2 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/mod/blog/languages/en.php b/mod/blog/languages/en.php
index d1fc5528a..ecc0e9612 100644
--- a/mod/blog/languages/en.php
+++ b/mod/blog/languages/en.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ $english = array(
 	'blog:edit_revision_notice' => '(Old version)',
 
 	// river
-	'blog:river:create' => '%s made a new blog post.',
+	'blog:river:create' => '%s wrote a new blog post',
 
 
 );
diff --git a/mod/blog/views/default/river/object/blog/create.php b/mod/blog/views/default/river/object/blog/create.php
index fef666814..d59d601f5 100644
--- a/mod/blog/views/default/river/object/blog/create.php
+++ b/mod/blog/views/default/river/object/blog/create.php
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 <?php
 /**
  * Blog river view.
- *
- * @package Blog
- * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html GNU Public License version 2
- * @author Curverider Ltd
- * @copyright Curverider Ltd 2008-2010
- * @link http://elgg.org/
  */
 
 $performed_by = get_entity($vars['item']->subject_guid);
 $object = get_entity($vars['item']->object_guid);
 $url = $object->getURL();
+$contents = strip_tags($object->description); //strip tags from the contents to stop large images etc blowing out the river view
 
 $url = "<a href=\"{$performed_by->getURL()}\">{$performed_by->name}</a>";
 $title = sprintf(elgg_echo('blog:river:create'), $url);
-$string .= "<a href=\"" . $object->getURL() . "\">" . $object->title . "</a> <span class='entity_subtext'>" . friendly_time($object->publish_time) . "</span>";
-
+$string .= $title . " <a href=\"" . $object->getURL() . "\">" . $object->title . "</a> <span class='entity_subtext'>" . friendly_time($object->publish_time) . "</span>";
+$string .= "<div class=\"river_content_display\">";
+	$string .= "<div class='river_object_blog_create'></div>";
+	if(strlen($contents) > 200) {
+        	$string .= substr($contents, 0, strpos($contents, ' ', 200)) . "...";
+    }else{
+	    $string .= $contents;
+    }
+	$string .= "</div>";
 echo $string;
 \ No newline at end of file