[Adam Harley (Kawauso)]

Not quite sure what you’re asking, but if you’re just trying to display a message to non-logged in users, use something like:

<?php if ( !bb_is_user_logged_in() ) : ?>

Welcome, please log in or register!

<?php endif; ?>

in front-page.php

My coding is pretty terrible too ;P I just learn from poking around in bbPress and WordPress and breaking things a lot, so you’re going about it the right way