[caraeseekell]

I have entered some topics and posts (see http://demo.vintageracecar.com/forums/forum/forum/)

However, when I click the topic to see the posts, I get an error that reads: Oh bother! No topics were found here!

The posts are open, public.

Also, would like to change that “oh bother” to something less “cutesy”.

Can you help?

Using smartmag theme and WP 4.1

[Robin W]

ok could be several reasons, but lets start with

Dashboard>settings>permalinks and just click save

this will reset the permalinks and quite often makes the above issue go away

[caraeseekell]

I tried that, didn’t help. Neither did deactivating and reactivating.

[Robin W]

and for

Also, would like to change that “oh bother” to something less “cutesy”.

add the following

//This function changes the text wherever it is quoted
function change_translate_text( $translated_text ) {
	if ( $translated_text == 'Oh bother! No topics were found here!' ) {
	$translated_text = 'new text';
	}
	return $translated_text;
}
add_filter( 'gettext', 'change_translate_text', 20 );

to your functions file

Functions files and child themes – explained !

[Robin W]

ok, when I click

http://demo.vintageracecar.com/forums/topic/topic-by-non-admin-bryan/#post-6598

I get ‘you must be logged in to reply to this topic’

Can you recheck your permissions

[caraeseekell]

Not sure I’m checking the right thing, but registered users are given the Participant role. Is that what you mean?

[Robin W]

What are your forums set to

dashboard>forums>all forums and choose a forum you want and click edit

then near top right your will see ‘forum attributes’ what is visibility set to? It should be public to display to non logged in users