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After a bit more research i have found the best way. Editting submit.php:
Here is the store process:
$story = new NewsStory();
$story->setTitle($subject);
$story->setHometext($message);
$story->setUid($uid);
$story->setTopicId($topic_id);
$story->setHostname(xoops_getenv('REMOTE_ADDR'));
$story->setNohtml($nohtml_db);
$nosmiley = isset($nosmiley) ? intval($nosmiley) : 0;
$notifypub = isset($notifypub) ? intval($notifypub) : 0;
$story->setNosmiley($nosmiley);
$story->setNotifyPub($notifypub);
$story->setType('user');
if ( $xoopsModuleConfig['autoapprove'] == 1 ) {
$approve = 1;
$story->setApproved($approve);
$story->setPublished(time());
$story->setExpired(0);
$story->setTopicalign('R');
}
$result = $story->store();
Now the bit $story->setHometext($message);
can be changed to
$story->setBodytext($message);
then you can add
$story->setHometext(substr($message,0,30).'...');
(i haven't completely worked this out, will substr complain if the string is less than 30 chars? and this will still add the ... to messages less than 30 chars.
to rewrite the $story->setHometext(substr($message,0,30).'...');
