I did the following today:

• Install a fresh version of wordpress and bbpress plugin.

• Copy all files (except style.css) from …/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twentyten to my child theme folder

• Modify bbpress-functions.php to include add_theme_support( 'bbpress' );

bbpress is still using the bbpress.css file from wp-content/plugins/bbpress/bbp-themes/bbp-twentyten/css

I’ve been tinkering with it for hours and I cannot get it to start using my child theme’s css files by default. They properties always are overwritten by the bbpress.css file in the plugins folder.

Ideas?

• This topic was modified 5 years ago by  Clay.

[LynqParticipant @lynq 5 years ago]

I assume that copying the contents of bbp-twentyten would allow you to create a theme from scratch using the twentyten theme as a base.

If you are using a theme with wordpress then it looks like using the bbp-theme-compat would be the way to go.

Good to hear you got it sorted.

[Stephen EdgarKeymaster @netweb 5 years ago]

> When activated bbPress will use bbpress.css in your theme directory instead of the one included in bbPress core. https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-custom-css-file/

I hope this doesn’t confuse things further, if it does help sorry I think of it earlier. 😉

[ClayMember @clayheaton 5 years ago]

Lynq, that’s what I assumed, too. This link suggests the approach you took:
https://codex.bbpress.org/theme-compatibility/

[LynqParticipant @lynq 5 years ago]

Looks good to me!