Hi,

How should I modify the format of the freshness date.
I want to change it to date and time.
I already google it,also search in this forum but can’t find clear solution.

see attached image:

Thanks

[@synaptic Participant 10 years, 10 months ago]

there is an existing ticket but it is awaiting popular demand to be fixed:
https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2031

I’m not sure exactly how ‘demand’ is measured by the dev team. There certainly has been multiple requests for help to make this change both on the forum and elsewhere on the internet.

How difficult would it be to allow for bbpress admins to toggle between a freshness date format and a date/time format? wordpress already allows for this type of dating for posts so I can’t see this as being a complicated issue.

the freshness tag shows previous conversations about this issue:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic-tag/freshness/

Here are a few previous forum postings asking for help in changing the freshness format to a static date:

Freshness Date, Instead of ongoing Time frame

Edit or delete freshness

Change freshness to date after 24 hours

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-do-you-change-the-freshness-of-post-date-format/
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/show-exact-date-of-post-not-freshness/
https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/timestamp-posted-m-d-y-time/

there are also discussions outside of the bbpress.org forums:
http://bbshowcase.org/forums/topic/exact-timedate-in-forum-last-poster
http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/77441/how-to-edit-bbp-forum-freshness-link-format

Is this enough to meet the ‘demand’ quota? most people have been searching for this going back many years without any resolution.

If this isn’t enough demand, then what would be?

[@netweb Keymaster 10 years, 10 months ago]

@synaptic It’s not always obvious but the links in your post that link to old discussions or sites (which I just edited) regarding the old ‘standalone’ bbPress and not the current bbPress v2.x plugin, circa anything over 2-3+ years of age won’t be relevant.

As to meeting some kind of demand quota, bbPress v2.x Plugin is sitting at 1,125,146 downloads as I write this, so whatever the magical formula is it would appear it has not reached tipping point.

Edit: That said, has anyone tried the code in the link you posted?
http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/77441/how-to-edit-bbp-forum-freshness-link-format

[@robin-w Moderator 10 years, 10 months ago]

“Edit: That said, has anyone tried the code in the link you posted?”

I’ve just loaded it and it seems to work fine

function wpse_77441_change_time_format( $anchor, $forum_id )
{
    $last_active = get_post_meta( $forum_id, '_bbp_last_active_time', true );

    if ( empty( $last_active ) ) {
        $reply_id = bbp_get_forum_last_reply_id( $forum_id );

        if ( !empty( $reply_id ) ) {
            $last_active = get_post_field( 'post_date', $reply_id );
        } else {
            $topic_id = bbp_get_forum_last_topic_id( $forum_id );

            if ( !empty( $topic_id ) ) {
                $last_active = bbp_get_topic_last_active_time( $topic_id );
            }
        }
    }

      $date   = get_post_time( get_option( 'date_format' ), $gmt, $reply_id, true );
      $time   = get_post_time( get_option( 'time_format' ), $gmt, $reply_id, true );
      $dt = sprintf( _x( '%1$s at %2$s', 'date at time', 'bbpress' ), $date, $time );    

    $time_since = bbp_get_forum_last_active_time( $forum_id );

    return str_replace( "$time_since</a>", "$dt</a>", $anchor );
}
add_filter( 'bbp_get_forum_freshness_link', 'wpse_77441_change_time_format', 10, 2 );
add_filter( 'bbp_get_topic_freshness_link', 'wpse_77441_change_time_format', 10, 2 );

[@robin-w Moderator 10 years, 10 months ago]

Stephen,

Is there a quick and easy way to amend the headings other than amending the template?

eg loop-topics.php has

<ul class="forum-titles">
...
...
<li class="bbp-topic-freshness"><?php _e( 'Freshness', 'bbpress' ); ?></li>
</ul>

[@synaptic Participant 10 years, 10 months ago]

@netweb thanks for pointing that out.

When I said ‘tipping point’ I was referring to the closing comment on the trac ticket 2031 which refers to this issue.

There have been multiple instances where the dev team has commented on a ticket being addressed depending on the ‘demand’ for it from the community. But the thing is, there exists no real way to measure such ‘demand’ other than a quasi-qualitative approach such as the number of forum requests.

My suggestion is to create a uservoice type ranking system for issues so when someone requests help or change for a specific issue, it is measured and their voice added to that appropriate issue. In this way the dev team can see very clearly and quickly which issues are at the forefront.

[@synaptic Participant 10 years, 10 months ago]

you can see wp symposium plugin developer using this type of community feedback system for his plugin:
http://www.wpsymposium.com/voting/

[@zachmatthews Participant 10 years, 10 months ago]

That code kinda works. It looks like some of the timestamps are off, and the timestamps on the Forums page (as opposed to Topics) aren’t correct and aren’t updating. Anyone know how to fix that?

looks like this line isn’t working:

add_filter( 'bbp_get_forum_freshness_link', 'wpse_77441_change_time_format', 10, 2 );

Zach

[@zachmatthews Participant 10 years, 10 months ago]

That code is also pulling only the date/time when the topic was STARTED, not the most recent reply. Any help?

[@robin-w Moderator 10 years, 10 months ago]

I’ll take a look when I get a moment

[@zachmatthews Participant 10 years, 10 months ago]

If you could get this working and put together a quick plug in, man, you would be doing people a service.

Zach

[@lajd Participant 10 years, 9 months ago]

Thanks to all!
Especially to Robin W your function works.Thank you very much.
Godbless to all!

[@robin-w Moderator 10 years, 9 months ago]

Now available as a plugin on

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-last-post/

[@morgensonne Participant 10 years, 7 months ago]

Robin, hi again 🙂

I’m still working on my new bbPress and now I was looking for a solution to change the ‘freshness’ that bbPress displays to the date of topic. I’m excited because I found your posting here and read that there is a plugin now which does that. How great!!

I’ve installed it right now, but still I have a problem to activate it.
It is the message:

Plugin can not be activated because fatal error.
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION in …..myTestWP/wp-content/plugins/bbp-last-post/includes/lp-widgets.php on line 224

Do you have an idea, Robin, why it can not be activated at me?
Link unfortunately I have not currently, I’m still on my test server.
Would be glad to hear from you.
Thank you!

Morgensonne

[@robin-w Moderator 10 years, 7 months ago]

@morgensonne

Interesting – I’ve just deleted and re-downloaded the plugin from wordpress and it activated with no problems.

However I would be interested if your test server is a ‘local’ one using wamp or mamp? that might be the issue.

Please come back either way, and I’ll try and resolve for you.

[@robin-w Moderator 10 years, 7 months ago]

or it may be the php version you are using – can you let me know what this is if you know?

[@morgensonne Participant 10 years, 7 months ago]

Hi Robin,

sorry that I answer so late! But I found your feedback, unfortunately only at the moment, because I got no mail notification. (though enabled and the last time it worked…..? ……)

Anyway, here’s my answer to your question.
First I had to ask the owner of the web server, because I did not know exactly:
It runs on Unix and PHP 5.

I hope this helps.
Morgensonne

[@robin-w Moderator 10 years, 7 months ago]

ok, php version use different code see

https://codex.wordpress.org/Widgets_API

The widget can then be registered using the widgets_init hook: 

PHP 5.3+ only: 
add_action( 'widgets_init', function(){
     register_widget( 'My_Widget' );
});

PHP 5.2+: 
add_action('widgets_init',
     create_function('', 'return register_widget("My_Widget");')
);

I’m using code for 5.3 + – so if your site is using earlier, you would need to amend the line.

[@morgensonne Participant 10 years, 7 months ago]

Thank you, Robin.

OK, I would like to customize the line for PHP 5.2.
Where should I add this line?
Sorry, I have no knowledge of PHP code 🙁

[@morgensonne Participant 10 years, 7 months ago]

Good news! 🙂

I have just found out that the web server to which I move, if I have my bbPress finished, PHP5.3 has running. So it is unnecessary for me to make changes. I install your plugin when I’m away from the test server. That’s ok.

Thanks for this plugin, Robin – und your great and kind support!!

Morgensonne

[@robin-w Moderator 10 years, 7 months ago]

great – if you need the 5.2 version, come back and I’ll cut a version for you and put it on my website.

[@morgensonne Participant 10 years, 7 months ago]

I think that I can move in about 2 or 3 weeks. Until then, it is enough for me to know that I no longer have to worry about – because then I only need to install the plugin 🙂
I very much appreciate your offer. Thank you!!

Morgensonne

[@robin-w Moderator 10 years, 7 months ago]

great -come back if you need to !

[@carolinehehe Participant 6 years, 9 months ago]

Thanks for the freshness date format filter, Robin W. It works like a charm.
Would it be possible to deactivate the filter for a certain freshness_link?

[@robin-w Moderator 6 years, 9 months ago]

1. are you using code from above or my plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-last-post/
2. so you want some as a date and some as ‘since’ ?
3. if so, which ones are which

[@carolinehehe Participant 6 years, 9 months ago]

1. I’m using the code because I need the ‘d.m.y’ format.
2. Exactly.
I need both the date format filtered (date) and the original freshness function (‘since’) in the topic-single-loop.