Hi!

I was wondering if it’s possible to add the latest reply author’s in loop-single-topic. I am configuring my forum a bit on my site talanrien.com/rollspel

Currently it’s like this:

Topic Name
Reply To: Topic name
Started by Topic auhtor in: Name of subforum

What I would like is:

Topic Name
REPLY AUTHOR’S NAME, Reply To: Topic name
Started by Topic auhtor in: Name of subforum

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to add the latest reply author’s name in the place I want?

Thanks!

[@robin-w Moderator 4 years, 7 months ago]

so have you added Reply To: Topic name to the template ?

[@kasperdalkarl Participant 4 years, 7 months ago]

It probably comes from the theme I have, it currently looks like this in loop-single-topic:

   <div class="nk-forum-title-sub">

      
        <?php
        $link_url = bbp_get_topic_last_reply_url();
        $title = bbp_get_topic_last_reply_title();
        ?>
        <div class="nk-forum-activity-title" title="<?php echo esc_attr($title); ?>">
            <a href="<?php echo esc_url($link_url); ?>"><?php echo esc_html($title); ?></a>
        </div>
        
        
         <div class="nk-forum-activity-date">
            <?php do_action('bbp_theme_before_topic_freshness_link'); ?>
            <?php $time_since = bbp_get_topic_last_active_time();
            if (!empty($time_since)) {
                echo esc_html($time_since);
            } else {
                echo esc_html__('No Replies', 'godlike');
            }
            ?>
            <?php do_action('bbp_theme_after_topic_freshness_link'); ?>
        </div>
           

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

            <span
                class="bbp-topic-started-by"><?php printf(esc_html__('Started by %1$s', 'godlike'), bbp_get_topic_author_link(array('type' => 'name')), bbp_get_reply_post_date()); ?></span>

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

            <?php if (!bbp_is_single_forum() || (bbp_get_topic_forum_id() !== bbp_get_forum_id())) : ?>

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

                <span
                    class="bbp-topic-started-in"><?php printf(__('in: <a href="%1$s">%2$s</a>', 'godlike'), bbp_get_forum_permalink(bbp_get_topic_forum_id()), bbp_get_forum_title(bbp_get_topic_forum_id())); ?></span>

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

            <?php endif; ?>

        </div>

[@robin-w Moderator 4 years, 7 months ago]

ok, painting bedroom windows so I’ll come back later with a response 🙂

[@kasperdalkarl Participant 4 years, 7 months ago]

Thanks a lot, it’s much appreciated!

[@robin-w Moderator 4 years, 7 months ago]

ok, they’ve done it by a function by the look of it.

so try this

add_action ('bbp_theme_before_topic_started_by' , 'rew_reply_author' , 10 ) ;

function rew_reply_author () {
	$reply_id = bbp_get_topic_last_reply_id () ;
	echo '<span class="bbp-reply-author">'.bbp_get_reply_author_link( array( 'post_id' => $reply_id, 'type' => 'both', 'size' => 14 ) ) ;
}

Put this in your child theme’s function file – or use

Code Snippets

then come back and let me know where this appears, we might need to adjust

[@kasperdalkarl Participant 4 years, 7 months ago]

Hi there!
Thanks for the help! I added it using Code Snippets, and now the last reply author’s name appears in front of “Started by”, as you can see on this link here: https://www.talanrien.com/rollspel/

Maybe with some minor adjustment it could appear in front of “Reply To”. Thanks for your amazing help!

[@robin-w Moderator 4 years, 7 months ago]

ok, hopefully that’s just a refinement of order

try changing

add_action ('bbp_theme_before_topic_started_by' , 'rew_reply_author' , 10 ) ;

to

add_action ('bbp_theme_before_topic_started_by' , 'rew_reply_author' , 5 ) ;

or

add_action ('bbp_theme_before_topic_started_by' , 'rew_reply_author' , 15 ) ;

[@kasperdalkarl Participant 4 years, 7 months ago]

Hi again!
I tried the different order numbers but no change sadly.

[@robin-w Moderator 4 years, 7 months ago]

ok, so either it is a different version of that template or the function is firing from another hook.

since you seem to have access to the files, can I suggest you search for ‘Reply To: ‘ exactly as it appears on your site, and see if you can find where it is in the theme. The template or file will get us there I hope

[@kasperdalkarl Participant 4 years, 7 months ago]

Hey!

Yeah I have actually been trying to do that for the last hour or so, but can’t find it anywhere. Any suggestions are appreciated, but my search continues in the files!

[@kasperdalkarl Participant 4 years, 7 months ago]

Hi again!

I managed to find it now. It’s here:
wp-content/themes/godlike/bbpress/form-reply.php

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

<div id="bbpress-forums">

    <?php endif; ?>

    <?php if (bbp_current_user_can_access_create_reply_form()) : ?>
        <div class="nk-gap-2"></div>
        <h3 class="h4"><?php printf(esc_html__('Reply To: %s', 'godlike'), bbp_get_topic_title()); ?></h3>
        <div class="nk-gap-1"></div>
        <div id="new-reply-<?php bbp_topic_id(); ?>" class="bbp-reply-form nk-box-3 bg-dark-1">

            <form id="new-post" name="new-post" method="post" class="nk-form" action="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">

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

                <fieldset class="bbp-form">

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

                    <?php if (!bbp_is_topic_open() && !bbp_is_reply_edit()) : ?>

                        <?php echo do_shortcode('[nk_info_box icon="fa fa-exclamation-circle" show_close_button="true" class="bg-main-1"]' . esc_html__('This topic is marked as closed to new replies, however your posting capabilities still allow you to do so.', 'godlike') . '[/nk_info_box]'); ?>

                    <?php endif; ?>

[@robin-w Moderator 4 years, 7 months ago]

ok so change

<div class="nk-gap-2"></div>

to

<div class="nk-gap-2"></div>
		<?php
		$reply_id = bbp_get_topic_last_reply_id () ;
		echo '<span class="bbp-reply-author">'.bbp_get_reply_author_link( array( 'post_id' => $reply_id, 'type' => 'both', 'size' => 14 ) ) ;
		?>

[@kasperdalkarl Participant 4 years, 7 months ago]

Thanks again for your amazing help!

I did as you asked, and I realized a few things.

Adding your code in form-reply.php only changed how it looks in the reply form, i.e. when you open a thread and scroll down to the actual box where you write replies.

What I realised is that “Reply To:” that shows in the forums is actually not from code, it’s automatically added to the topic name when someone answers a thread.

So the follow up question is, can you somehow in bbpress change so replies doesn’t add “Reply To”, I would like to change it to the Swedish equivalent: “Svar till:”. And is it possible then to add what we tried earlier with the avatar+name in front of the name of the topic reply?

Thanks a lot!

[@robin-w Moderator 4 years, 7 months ago]

is bbpress not translated in Swedish ?

[@kasperdalkarl Participant 4 years, 7 months ago]

Yeah but for my needs I don’t really need to translate the whole site. But if that’s the best way I will of course give it a shot! Thanks a lot for your help! You have been the most helpful mod I’ve ever met online and your solution works really great for what I needed!

[@robin-w Moderator 4 years, 7 months ago]

ok, understand

if you just want that then

add_filter(  'gettext',  'rew_bbpress_translate', 20 , 3  );

function rew_bbpress_translate( $translated, $text, $domain ) {
	if ($domain == 'bbpress') {
     $words = array(
                        
                        'Reply To:' => 'Svar till:',
			            );
     $translated = str_replace(  array_keys($words),  $words,  $translated );
	}
     return $translated;
}

Put this in your child theme’s function file – or use

Code Snippets

[@kasperdalkarl Participant 4 years, 7 months ago]

Thanks, that worked perfectly. Now I got my forum set up just as my users want it. Thanks a lot for your amazing and fast assistance!

[@robin-w Moderator 4 years, 7 months ago]

great – glad you are fixed