Today I am going to show you how to change the default newsfeed status message to include the username of the member using it. When I refer to the newsfeed status message I mean the little message that says “What’s happening?”
Open up your Arvixe cPanel and head over to your File Manager.
The line of code we are looking to edit can be found here. /ow_plugins/newsfeed/components/update_status.php
Once we find the correct location we are going to tap cntrl+f and search for the following
$field->setInvitation( OW::getLanguage()->text(‘newsfeed’, ‘status_field_invintation’) );
and change to
$userName = BOL_UserService::getInstance()->getDisplayName(OW::getUser()->getId());
$field->setInvitation( OW::getLanguage()->text(‘newsfeed’, ‘status_field_invintation’,array(‘userName’=>$userName)) );
Now open up your sites language page,( http://YOURSITE.com/admin/languages) and use the search bar to find the text What’s happening? Change the following text.
What’s happening?
to
What’s happening {$userName}?
Save. Congrats. You just finished modding your newsfeed!
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