How to Add Website Previews in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Monday, 24 December 2012 12:00 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Monday, 24 December 2012 12:00

Posting URL in The Wire was very basic and simple. There was no preview of the link posted and the styling was pretty plane. For me, website previews in The Wire was a feature that elgg users needed. Since no one made one, I decided to develop one. In this article I will give a step by step guide on how to add website previews in The Wire for elgg 1.8

1. Download the community plugin SW Wire Links Pro for Elgg 1.8 here

How to Increase Character Limit of The Wire in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Saturday, 24 September 2011 11:30 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Thursday, 29 September 2011 12:00

Previously, I wrote a post about how to increase the character limit on the wire. However, due to huge changes in the new version of Elgg just released this week, I will write a new article about increasing the character limit of the plugin called The Wire for Elgg 1.8. Sign into your website with a FTP manager and follow these steps:

How to Increase Character Limit of The Wire in Elgg

Last Updated on Friday, 8 July 2011 10:30 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Sunday, 30 January 2011 09:32

The Wire is a micro blogging tool or plugin that comes installed by default in Elgg. It is very useful, because it lets you share a comment with everyone on your Elgg site. However, it has a 140 characters limit. In this article I will give you a step by step guide on how to increase the character limit of  The Wire in Elgg.