[@lasticko Participant 11 years, 8 months ago]

btw, the page:

https://codex.bbpress.org/step-by-step-guide-to-creating-a-custom-bbpress-theme/

is out of date. Step 6 doesn’t work. 🙁

[@lasticko Participant 11 years, 8 months ago]

I went to #freenode’s IRC channel for #wordpress and I tried to find help there.

They directed me to :
https://codex.bbpress.org/step-by-step-guide-to-creating-a-custom-bbpress-theme/

But on Step 6 where it says to copy everything in wp-content > plugins > bbpress > bbp-themes > bbp-twentyten into your child theme folder I’m stuck.

There is no wp-content\plugins\bbpress\bbp-themes directory in the latest bbpress.
Outdated instructions… 🙁

I wish someone would step in and clear things up.

This page seems a little more udpated with the correct file structure. I guess I’m going to delve into this a bit more:
https://codex.bbpress.org/theme-compatibility/

[@lasticko Participant 11 years, 8 months ago]

I’m with you on this — I posted the previous topic in this forum on basically the same topic (need to keep main WP theme, but just looking to make the bbpress forums cleaner looking).

All I got was a generic “here’s the bbpress page on modifying your theme” and without being a master PHP/CSS/HTML guru, that theming page is a bit intimidating and confusing.

What would be GREAT is if someone said “Here, do this ”
1) Create a directory off your Theme’s dir called “my-templates”
2) Drop these files in there for an example clean looking bbpress theme
3) You can modify THIS and THAT file in this example to suit your needs.

Maybe I’m oversimplifying, but bbpress, with all of its advancements, HAS to have some drop-in example themes… ?

Lets hope both of us get a simple example we can try out.

[@lasticko Participant 11 years, 8 months ago]

or at least a quick 1, 2, 3 for files to put in place so that the forums are a little more stylized but the WP theme is untouched?

[@lasticko Participant 11 years, 8 months ago]

Thank you but I’m not looking to get my hands too dirty under the hood with CSS/PHP.

Arent there any drop-in solutions to just make them look cleaner / nice?
The default look/feel is very clunky.

Thanks again in advance