[Olaf Lederer]

Hello,

just updated my forum to the latest version (0.831) and found this new function in several template files:

bb_topic_labels();

after uploading the file I can’t see what’s changed, what is this for a function?

Olaf

[fel64]

The best way to find out is to look in the files really.

https://trac.bbpress.org/browser/trunk/bb-includes/template-functions.php?rev=1076#L758

[Olaf Lederer]

this what I did, I can’t see something related to the bbpress main files.

Actually the value of the function is empty..

[fel64]

Try using a grepping utility. After a while you’ll also got a feel for which functions are where (template functions are usually in bb-includes/template-functions.php).

The value of the function is not necessarily empty. It provides a hook for plugins and gives stickies the css sticky class.

[_ck_]

In plain english it essentially replaces the need for things like “Sticky:” to be hard coded into templates. Long overdue but at least it got put in there finally.

However when making templates for backwards compatibility, you’d have to detect if that function exists before relying on it.

The only themes I’ve seen that uses it already outside of the built-in default is “K2 for bbPress” (and now my “FutureKind”).

It allows tricks like I’ve done to replace “sticky” with a post-it-note-like yellow rectangle. But it also could be filtered via plugin to change it to a little graphic icon, etc. which was impossible before the function existed.

[Olaf Lederer]

Sure this “upgrade” is not for current functionality. To make this function clear it would be useful to have a working example in the default template

there are so many unused functions in the include map, why is this unused function included in the default template (makes no sense to me)

@fel64, believe me I know the bbpress files maybe a little too much, hehe…

[Sam Bauers]

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/making-your-theme-compatible-with-0831