if you goto the frontpage.php at http://www.massbase.com... on the side bar to the right, (which is the footer.php) there is an extra loop that shows the instant classifed forums (in the black box)…

however if i click on any topic or any page on the site… that loop stops displaying the topics of that forum..

how come ?

this is the code im using for the loops in that black box (which is the same code for all the forums on the frontpage)

<h3 style="color: red;"><?php forum_name(4); ?></h3>

<?php

$count=0;

if ( $topics )

{

foreach ( $topics as $topic)

{

if ($topic->forum_id=="4")

{

if($count<5)

$count++;

else

break;

?>

<br />- <?php bb_topic_labels(); ?> <a style="font-weight:bold; color: white;line-height: 2.5em;" href="<?php topic_link(); ?>"><?php topic_title(); ?></a><?php topic_page_links(); ?>

<?php

}

}

}

?>

<br /><br /><a id="sub-link" href="<?php bb_uri(); ?>forum/instant-classified"> View all General Topics</a>

[massbaseMember @massbase 3 years, 11 months ago]

the right sidebar is just the footer.php

[Sam BauersParticipant @sambauers 3 years, 11 months ago]

Because the loop relies on the $topics global being set by the base index.php file.

$topics = get_latest_topics(false, $page);

You can add this to your template if you like just above that loop, to make sure $topics is always available…

if ( !isset( $topics ) ) {

$topics = get_latest_topics( false, 1 ); // Only fetch the first page

}

[massbaseMember @massbase 3 years, 11 months ago]

thanks sam it works.

now i can loop through certain forums anywhere on the site.

many thanks for everything.

guys check it out http://www.massbase.com

you can do anything with bb-press.

[AshfameParticipant @ashfame 3 years, 11 months ago]

Its just code that works. Real power is the pluggable nature of bbPress & WordPress which lets you add almost any functionality without bloating the code for mass consumption.