Hi, I’m using the codes below to show lead topic:

function custom_bbp_show_lead_topic( $show_lead ) {
  $show_lead[] = 'true';
  return $show_lead;
}
 
add_filter('bbp_show_lead_topic', 'custom_bbp_show_lead_topic' );

As shown in the screenshot below,

https://paste.pics/MQEKW

My questions are:
a. Can I hide the header & footer (item 1) right above and below the lead topic?
b. Can I change the date display (item 2) to freshness display (e.g., 2 weeks, 5 days ago) for all topics/replies?

Regards.

[@robin-w Moderator 1 year, 9 months ago]

find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/content-single-topic-lead.php

transfer this to your pc and edit
that will let you remove the header and footer, and change the date function

and save

create a directory on your theme called ‘bbpress’
ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

Then transfer the file you saved above and put in in the directory called bbpress that you created above, so you end up with
wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/content-single-topic-lead.php

bbPress will now use this template instead of the original

[@enkoes Participant 1 year, 9 months ago]

Yes, found it. I have deleted the header & footer part in the php file and put in my child theme.

Does the date function look like this below?
<span class="bbp-topic-post-date"><?php bbp_topic_post_date(); ?></span>

May I know what is the freshness function so that I can replace it with?
Other than lead topic, how about other replies? I want them to display freshness as well.

Regards with thanks!

[@robin-w Moderator 1 year, 9 months ago]

you can leave the template for time unchanged.

add_filter ('bbp_get_topic_post_date' , 'rew_change_to_freshness', 10 , 6) ;
add_filter ('bbp_get_reply_post_date' , 'rew_change_to_freshness', 10 , 6) ;

function rew_change_to_freshness ($result, $topic_id, $humanize, $gmt, $date, $time) {
	$result = bbp_get_time_since( bbp_convert_date( $time ) ) ;
	
return $result ;
}

Put this in your child theme’s function file –

ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/functions.php

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

or use

Code Snippets

[@enkoes Participant 1 year, 9 months ago]

Thanks Robin! All topics & replies can already display freshness.

One more thing about lead topic. I’d like to add a label like “Thread Starter” on top of the avatar of the topic starter for every reply (EXCEPT the lead topic) from the topic starter. In this case we will always keep track on who is the topic starter as the conversation goes on.

It is similar to the screenshot below (from other WordPress forum):
https://paste.pics/MRVM6

Regards.

[@robin-w Moderator 1 year, 8 months ago]

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>forum roles and you can set the topic author

[@enkoes Participant 1 year, 8 months ago]

Hi, how if I wish to place the label on top of avatar so that it is easily identifiable? There is no such option in the bbp style pack.

[@robin-w Moderator 1 year, 8 months ago]

in that tab there is the option ‘Where to show roles’ – it is the first item in that tab.

[@enkoes Participant 1 year, 8 months ago]

Oh… yes. It’s done. Thanks man!

I actually tried to change font of the label “Thread Starter” (under Topic Author) using Style Pack, but it seems not working at all. Any solution?

[@robin-w Moderator 1 year, 8 months ago]

thanks – I’ll take a look at that

[@robin-w Moderator 1 year, 8 months ago]

thanks, I found the issue – fixed in 5.4.3 just released.

[@enkoes Participant 1 year, 8 months ago]

Recently I found that all freshness display all showing “sometime ago”.

I came across a topic related to same issue Notifications – Date Received = “Sometime Ago”. It seems that the problem is related to time zone that makes this freshness display totally unworkable. If I don’t want to change to the actual display of date/time, any solution for this?

Regards.

[@robin-w Moderator 1 year, 8 months ago]

@enkoes – is this related to just lead topic, or does this need posting as a new topic?

[@enkoes Participant 1 year, 8 months ago]

After checked, this is related to all replies, not just the lead topic affected.

Within same topic, some replies that created few days ago shows “4 hours, 12 minutes ago” today. Other replies may show “sometime ago”. The freshness display seems like all mess up.

eg,
first post (lead topic): 10 hours, 51 minutes ago
2nd reply: 2 hours, 36 minutes ago
3rd reply: 15 hours, 52 minutes ago
4th reply: 7 hours, 21 minutes ago
5th reply: 16 hours, 27 minutes ago

[@robin-w Moderator 1 year, 8 months ago]

so is this with this function installed?

add_filter ('bbp_get_topic_post_date' , 'rew_change_to_freshness', 10 , 6) ;
add_filter ('bbp_get_reply_post_date' , 'rew_change_to_freshness', 10 , 6) ;

function rew_change_to_freshness ($result, $topic_id, $humanize, $gmt, $date, $time) {
	$result = bbp_get_time_since( bbp_convert_date( $time ) ) ;
	
return $result ;
}

[@enkoes Participant 1 year, 8 months ago]

Yes sir.