If I used:
<?php
$forum_id = 1;
$number_of_topics = 7;
$forum_one_topics = $bbdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $bbdb->topics WHERE forum_id = $forum_id ORDER BY topic_id DESC LIMIT 0,$number_of_topics")
?>
<?php
foreach($forum_one_topics as $topic) : $forum_one_topic_posts = get_thread( $topic->topic_id); ?>
(as see at the beginning of this topic) – how can I show the initial topic time on the front page instead of the last reply time?
I think you would probably want to edit the template files to include those blocks of code from your static page into bbPress, not the other way around. bbPress needs to do its thing, but you can edit the template files and include the sidebar and header into the bbPress pages.
fel64: No, there’s been hooks for the post form for as long as I can remember.
Unfortunately that’s only for new posts. For editing existing posts there is absolutely no way to affect the template without editing it. There’s no hooks for edit_form() or any of it’s sub-functions or the template loader (the loader does the include AFTER the hook so nothing can be placed afterwards. I requested some hooks many month ago but they may have been missed (or ignored). This plugin will require (one, simple) edit of the edit-post.php template.
(In theory it could be done via the bb_get_footer but that’s really messy and the footer hook is AFTER the footer has been rendered).
glanceup: Just cut and paste it into a plugin template. Here’s what I did (apologies to _ck_ if the headers aren’t quite right):
<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Fix Number of Front Page Topics
Plugin URI: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-to-restrict-number-of-latest-discussions-on-front-page
Description: Fix Number of Front Page Topics
Author: _ck_
Author URI: http://bbshowcase.org/
Version: 0.1
*/
// fix number of front page topics
function bb_custom_topic_limit($limit) {
switch (bb_get_location()) :
case 'front-page': $limit=5; break;
case 'forum-page': $limit=10; break;
case 'tag-page': break;
case 'topic-page': $limit=15; break;
case 'feed-page': break;
case 'search-page': break;
case 'profile-page': break;
case 'favorites-page': break;
case 'view-page': $limit=10; break;
case 'stats-page': break;
case 'login-page': break;
default: $limit=15;
endswitch;
return $limit;
}
add_action( 'bb_get_option_page_topics', 'bb_custom_topic_limit',200);
// required to fix for custom topic limits to calculate correct page jumps
function fix_post_link ($link,$post_id) {
global $topic;
remove_action( 'bb_get_option_page_topics', 'bb_custom_topic_limit' );
if ($topic && $topic->topic_last_post_id==$post_id) {
$topic_id=$topic->topic_id;
$page=get_page_number( $topic->topic_posts );
} else {
$bb_post = bb_get_post( get_post_id( $post_id ) );
$topic_id=$bb_post->topic_id;
$page = get_page_number( $bb_post->post_position );
}
return get_topic_link( $topic_id, $page ) . "#post-$post_id";
}
add_filter( 'get_post_link','fix_post_link',10, 2);
?>
ck — Into what file and where do I paste that code? Thanks. PS I am using bbPress 9.0.1
Thanks for your thoughtful response, sam! That sounds great to me! 
FYI, I also came across this query repeatedly in my slow query log:
SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS * FROM bb_topics WHERE topic_status = 0 AND forum_id = 1 AND topic_sticky = 0 ORDER BY topic_time DESC LIMIT 40, 20;
topic_sticky isn’t indexed (in either 0.83 or 0.91, I checked both). Should it be? It’s a tinyint(1), so indexing it should cost very little while improving performance a lot, I think?
Sorry to bump this thread again…
Sambauer, my post was not directed to you and I respect a lot what you are doing and your attitude on the forum. It’s the “then go for a wiki” remark that made me react.
I’m very happy and thankful that _ck_ got down to the writing of this plugin. Keep on the good works, it’s a great soft you’re all working on
It was USD$50
I say just get it up to a usable state and out the door. Then we can all work on making it better over time.
Whoa, $50 AUS? That’s like half a million US $ right now! I could buy 3, maybe even 4 gallons of gas (if I owned a car) LOL! 
Seriously though, many thanks, that’s a massive donation. Now I feel guilty like I have to make this an amazing plugin. Hope I can live up to it. I should have an early alpha for review Sunday or Monday night…
So how about the following?:
bb_forums -> Add a unique key to forum_slug
bb_topics -> Add a unique key to topic_slug
bb_users -> Already has a unique key on user_nicename
bb_tags -> Already has a key on tag which should be changed to a unique key
chrishajer: Ah, sorry. mod_rewrite
timskii: I could have sworn they had it turned off at some point, but maybe I am misremembering. The point is that hosters tend to do stuff like that (often without warning), so as robust a solution as possible would be ideal, naturally.
*I’m a designer, not a coder, so I’m mostly talking out of my ass.
I would also be very much interested in a “approve registration” plugin. I am building a forum for in-house use only so want to make sure that only staff sign up to use our forums
Would anyone be able to assist with testing a conversion script from IP.Board 2.3.4 to bbPress 0.9? I’ve started writing some code myself to handle the switch. It would be great if any other coders would be willing to assist with this too.
The way it will work currently is to generate a ‘ipb2bb.sql’ file that you can pass to mysql to upgrade the database. It will import users, categories, topics and posts. You can ask it to limit it’s import to select categories only instead of all categories.
We could try to appeal to the mercy of whoever the current plug-in coders are. I’ve seen something at TextDrive where a group would donate some money into a pool for development purposes.
I think it’d be great if they added the “Ideas” feature here at bbPress like they have for WordPress also.
https://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/
Try putting this in your bb-config, it should rename those bbPress cookies for you:
$bb->usercookie = 'wordpressuser';
$bb->passcookie = 'wordpresspass';
.
You may also need to adjust the cookie domain and path, but try that first.
Ah, in that case all you need to put there is mail.ru without the asterisk or leading dot.
I installed bbPress on a directory called /discussions on the root of my hosting account, where I have also installed WordPress 2.5, everything on the installation went ok, but after all been done, the admin login to the dashboard gives me the following message:
You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.
Any solution?
I had the same problem with my plugins with the avatar tab too. It makes tabs duplicate.
I’ll have to lookup the workaround I did…
Okay the bug fix I had to use was to wrap the function that adds a tab and check if $self was set.
ie.
function add_tab(blah) {
global $self;
if (!self) {
// code that adds tab goes here
}
}
So what you probably need to do is change this line like so:
if (!$self && bb_get_current_user_info( 'id' ) == $user_id) {
@Beer: When/if I get the time I’ll be sure to make it public. As you know it’s quite something else to make it work generically rather than for one specific site.
Thanks for the praise though, appreciate it.
@_ck_: Thanks. Yes, I also had a good mind of making that “online” banner that phpbb uses, available per user but other things caught my attention. 
Anyways, glad you both liked it.
Front page topics plugin isn’t working? Hmm. Should be.
I have a modification I’ve done somewhere…
Try this:
// fix number of front page topics
function bb_custom_topic_limit($limit) {
switch (bb_get_location()) :
case 'front-page': $limit=5; break;
case 'forum-page': $limit=10; break;
case 'tag-page': break;
case 'topic-page': $limit=15; break;
case 'feed-page': break;
case 'search-page': break;
case 'profile-page': break;
case 'favorites-page': break;
case 'view-page': $limit=10; break;
case 'stats-page': break;
case 'login-page': break;
default: $limit=15;
endswitch;
return $limit;
}
add_action( 'bb_get_option_page_topics', 'bb_custom_topic_limit',200);
// required to fix for custom topic limits to calculate correct page jumps
function fix_post_link ($link,$post_id) {
global $topic;
remove_action( 'bb_get_option_page_topics', 'bb_custom_topic_limit' );
if ($topic && $topic->topic_last_post_id==$post_id) {
$topic_id=$topic->topic_id;
$page=get_page_number( $topic->topic_posts );
} else {
$bb_post = bb_get_post( get_post_id( $post_id ) );
$topic_id=$bb_post->topic_id;
$page = get_page_number( $bb_post->post_position );
}
return get_topic_link( $topic_id, $page ) . "#post-$post_id";
}
add_filter( 'get_post_link','fix_post_link',10, 2);
Is there a manual way to get someone set to KeyMaster? I registered and was user #1. There seems to be no use #0 so there is no administer for the forum. I’m totally locked out. 
I found the issue. The table names were custom set to not interfear with anything that that wasn’t called out anywhere in the install process except in an advanced (hidden) area.
I’ve re-installed BBPress 4 times now and I finally go it to work, with all my old posts, but I can’t log in.
This will affect all forums:
global $bb_roles;
$bb_roles->remove_cap('member','write_topics');
$bb_roles->remove_cap('member','write_posts');
You can put it into header.php or make a real plugin ie.
members-cannot-post.php (and install into /my-plugins/)
<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Members Cannot Post
*/
global $bb_roles;
$bb_roles->remove_cap('member','write_topics');
$bb_roles->remove_cap('member','write_posts');
?>
I think I will make a real plugin which can control this on a per-forum basis since this seems to be a requested feature that is not too hard to handle in 0.9 Look for it in the plugin section over the next day or two.
I have a karma plugin in development but it is not available yet and most likely will not be until early May.
You can preview it in use at http://bbShowcase.org
The code in brackets is BBcode so you want my BBlite:
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbcode-lite/
