I thought the secret to making a new page that is included into the bbpress fileset is to add the require_once('./bb-load.php');
However, this must not be the secret because it doesn't let me do stuff like get_header(). On the other hand, it sees my plugin file and gets the information I want from it.
What am I doing wrong? I have a file dropped into the http root with the require_once and then requiring the work page in my-templates, but nothing inside the my-templates file works (ie. no bbpress functions in the file work).