[Jerry]

I am using themes and modifying bbpress.css. I figured out how to remove the roles of people making posts. I want to remove the topic authors only, but keep all authors of replies. Here are the changes I made to bbpress.css, which was to put “dislay: none;” under the forum and topic authors, but that has not worked.

#bbpress-forums div.bbp-forum-author,
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-topic-author {
  display: none;
}
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-reply-author {
	float: left;
	text-align: center;
	width: 115px;
}

#bbpress-forums div.bbp-forum-author img.avatar,
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-topic-author img.avatar {
  display: none;
}
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-reply-author img.avatar {
	border: none;
	max-width: 80px;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 12px auto 0 auto;
	float: none;
}

#bbpress-forums div.bbp-forum-author a.bbp-author-name,
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-topic-author a.bbp-author-name {
  display: none;
}
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-reply-author a.bbp-author-name {
	margin: 0 12px;
	word-break: break-word;
	display: inline-block;
}

#bbpress-forums div.bbp-topic-author a.bbp-author-name {
  display: none;
}
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-reply-author a.bbp-author-name {
	clear: left;
	display: block;
}

#bbpress-forums div.bbp-forum-author .bbp-author-role,
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-topic-author .bbp-author-role,
#bbpress-forums div.bbp-reply-author .bbp-author-role {
  display: none;
//	font-size: 11px;
//	font-style: italic;
}

#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header .bbp-search-author,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-footer .bbp-search-author,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header .bbp-forum-author,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-footer .bbp-forum-author,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-header .bbp-topic-author,
#bbpress-forums li.bbp-footer .bbp-topic-author {
  display: none;
}

The only way I have found to remove the topic author is to insert “display: none;” under the topic-reply authors, but that removes the topic-reply authors as well, which I don’t want to do. Perhaps I need to get into a php file to do this? If so, can someone direct me to the correct file? Thanks.

[Jerry]

If anyone is able to give me a hand on this, one note. I’ve tried modifying content-single-topic-lead.php as per the codex. That did not work. My next route is to try modifying something within buddypress, which I have installed. Perhaps something in there is preventing these changes within bbpress? Grasping at straws at this point.

[Robin W]

ok, quick and messy way (based on some code I did elsewhere)

create a directory in your theme root called bbpress

wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress

copy

wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress

loop-replies.php
and
loop-single-reply.php

into this directory

bbpress will now use these files instead

in loop-replies change from line 40 to

<li class="bbp-body">

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

			<?php bbp_list_replies(); ?>
			
			
		<?php else : ?>
			<?php global $countr ;
			$countr=0 ; ?>
		
			<?php while ( bbp_replies() ) : bbp_the_reply(); ?>
			
			<?php 
			$countr ++ ; 
			
			<?php bbp_get_template_part( 'loop', 'single-reply' ); ?>

			<?php endwhile; ?>

This is basically just putting a count into this, so that we can see that the topic is count 0

then in loop-single-reply change line 45 to read

<?php if ($countr !=0) bbp_reply_author_link( array( ‘sep’ => ‘<br />’, ‘show_role’ => true ) ); ?>

I’ve not tested this, but you should be able to get it to work.

[Jerry]

Hi Robin, thanks for your help so far. I had already made the theme folder and have been working with that for some time now, so I had no trouble following your suggestion.

Unfortunately this is not quite working, but I think you have me on the right path. First, I had to move the global $countr; at the beginning of the file to prevent a parse error. Now, this code removes the topic author, which is great. But…, it also removes the reply authors.
I want to keep the reply authors. Any suggestions?

Here is my code in loop-replies.php:

	<li class="bbp-body">
      
		<?php if ( bbp_thread_replies() ) : ?>

			<?php bbp_list_replies(); ?>

		<?php else : ?>
    <?php 
      $countr=0; ?>

			<?php while ( bbp_replies() ) : bbp_the_reply(); $countr ++;   ?>

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

			<?php endwhile; ?>

		<?php endif; ?>

	</li><!-- .bbp-body -->

[Robin W]

so you’ve put

<?php if ($countr !=0) bbp_reply_author_link( array( ‘sep’ => ‘<br />’, ‘show_role’ => true ) ); ?>

on the loop single reply – yes?

Try adding a line before that

<?php echo ‘countr is ‘ . $countr ; ?>

that should then show what the value is somewhere on the page (bottom left of each topic/reply would be my bet), so you can see what’s happening !

If it’s not coming through you might need to declare it before using it in replies

eg new line before line 45 saying

<?php global $countr ; ?>

[Jerry]

Okay, got it working! Thanks much for your help. One note: I had to change “if ($countr !=0)” to “if ($countr > 1)” to get the result I wanted. Evidently, bbpress is considering the first topic author as the first reply author. Strange, but whatever; it now works. Thanks again!

[Robin W]

great – glad you’re fixed !