jQuery.fn.shorten = function (settings) {
    var config = {
        showChars: 100,
        ellipsesText: "...",
        moreText: "more",
        lessText: "less"
    };

    if (settings) {
        $.extend(config, settings);
    }

    if (typeof $('#wall').data('handleMoreLink') === 'undefined') {

        $('#wall').on('click', '.morelink', function () {
            var $link = $(this);
            if ($link.hasClass('less')) {
                $link.removeClass('less');
                $link.html(config.moreText);
            } else {
                $link.addClass('less');
                $link.html(config.lessText);
            }
            $link.parent().prev().toggle();
            $link.prev().toggle();
            return false;
        });

        $('#wall').data('handleMoreLink', true);
    }

    return this.each(function () {
        var $this = $(this);

        if (typeof $this.data('handleMoreLink') === 'undefined') {

            var content = $this.html();
            if (content.length > config.showChars) {
                var c = content.substr(0, config.showChars);
                var h = content.substr(config.showChars, content.length - config.showChars);
                var html = c + '<span class="moreellipses">' + config.ellipsesText + '&nbsp;</span><span class="morecontent"><span>' + h + '</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="javascript://nop/" class="morelink smallText">' + config.moreText + '</a></span>';
                $this.html(html);
                $this.find(".morecontent span").hide();
            }
            $this.data('handleMoreLink', true);

        }

    });
};