[wreckcox]

I tried searching in the forum but didn’t find that suits my question so I am dropping it here. This might be very simple for some but for me, it’s little tricky. I am still a newbie.

[Robin W]

so you want a space between each reply – yes ?

If so, you will need to be able to FTP a file to your website – do you know how to do this?

[wreckcox]

Yes, Robin I want to add space between replies.
I can add file using cpanel file manager as I am not familier with FTP.

[Robin W]

ok,

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

find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/loop-replies.php
Make a copy of this file to your pc

The edit this file to add this line after line 50

<div class='rew-spacer'> <p/> </div>

so you end up with

<?php bbp_get_template_part( 'loop', 'single-reply' ); ?>

<div class='rew-spacer'> <p/> </div>

Then put this in the directory called bbpress that you created above, so you end up with
wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/loop-replies.php

You may need to do some styling to get it how you want it, but I would need to see your site to help on that

[wreckcox]

Thank you so much. This code added the space between replies but pushed the border below.

[wreckcox]

Thank you so much. This code added the space between replies.
Can this also be done with css? If yes, how?

[wreckcox]

body.reply #bbpress-forums div.reply, #bbpress-forums .bbp-replies div.topic, #bbpress-forums .bbp-replies div.reply {
margin: 0px 0px 40px 0px;
}
This did the work. Thank you.

[Robin W]

ok, take the change above out.

Then find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/loop-single-reply.php
Make a copy of this file to your pc

The edit this file to be this

<?php

/**
 * Replies Loop - Single Reply
 *
 * @package bbPress
 * @subpackage Theme
 */

?>
<div class='rew-border'>
<div id="post-<?php bbp_reply_id(); ?>" class="bbp-reply-header">

	<div class="bbp-meta">

		<span class="bbp-reply-post-date"><?php bbp_reply_post_date(); ?></span>

		<?php if ( bbp_is_single_user_replies() ) : ?>

			<span class="bbp-header">
				<?php _e( 'in reply to: ', 'bbpress' ); ?>
				<a class="bbp-topic-permalink" href="<?php bbp_topic_permalink( bbp_get_reply_topic_id() ); ?>"><?php bbp_topic_title( bbp_get_reply_topic_id() ); ?></a>
			</span>

		<?php endif; ?>

		<a href="<?php bbp_reply_url(); ?>" class="bbp-reply-permalink">#<?php bbp_reply_id(); ?></a>

		<?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_before_reply_admin_links' ); ?>

		<?php bbp_reply_admin_links(); ?>

		<?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_after_reply_admin_links' ); ?>

	</div><!-- .bbp-meta -->

</div><!-- #post-<?php bbp_reply_id(); ?> -->

<div <?php bbp_reply_class(); ?>>

	<div class="bbp-reply-author">

		<?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_before_reply_author_details' ); ?>

		<?php bbp_reply_author_link( array( 'sep' => '<br />', 'show_role' => true ) ); ?>

		<?php if ( bbp_is_user_keymaster() ) : ?>

			<?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_before_reply_author_admin_details' ); ?>

			<div class="bbp-reply-ip"><?php bbp_author_ip( bbp_get_reply_id() ); ?></div>

			<?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_after_reply_author_admin_details' ); ?>

		<?php endif; ?>

		<?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_after_reply_author_details' ); ?>

	</div><!-- .bbp-reply-author -->

	<div class="bbp-reply-content">

		<?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_before_reply_content' ); ?>

		<?php bbp_reply_content(); ?>

		<?php do_action( 'bbp_theme_after_reply_content' ); ?>

	</div><!-- .bbp-reply-content -->

</div><!-- .reply -->
</div>

<div class='rew-spacer'><p/> </div>

Then put this in the directory called bbpress that you created above, so you end up with
wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/loop-single-reply.php

Finally in your theme’s custom css area put

#bbpress-forums ul.bbp-replies {
border : none ;
}		

.rew-border {
border: 1px solid #eee;
}		

[Robin W]

cross posted with yours, both solve the issue, so go with yours