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.

[@rorymorris Member 13 years 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

[@lynq Participant 13 years 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.

[@jaredatch Member 13 years ago]

+1 to this advice.

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

[@leanderbraunschweig Participant 11 years, 10 months ago]

Thanks roymorris,

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

[@tecca Participant 11 years, 10 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.

[@colabsadmin Participant 11 years, 5 months ago]

@tecca beautifully simple. thank you!

[@uksentinel Participant 3 years ago]

Is there any update on this thread, looking to achieve exactly the same by adding a Locked / Closed tag (icon) when a topic is closed ?

I have already used the code to ensure text does not turn Grey, so just looking to add some form of symbol so forum users can see topic thread has been closed

Thanks

BTW – for reference for others, code to stop Closed Topics text changing to Grey is …

#bbpress-forums .status-closed,
#bbpress-forums .status-closed a {
color: #000 !important;
}