Not sure if this belongs into this thread as it looks like its not a bug, but “feature”. At least in bbpress 0.9.0.4.

I dont think this is the way it should work.

You are adding new topic – and forget to enter something – eg topic title. Then press submit. Error message gets displayed with link to go back to forums. but there are two problems in this:

1. your custom template is suddenly not used (very confusing for users).

2. there is a link “Back to <your forum frontpage>” – this should point back to previous page not homepage! And fields you entered before should be “pre-filled” by your previous input. not cleared.

this default behaviour is pretty annoying for regular users, in my opinion.

[@johnhiler Member 15 years, 7 months ago]

I agree with you – the bb_die error page should be pluggable (or at least themable). This has been complained about in the past:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/styling-404-page#post-20417

but the developers de-prioritized it:

https://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/690

It’s really embarrassing to me to host forums that show this un-themed page whenever bb_die is called. In the meantime, I may hack the core in the manner ck suggested.