[epretorious]

> Have a look if you find something in my response here:
> https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/setup-login-for-private-forum/

I didn’t find anything in there about modifying the languages file (bbpress.pot).

This thread seemed promising but it left too many questions unanswered: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-language-files/

What else have you got, Pascal?

TIA,
Eric Pretorious
Portland, OR

[epretorious]

> > What’s the “best practice” for modifying the languages file?
>
> Best pratice is never to edit existing files

Could you give a little more guidance, Pascal?

TIA,
Eric Pretorious
Portland, OR

[epretorious]

Thank you, Pascal!

[epretorious]

This may be easier than I’d thought:

[root@cp bbpress]# grep -r 'You must be logged in' *
languages/bbpress.pot:msgid "You must be logged in to create new forums."
languages/bbpress.pot:msgid "You must be logged in to reply to this topic."
languages/bbpress.pot:msgid "You must be logged in to create new topics."
templates/default/bbpress/form-forum.php:			<p><?php is_user_logged_in() ? _e( 'You cannot create new forums.', 'bbpress' ) : _e( 'You must be logged in to create new forums.', 'bbpress' ); ?></p>
templates/default/bbpress/form-topic.php:			<p><?php is_user_logged_in() ? _e( 'You cannot create new topics.', 'bbpress' ) : _e( 'You must be logged in to create new topics.', 'bbpress' ); ?></p>
templates/default/bbpress/form-reply.php:			<p><?php is_user_logged_in() ? _e( 'You cannot reply to this topic.', 'bbpress' ) : _e( 'You must be logged in to reply to this topic.', 'bbpress' ); ?></p>

What’s the “best practice” for modifying the languages file? Is that something that I can achieve with a child theme?

TIA,
Eric Pretorious
Portland, OR

[epretorious]

> Thanks, Pascal: That worked perfectly!

One, very important correction: If visitors to the site aren’t logged in, they see nothing – not even the warning that “You must be logged in to…” 🙁

There must be an easy way to do away with that “Oh bother!…” bit of text without leaving visitors in the dark. 🙁

Maybe I should just manually change the source:

[root@cp bbpress]# grep -r bother *
languages/bbpress.pot:msgid "Oh bother! No forums were found here!"
languages/bbpress.pot:msgid "Oh bother! No replies were found here!"
languages/bbpress.pot:msgid "Oh bother! No search results were found here!"
languages/bbpress.pot:msgid "Oh bother! No topics were found here!"
templates/default/bbpress/feedback-no-topics.php:	<p><?php _e( 'Oh bother! No topics were found here!', 'bbpress' ); ?></p>
templates/default/bbpress/feedback-no-replies.php:	<p><?php _e( 'Oh bother! No replies were found here!', 'bbpress' ); ?></p>
templates/default/bbpress/feedback-no-search.php:	<p><?php _e( 'Oh bother! No search results were found here!', 'bbpress' ); ?></p>
templates/default/bbpress/feedback-no-forums.php:	<p><?php _e( 'Oh bother! No forums were found here!', 'bbpress' ); ?></p>

Eric Pretorious
Portland, OR

[epretorious]

> If you don’t want to install the plugin but want to play with
> CSS, then the below should hide the message…

Thanks, Pascal: That worked perfectly!

Eric Pretorious
Portland, OR

[epretorious]

Robin:

Originally: I hid the top primary menu by adding a bit of CSS to the child theme:

.primary-navigation {
        display: none;
}

…but I have since enabled the top primary menu.

HTH,
Eric Pretorious
Portland, OR

[epretorious]

Robin:

I installed bbPress by following the instructions here on bbPress.org:

1. I created an empty page named “Forums” using the default forum root slug heading (i.e., ‘forums’).
2. Then I added the empty “Forums” page to the site’s main menu.

Eric Pretorious
Portland, OR

[epretorious]

Thanks, Robin:

The site is PracticalXenServer.org.

Eric Pretorious
Portland, OR