Question [JomSocial activity stream] text limiter

xillibit wrote:

Hello,

I have a way with a little of hacking, open the file components\com_kunena\template\default\post.php and at line 265 add just this part of code, like you see you can change the number allowed for an new entry for the JS activity stream :

Code:

$nbrWordMax = '50'; //Define the maximum words allowed in the post $NewString = ''; $t_newString = explode(" ",$message); foreach ($t_newString as $key => $word) { if ($key < $nbrWordMax) { $Newmessage .= $word.' '; } } $message = $Newmessage;

But if I'm not mistaken, this will break links and images that may appear in the post if the word count lands in the middle of a link.

It should not be done by hacking kunena core, but only through a plugin, as it would otherwise get deleted on future upgrades of kunena (1.6 being just around the corner)...

But it's a start

dyvel wrote:

It should not be done by hacking kunena core, but only through a plugin, as it would otherwise get deleted on future upgrades of kunena (1.6 being just around the corner)...

But it's a start

Does a URL get interpreted as a single word?

Also, there would be no readmore link in this hack

that depends - it the url is constructed like <a href="someurl">this is a url</a> then you might end up cutting the url after the word this, and thus breaking html and the link

In JomSocial (at least the current version), there is a setting in "Layout" labeled "Display activity contents on page load". If you set it to 'no' then it doesn't show the text at all, but still indicates replies and new threads.

Maybe not ideal in the long term, but a decent short term solution until a non-hack text delimiter is available (e.g., if you don't want a page that is a mile long).

I know, but the activitystream is just so much more "alive" with forum "quotes", images and video thumbs etc...