I would like to ensure that when the user changes their cover or when they change their profile photo this is not added to the public news file but to the friends' news file only.
Comment out line https://github.com/opensource-socialnetwork/opensource-socialnetwork/blob/master/components/OssnProfile/actions/photo/upload.php#L47
Same with covers, suggest you to create hello world and override action instead.
Due to the many requests in the past for additonal features and components we have decided to develope a premium version. Features like Hashtags, Videos, Polls, Events, Stories, Link Preview, etc included in it.