Overview
JomSocial 2.8 brings the slight change in how activity streams are handled and introduces the different templates for different type of streams. This allows the easier customization of every individual activity stream item, but this feature is still in a transition period and its currently hard coded, which limits the activity streams for third party providers.
Till better fix is provided, component developers are required to make 3 changes in their code
All changes need to be done in the code responsible for creating activity
Old code
This is the only area that needs to be changed to support activity streams in jomSocial 2.8
$act = new stdClass(); $act->cmd = 'photos.upload'; $act->actor = $my->id; $act->target = 0; // no target $act->title = JText::_('{actor} upload {single}a photo{/single}{multiple}{count} photos{/multiple}'); $act->content = ''; $act->app = 'wall'; $act->cid = 0; $act->params = '';
Changes
- Remove the title from activity
$act->title = '';
- Create the content for activity
$act->content = JText::_('{actor} upload {single}a photo{/single}{multiple}{count} photos{/multiple}');
- And most importantly, make sure that your application type is set to
$act->app = 'profile';
If $act->app is set to anything else then profile, it will not work.
This is the hardcoded issue mentioned at the begining which still causing some issues.
Till proper fix is provided, this will work in most cases.