Re: get favorites list
Two ways:
1) It’s an array, so just cycle through it and output the bits you want, this will allow you to style it as you please. If you’re unsure of what it returns use: print_r($topics);
2) Alternatively, you could just copy all 3 lines from the Favourites.php file:
$topics = get_user_favorites( $user->ID, true );
$favorites_total = isset($user->favorites) ? count(explode(‘,’, $user->favorites)) : 0;
bb_load_template( ‘favorites.php’, array(‘favorites_total’) );
This will output the favourites in the way you’ve described in your template folder.
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At the end of the day, BBpress has a number of issues, but if it can already do something, all you really need to do is copy and paste the code