[myrko]

I chose to show the topics by freshness at the forum root.

How can I show the new-topipc form or at least a link to create a new topic there? (I don’t use any sidebars)

Secondly, is there a php-code to determine if we’re looking at the forum root (forum homepage)? Thanks.

[Stephen Edgar]

What you would want to do is create a page using the [bbp-forum-index] shortcode and then after that shortcode simply add the shortcode [bbp-topic-form]

Check out the docs in the codex for how to start doing this:

Codex

Check out the bbPress conditional tags https://codex.bbpress.org/bbpress-conditional-tags/