Wordpress 4.7.5
bbpress 2.5.12

Out of respect to your time, I took a week to write this as carefully and succinctly as possible.

Is there a way to replace the breadcrumbs menu with a “Previous Viewed Page” option (it could be called anything, like “Back”)? That way, instead of members navigating around inside the forum, they would return from a topic to the web page that hosts the forum, e.g, far more advertising revenue possibilities.

As it works now:
Step one: https://sterlingforums.com/white-glove-service-forum/

Step two: Select a topic

Step three: navigate to /forums/forum/white-glove-forum/

Step four: select another topic from inside /forums/forum/white-glove-forum/

As it would work:
Step one: Select topic from inside .com/white-glove-service-forum/

Step two: Select the “Previous Page” from inside /forums/forum/white-glove-forum/all-about-our-cover-art/

Step three: Return to .com/white-glove-service-forum/

I didn’t want to leave 6 links! Finger’s Crossed! And, thank you.

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

simplest way is to install my style pack

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-style-pack/

navigate to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>breadcrumbs

disable breadcrumb home, breadcrumb Root, and breadcrumb current

This just leaves the ‘previous’ showing

then put this into the custom css tab of my plugin

.bbp-breadcrumb-forum::before {

content: "Back to ";

}

The breadcrumb will then become ‘back to xx’ with xx being whatever they came from

[@forums1234 Participant 7 years, 7 months ago]

Thank you! You’re the best!

I can’t wait!

[@forums1234 Participant 7 years, 7 months ago]

Rats! Almost!

Unfortunately, this solution returns to a third page created by bbPress that displays the entire forum, which is great but not what I need.

I need it to return to the previous “page” that I created with the forum shortcode that got them to that particular topic. This way, members could go from host page to topic, back to host page and to second topic, and back to the host page and to a third topic.

This would open unimaginable opportunities for web designers for creativity. For instance, hosting multiple forums on the same page without any need for navigation.

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

ok, try

enable the root breadcrumb in

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>breadcrumbs

so that you’ve disabled breadcrumb home and breadcrumb current

Then in custom css have

.bbp-breadcrumb-root::before {

content: "Back to ";

}

.bbp-breadcrumb-forum {
display : none ;
}

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

no that doesn’t work, give me a moment !

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

yes it will if your page and forum slug match !

[@forums1234 Participant 7 years, 7 months ago]

Again, SUPER excited.

[@forums1234 Participant 7 years, 7 months ago]

Opppsie, now I’m being returned to (sterlingforums.com/forums) that lists of ALL my forums, all of which are private. I must be doing something wrong. Yes?

[@forums1234 Participant 7 years, 7 months ago]

In fact, all the sections are returning me to sterlingforums.com/forums.

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

and what do you want to go back to?

[@forums1234 Participant 7 years, 7 months ago]

https://sterlingforums.com/sterling-forums-forum/ in this particular case.

But whatever other page hosts another forum, topics should return to that page. Each topic needs to return to the individual pages that hosts, or displays, that forum.

This is why I took so much time writing this out for you. It’s hard to grasp, I understand. Oh, and I love your styler!