Ah, got it! The theme creator had commented out the theme_before_topic_meta section of the template file. All fixed now! thanks 🙂
Awesome thanks for the help! I just followed your instructions, and it didnt quite seem to work. It definitely did something, but not quite what was expected. Here’s a screenshot of what happened after i implemented your code: http://imgur.com/Txu9cAz
After seeing the bbpress.org forums, im realizing its not totally neccessary to replace the freshness (last post) column, but to simply add a “started by: author” section directly beneath the topic title – just like on the forums here.
Is that how it should look by default? Or are the bbpress.org forums customized?
