[bbDev] AJAX and markup in bbPress

[Michael D Adams]

bbPress is now using some AJAX code for changing certain topic  
properties on the fly.  Using this method means the page does not  
have to refresh every time a new tag is added (for example).  That  
reduces bandwidth consumption and, more importantly, generates fewer  
SQL queries.

Everything (up until that last couple changesets) has been tested in  
FF, Safari, Opera/Mac, IE6 and it all seems to work.  I'll double  
check the most recent code sometime over the next few days.

What does this mean for the end user?  Just one thing: the inner  
workings of bbPress are now tied to the markup in your templates.   
The javascript knows what to do only because of certain id attributes  
on various markup tags.  My hope is that any template customization  
can be done *solely* through CSS; if people need better markup, let  
us know and we can work on giving you what you need as the default  
(also, let us know what kind of action hooks would be useful in the  
templates).

If you ARE using custom templates, the AJAX *will not* work unless  
your markup includes the following ("*" means "whatever element you  
like should work here"):

<* id="resolutionflipper">This topic is <?php topic_resolved(); ?></*>

for the topic resolution notice/dropdown.

<* id="favoritestoggle"><?php user_favorites_link() ?></*>

for the add to/remove from favorites link.

and all the IDs and hierarchy intact from bb-templates/topic-tags.php  
and bb-tempaltes/tag-form.php.

Michael