Forgive me if this is already out there somewhere, but I was wondering how to go about changing this message to say something else?

Is there a front-end way to do this, or is it something in a .PHP file somewhere that needs to be edited?

Thanks in advance.

[@robkk Moderator 10 years ago]

Copy feedback-no-topics.php from bbPress’s templates and into your child theme in a folder called bbpress. Then customize the message to your liking.

[@casiepa Moderator 10 years ago]

@Robkk
Any filter that would exist for this one ?
Pascal.

[@robkk Moderator 10 years ago]

@casiepa

I guess you can also use this.

function change_translate_text( $translated_text ) {
  if ( $translated_text == ‘Oh bother! No topics were found here!’) {
    $translated_text = ‘No topics were found here!’;
  }
  return $translated_text;
}
add_filter( 'gettext', 'change_translate_text', 20 );

[@casiepa Moderator 10 years ago]

@joviyach

If it can help, I have just uploaded the new version of my personal plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-manage-subscriptions/ where you can play with the ‘Oh Bother! message (hide it, set a different text, …)
My plugin is adapted to my own needs, but feel free to use it. And give me more ideas to implement !

Pascal.

[@robkk Moderator 10 years ago]

@casiepa

I am starting to think that filter may not be the best way to translate content. It was widely used though and was recommend a few times in these forums.

The dangers of the gettext filter

While trying to find the bbPress string swap plugin that was a bbPress plugin that use to do this exact thing fine. I came upon this that lead me to find the alternative to the gettext filter and using global $l10n;

https://github.com/justintadlock/hybrid-core/issues/49

Here is an example with BuddyPress and I am sure there is a way to make this kind of thing work with bbPress.

https://bp-tricks.com/coding/string-replacement-hack-core/

[@casiepa Moderator 9 years, 11 months ago]

Hi,

Just to close it here in case somebody else would look for it, I have it implemented in bbP toolkit (https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-toolkit/). Still need to review Robkk last update, but for now it works.

Pascal.

[@joviyach Participant 9 years, 11 months ago]

I was able to do what was needed with Robkk’s plugin.