[Doobus]

I literally just copied the code you provided and pasted it in the front-page.php template file and topic.php template file. The front-page template shows the url however it does not display the forum name. The topic template shows the forum url and the forum name.

This is what I put in the template files:

<?php $topic = get_topic($topic_id);

$forumName = forum_name($topic->forum_id);

$forumLink = forum_link($topic->forum_id); ?>