This is going to be complex to explain but I’m going to try.

This is from front-page.php

<?php if ( bb_forums() ) : ?>

<h2><?php _e('Forums'); ?></h2>

<table id="forumlist">



<tr>

<th><?php _e('Main Theme'); ?></th>

<th><?php _e('Topics'); ?></th>

<th><?php _e('Posts'); ?></th>

</tr>

<?php while ( bb_forum() ) : ?>

<?php if (bb_get_forum_is_category()) : ?>

<tr<?php bb_forum_class('bb-category'); ?>>

<td colspan="3"><?php bb_forum_pad( '<div class="nest">' ); ?><a href="<?php forum_link(); ?>"><?php forum_name(); ?></a><?php forum_description( array( 'before' => '<small> – ', 'after' => '</small>' ) ); ?><?php bb_forum_pad( '</div>' ); ?></td>

</tr>

<?php continue; endif; ?>

<tr<?php bb_forum_class(); ?>>

<td><?php bb_forum_pad( '<div class="nest">' ); ?><a href="<?php forum_link(); ?>"><?php forum_name(); ?></a><?php forum_description( array( 'before' => '<small> – ', 'after' => '</small>' ) ); ?><?php bb_forum_pad( '</div>' ); ?></td>

<td class="num"><?php forum_topics(); ?></td>

<td class="num"><?php forum_posts(); ?></td>

</tr>

<?php endwhile; ?>

</table>

<?php endif; // bb_forums() ?>

This basic says the table headings are Main Theme, Topics, and Post. I wanted each category to be in it’s own table.

So if you have a category, let’s say category “Welcome” and a child forum “Welcome to Our Site” and a category “Support” and child forum “PHP Help” it will display: (the dashes are spaces, ignore them)

-Main Theme

---

Topic–Post

-Welcome

---

—Welcome to Our Site

---

0

---

0

-Support

---

—PHP Help

---

---

0

---

0

but I wanted:

–Welcome

---

Topic–Post

—Welcome to Our Site

---

0

---

0

-Support

---

Topic–Post

—PHP Help

---

---

0

---

0

SO I thought it was easy so I did this:

<?php if ( bb_forums() ) : ?>

<h2><?php _e('Forums'); ?></h2>



<?php while ( bb_forum() ) : ?>

<?php if (bb_get_forum_is_category()) : ?>

<table id="forumlist">

<tr<?php bb_forum_class('bb-category'); ?>>

<th><?php bb_forum_pad( '<div class="nest">' ); ?><a href="<?php forum_link(); ?>"><?php forum_name(); ?></a><br /><?php forum_description( array( 'before' => '<small>', 'after' => '</small>' ) ); ?><?php bb_forum_pad( '</div>' ); ?>	<th><?php _e('Topics'); ?></th>

<th><?php _e('Posts'); ?></th></td>

</tr>

<?php continue; endif; ?>

<tr<?php bb_forum_class(); ?>>

<td><?php bb_forum_pad( '<div class="nest">' ); ?><a href="<?php forum_link(); ?>"><?php forum_name(); ?></a><br /><?php forum_description( array( 'before' => '<small>', 'after' => '</small>' ) ); ?><?php bb_forum_pad( '</div>' ); ?></td>

<td class="num"><?php forum_topics(); ?></td>

<td class="num"><?php forum_posts(); ?></td>

</tr>



<?php endwhile; ?>

</table>

<?php endif; // bb_forums() ?>

Which works great but I have to have every title under a category now. If I have a forum title “Websites” not under a category, this is what I get:

Websites00

–Welcome

---

Topic–Post

—Welcome to Our Site

---

0

---

0

-Support

---

Topic–Post

—PHP Help

---

---

0

---

0

Or it latches itself to another category

–Welcome

---

Topic–Post

—Welcome to Our Site

---

0

---

0

—PHP Help

---

0

---

0

-Support

---

Topic–Post

—PHP Help

---

---

0

---

0

So I need a statement that says if it’s not in a category it will print the title ONCE

<tr>

<th><?php _e('Main Theme'); ?></th>

<th><?php _e('Topics'); ?></th>

<th><?php _e('Posts'); ?></th>

</tr>

So it will print:

–Welcome

---

Topic–Post

—Welcome to Our Site

---

0

---

0

-Support

---

Topic–Post

—PHP Help

---

---

0

---

0

-Main Theme

---

Topic–Post

—PHP Help

---

0

---

0

Make sense?

[@miruru Member 14 years, 8 months ago]

Hi there, I think it is similar to what I have set up.

For Example, the Welcome/Support/Main Theme are the Forum tables with subforums underneath?

Take a look at this https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/displaying-sub-sub-forums you can remove the subforum bit from this as well.

[@gerikg Member 14 years, 8 months ago]

The code seem incomplete or am I missing something? “If you want the code, here it is: http://pastie.org/896738.txt.”

and I don’t think that answers my question.

I would like the categories to be in one table (which I got) and the topics that aren’t in a category in its own table (which I can’t get)