By default, the subforums look like this:

subforum1, subforum2, subforum3, subforum4, etc.

I want for it to look like this:

subforum1
subforum2
subforum3
subforum4
etc.

How can I accomplish this?

[@netweb Keymaster 12 years ago]

The full docs for bbp_list_forums is here https://codex.bbpress.org/bbp_list_forums/

The quick and easy way is via this topic where you can add the code from that gist to your themes functions.php

how to display list of sub-forums on separate lines, instead of big blob?

[@kriskl Participant 12 years ago]

there is a way to do it, someone posted few lines of code last year.. and it works. BUT I cannot find it now here on the forums, and I can’t remember how it was done :((

please search bbpress forums

[@nykess Participant 12 years ago]

After giving it some thought, how can I edit this code so that it puts the subforums into two or three columns instead of one column only?

function custom_bbp_list_forums() {
  $args['separator'] = '<br />';
 
  return $args;
}
 
add_filter('bbp_before_list_forums_parse_args', 'custom_bbp_list_forums' );

[@netweb Keymaster 12 years ago]

You kind of only have two options, the default bbPress behaviour like this:

• My Parent Category/Forum

• My 1st Child Forum (78, 425), My 2nd Child Forum (18, 107)

Or using the <br /> as the separator:

• My Parent Category/Forum

• My 1st Child Forum (78, 425)
• My 2nd Child Forum (18, 107)

Each element is returned as a whole so My 1st Child Forum (78, 425) and My 2nd Child Forum (18, 107) CANNOT be broken down further for multiple columns like this (which I think you are alluding to:

• My Parent Category/Forum

• My 1st Child Forum – 78 – 425
• My 2nd Child Forum – 18 – 107

[@nykess Participant 12 years ago]

Thank you for your reply. What I would like to do is this:

• Subforum 1 (0, 0) – Subforum 2 (0, 0)
• Subforum 3 (0, 0) – Subforum 4 (0, 0)
• Subforum 5 (0, 0) – Subforum 6 (0, 0)
• etc.

[@netweb Keymaster 12 years ago]

Your going to have to use $args['separator'] = ' '; (Either a blank space or empty) and then use some CSS to style the bbp-forum-list element.

[@nykess Participant 12 years ago]

If I could use divs or something, I could do it, but using only CSS I don’t know how I would do that. Can you help?

Thanks.

[@netweb Keymaster 12 years ago]

It is not really me expertise, check out what suggestions the author of the theme you are using on your site may have.

[@kriskl Participant 11 years, 11 months ago]

this code should put sub forums the way you want, add it to your functions.php child theme

function custom_bbp_list_forums() {
$args[‘separator’] = ‘<br />’;

return $args;
}

add_filter(‘bbp_before_list_forums_parse_args’, ‘custom_bbp_list_forums’ );

[@nykess Participant 11 years, 11 months ago]

Yes, that’s already the code I’m using, but I am looking now to add two columns. Please look through thread.

Thank you.

[@xevo Participant 11 years, 11 months ago]

Take a look at this, it should help you out.