I’m having a hell of a time finding out how to mess with the look of closed topics.

Right now if a topic gets closed it just gets grayed out which is fine I guess. I have figured out how to modify the look of a grayed out topic in the CSS file.

What I want to know if how do I check to see if a topic is closed and then echo text like [CLOSED] or [LOCKED] in front of it. I don’t want the topic to be grayed out because users should still be able to read it so I’d like to echo something like [CLOSED] in front of the topic.

How does one check to see if a topic is closed and then echo text in front to the topic title saying it is closed.

[rorymorrisMember @rorymorris 2 years, 9 months ago]

I just had to work this out for myself too…

I think you can use this wherever you need to in your topics loop or template / whatever..

<? $curTopicStatus = bbp_get_topic_status( $topic_id );

if($curTopicStatus == 'publish'){ ?>



This topic is still open



<? } else { ?>



This topic is now closed



<? } ?>

If you learn to copy function names and do a search for them through your whole bbpress plugin folder, you can pretty much find out how anything works, this is how I worked this out. Think I had to go through a trail of 5 or 6 files until I worked it out

[LynqParticipant @lynq 2 years, 9 months ago]

If you learn to copy function names and do a search for them through your whole bbpress plugin folder, you can pretty much find out how anything works, this is how I worked this out. Think I had to go through a trail of 5 or 6 files until I worked it out

This is great advice for anyone wanting to customize their bbPress. I have found out many different bits and pieces by doing exactly this.

[Jared AtchisonModerator @jaredatch 2 years, 9 months ago]

+1 to this advice.

Best way to learn is to poke around and dive in.

[leanderbraunschweigParticipant @leanderbraunschweig 1 year, 7 months ago]

Thanks roymorris,

that pointed me in the right direction. Btw: The same procedure works for bbp_get_forum_status.
Regards!

[TeccaParticipant @tecca 1 year, 7 months ago]

That’s a good way of doing things. I simply did it this way, however:

#bbpress-forums .status-closed > li.bbp-topic-title > a.bbp-topic-permalink:before {
	content: "[Locked]";
	text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 #ffffff;
	color: #ff0000;
	margin-right: 5px;
}

Adds the [Locked] tag before the topic name, in red.

[colabsadminParticipant @colabsadmin 1 year, 2 months ago]

@tecca beautifully simple. thank you!