? Please help!
Perhaps my brain is just fried, but when I search for bbPress themes, TONS of stuff comes up, but is this all mostly for an older version of bbPress that wasn’t a WordPress plugin? I’m trying to...
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looks like it might be is_bbpress() that i am looking for. will report back if that doesn’t work. EDIT: yup, that was it.
View ArticleReply To: php function to tell (in a template) whether it is bbpress?
You’re correct, is_bbpress() should be what you’re looking for.
View ArticleReply To: New to bbPress, confused on theming? Please help!
The answer to my question about which template is being rendered (at least in my case) was page.php. That’s page.php from your theme. So if you, like me, want to do things to the main template in...
View Articlenoob question how to change theme?
Hello, So I installed the bbpress plugin, and the forum seems to work, but I want the forum to appear as white, not black. My WordPress blog, which BBpress is installed as the plugin for, is black. Is...
View ArticleReply To: noob question how to change theme?
The bbPress theme is inside the plugin and inherits your wordpress themes styling. If you wish to change that then you need to copy the theme files out of the plugin and into your wordpress theme. The...
View ArticleReply To: New to bbPress, confused on theming? Please help!
If it’s not, why not? The honest truth is that once most people learn what they need, they never go into the bbPress codex and make a page to share their knowledge.
View ArticleReply To: New to bbPress, confused on theming? Please help!
I made a codex page describing what I learned so far. I don’t know if what I wrote is anything like a best practice, but it worked for me. It would be great if those more knowledgeable would correct...
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I don’t know if what I wrote is anything like a best practice, but it worked for me Anything is better than nothing. We can always iterate on anything you create later. Thanks for putting that up!
View Articlebbpress template tags in wp
How do I call bbpress template tags inside of the wordpress theme files? For example, I’m in header.php of my wordpress theme, and would like to list the forums in the header. I found this code:...
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Hows this for starters? http://codex.bbpress.org/bbp_list_forums/
View ArticleReply To: bbpress template tags in wp
I had used the code (below) prior to posting here in the forum and it didn’t work for me… bbp_list_forums(array('before'...
View ArticleReply To: How to not gray-out closed topics.
I know this was a while ago, but in case anyone else stumbles across this topic, here’s how I did it. In your wordpress install find the folder /wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/css Open...
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I’m assuming that if I want to override the template files inside the plugin directory, I need to place a file of the same name (ex: archive_forum.php) inside the bbpress directory within my theme...
View ArticleReply To: How to not gray-out closed topics.
Thanks a lot, this is a very welcome tweak! I never did understand the point behind this “feature”. I rarely close topics because the OP shouldn’t be read at all… Is there a way to safely override...
View ArticleReply To: New to bbPress, confused on theming? Please help!
Custom bbPress functions can go into your functions.php file, but I prefer to create a custom functions plugin.
View Articleediting forum labels with template files
Hi all! I’m trying to edit the word Forum next the home. (EX: home > Forum) at the top of the forum. I can’t seem to find the template file where I can do this? Am I not looking hard enough? or do...
View ArticleChange Topic Hover Color
Green box when hovering over topics doesn’t work at all for me. It seems that it isn’t activated.
View ArticleReply To: editing forum labels with template files
I think this plugin will do what you want. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-string-swap/
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