[piantadosi]

Just wondering if anyone might know where I would look to troubleshoot, if anyone has a similar problem with a theme. (I know it’s the theme; the problem doesn’t exist in Twenty-Fifteen, and there are no plug-in conflicts — after disabling them one at a time.) The problem: Initial topic posts display on the topic pages but replies show as a blank — the reply area is there, but there’s no reply text or meta data. It’s this way for logged-in users or anonymous users, and it doesn’t seem to matter whose replies they are, just no replies showing. Theme is Outspoken (by wpshower.com) if that makes a difference. Dev site is at http://dev.rappnews.com.

[Robin W]

ok, it’s caused by your themes style sheet

line 5600 says

.no-touch .reply {
  visibility: hidden;
}

and this is hiding bbpress reply

you could try adding

#bbpress-forums .no-touch .reply {
  visibility: visible !important;
}

to your css file

see

Functions files and child themes – explained !

[piantadosi]

that did the trick. i am too much of a newbie to figure everything out myself — so thank you very much, Robin.

[Robin W]

Great – glad you’re fixed !