BuddyPress

Iv’e build a plugin that returns the activity ( set it to scope=groups ) similar to twitters homepage vertical scrolling feed.

The problem is it is displayed in some what of a small area and I would like them to be uniform in size; because if there’s a large activity post, it takes up the entire ‘widget space’. Also the js assigns the height to all elements based on the ‘tallest’ one, so there’s a lot of white space ( if there is a large post in the stream ).

I had a look at the codex though couldn’t find anything relative to what I need, and ideas?

well this is what I came up with, though it doesn’t work. Help would greatly be appreciated.

function bp_limit_group_activity_content() {

$g_activity_desc = bp_activity_content_body();

$limit_desc = substr($g_activity_desc,0,10);

return $limit_desc;
}

Found a solution, just cleaning up the function and adding ‘read more’ and so on, will post it when im done.

working nicely, just need to filter out ‘joined the group.. and created group.. and remove ‘view’ and delete’.

Once im done using it for what i need ill turn it into a widget for the community

function bp_limit_group_activity_content() {

$group_activity_length = 100; //character limit

$group_excerpt = substr(bp_get_activity_content_body(), 0, $group_activity_length); //truncate excerpt according to lenngth
if(strlen($group_excerpt) < strlen(bp_get_activity_content_body())) {
    $group_excerpt = $group_excerpt.'..' ;
}

echo "<p>".$group_excerpt."</p>"; //finally display excerpt
}

and then calling it by

<?php if ( bp_has_activities('scope=groups') ) : ?>
<div id="news-container">

	<ul id="activity-stream" class="activity-list item-list">

	<?php while ( bp_activities() ) : bp_the_activity(); ?>

		<li class="<?php bp_activity_css_class() ?>" id="activity-<?php bp_activity_id() ?>">

			<div class="activity-content">

				<div class="activity-header">
					<?php bp_activity_action() ?>
				</div>

				<a href="<?php bp_activity_thread_permalink() ?>"><?php bp_limit_group_activity_content() ?></a>

				<?php do_action( 'bp_activity_entry_content' ) ?>

			</div>
		</li>

	<?php endwhile; ?>

	</ul>
</div>
<?php else : ?>
	<div id="message" class="info">
		<p><?php _e( 'Join groups to get feed.', 'buddypress' ) ?></p>
	</div>
<?php endif; ?>

one thing I over-looked is limiting the line height, Im going to look into this tomorrow though if anyone knows of a solution please don’t be shy

Also is there a filter specific to group updates only, thus excluding ‘joined group’ and ‘created group’?

Did you ever create a wordpress/buddypress plugin for this? I need to limit characters on activity, but I’m not a programmer. I can activate a plugin though! Also, I need to limit characters on a couple of custom profile fields. Thanks and Let me know!