I have implemented a very simple view counter, by adding in a few lines of code into the bbpress-live class.

// update meta

$value = get_site_option($bp.”_topic_views_”.$topic);

add_site_option( $bp.”_topic_views_”.$topic, $value+1);

I added those into the get posts method, which I discovered after finalizing my code that it increments every time the forum page is show. With a bit more tweaking I will have it finalized.

Then I created a simple function to display the view count:

function bp_the_topic_view_count($topic_id = false, $echo = true) {

global $action_variables;

global $bp;

global $forum_template;

if($topic_id == false)

$views = get_site_option($bp.”_topic_views_”.$forum_template->topic->topic_id);

else

$views = get_site_option($bp.”_topic_views_”.$topic_id);

if(!$views)

return false;

if($echo)

{

if($views == 1)

echo apply_filters( ‘bp_the_topic_post_count’, $views.” view” );

else

echo apply_filters( ‘bp_the_topic_post_count’, $views.” views” );

}else

{

if($views == 1)

return apply_filters( ‘bp_the_topic_post_count’, $views.” view” );

else

return apply_filters( ‘bp_the_topic_post_count’, $views.” views” );

}

}

Curious what people think, you can see the results in action here:

http://gorgeousgamers.com/beta/forums/chat/1/general-discussions

Thanks,

Brad

[@nicolagreco Participant 15 years, 10 months ago]

you should update your script with the new $bp structure

$bp should be $bp->current_component

[@kriskl Participant 14 years, 8 months ago]

Could anyone update this? or add this to a plugin?

please