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  • Show post count and topics started in bbPress

    Every other forum script that we have on this planet displays the post count just below the user’s avatar but bbPress is different. Forums were build to interact and not inflate post counts but sometime I feel the need to have it when the users are not tech savvy and like to have loads of…

  • How to highlight first post in bbPress

    bbPress 1.0 made it super easy to highlight or style the first post of a topic by adding a DIV ID to it. Now bbPress will automatically wrap the post in a DIV names as per its position in the topic (<div id=”position-X”>). Now if we want to style the first post differently we would…

  • Show content on basis of logged in status of users in bbPress

    No big deal here, just basic php stuff here. Here I will show how to use bb_is_user_logged_in function to dynamically produce output on the basis that the user is logged in or not. Example #1 (Show ads only for non-logged in members and not for logged in members) Example #2 (Show some content only if…

  • Fix lost admin access in bbPress

    If you can’t see the admin link anymore and any attempt to access /bb-admin/ takes you back to the forum front page then it implies that you have lost the capabilities of an administrator with your user. Earlier it happened with users trying to integrate bbPress 0.9 with WordPress 2.7 or 2.8 but documenting it…

  • Fix for my-templates and my-plugins folder not working in bbPress

    It has been asked multiple times on bbPress forums that the themes and plugins are not working when they are copied to my-templates and my-plugins folder. Even I ran into this while I was designing a theme so if you too are facing issues in getting your bbPress templates & plugins to work, then you…

  • How to install bbPress via SVN

    SVN is a version control system which can facilitate installation and upgradation of scripts like bbPress, WordPress etc & make them really easy. Apart from the ease in maintenance, it also helps in saving a lot of time as compared to traditional methods of uploading files via unsecured FTP session. Installing and updating just requires…

  • How to install wordpress via SVN

    SVN is a version control system which can facilitate installation and upgradation of scripts like WordPress & make them really easy. Apart from the ease in maintenance, it also helps in saving a lot of time as compared to traditional methods of uploading files via unsecured FTP session. You can install WordPress with a single…