help with table + pagination

[eluser]e.abubakr89[/eluser]
Hello

can anybody help me in my project ?
i am new to codeigniter, but I learn quickly

my problem is that I created already a pagination table for my database with (pagination) and (table) libraries

I have 3 columns (id,message,sender)

firstly I need to display just first 30 words of the message in the table

secondly, I need to link the (message) column (link every message td in each row) to enable user to click on it and go to the full message page

how can I make it. please ?