bbPress template WPJS2 b2
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So I’ve installed bbPress and wanted to be able to create a custom template to use for it. I created a page with the appropriate title (and slug), then sync’d a template with it. However, the template does not display — instead, the default layout displays.
Is there a way to make a custom template work with bbPress?
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Of course! Shortly after posting the above, I had an epiphany.
In the bbPress settings, I changed the main index slug to ‘board’ (so I could keep the page slug ‘forums’). Now the template works with the ‘forums’ page.
My only concern at this point is that now I technically have duplicate content because the forums show up on both pages. But I suppose I can just setup a permanent redirect from ‘board’ to ‘forums’.
Scratch that — by creating a new bbPress forums slug (‘board’ in this case), the forums display nicely on the ‘forums’ page, but when you click a forum to visit it jumps to the ‘board’ hierarchy. I hadn’t thought of that previously.
So… back to a question similar to the original: Is there a way to make a custom template work with bbPress without changing bbPress’ default forums slug?
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