diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/socialutillibrary/MessageParser.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/socialutillibrary/MessageParser.java
index 70f113f..e4c4c26 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/socialutillibrary/MessageParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/socialutillibrary/MessageParser.java
@@ -5,13 +5,23 @@ import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.gcube.common.portal.GCubePortalConstants;
+import org.gcube.portal.databook.client.GCubeSocialNetworking;
+import org.gcube.portlets.widgets.pickitem.shared.ItemBean;
 import org.gcube.socialnetworking.token.ReplaceableToken;
 import org.gcube.socialnetworking.token.TagToken;
 import org.gcube.socialnetworking.token.Token;
 import org.gcube.socialnetworking.token.URLToken;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.impl.LiferayGroupManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.impl.LiferayRoleManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.model.GCubeTeam;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 public class MessageParser {
 
+	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MessageParser.class);
+	
 	private final String originalMessage;
 	
 	private StringWriter stringWriter;
@@ -58,4 +68,38 @@ public class MessageParser {
 		return stringWriter.toString();
 	}
 	
+	
+	public String getParsedMessage(List<ItemBean> taggedPeople, String siteLandingPagePath) {
+		String parsedMessage = getParsedMessage();
+		for (ItemBean tagged : taggedPeople) {
+			String baseURL;
+			String hrefAttributeName;
+			String hrefAttributeValue;
+			if (! tagged.isItemGroup()) {
+				baseURL = siteLandingPagePath+GCubePortalConstants.USER_PROFILE_FRIENDLY_URL;
+				hrefAttributeName = GCubeSocialNetworking.USER_PROFILE_OID;
+				hrefAttributeValue = tagged.getName();
+			} else {
+				try {
+					long teamId = Long.parseLong(tagged.getId());
+					GCubeTeam theTeam = new LiferayRoleManager().getTeam(teamId);
+					//returns the VRE url e.g. /devVRE
+					String vreURL  = new LiferayGroupManager().getGroup(theTeam.getGroupId()).getFriendlyURL();
+					//append the members url
+					baseURL= GCubePortalConstants.PREFIX_GROUP_URL + vreURL + GCubePortalConstants.GROUP_MEMBERS_FRIENDLY_URL;
+					hrefAttributeName = GCubeSocialNetworking.GROUP_MEMBERS_OID;		
+					hrefAttributeValue = tagged.getId();
+				} catch (Exception e) {
+					logger.error("Error while retrieving team {}", tagged.getAlternativeName(), e);
+					continue;
+				} 
+			}
+			
+			String linkTarget = ReplaceableToken.createHref(baseURL, hrefAttributeName, hrefAttributeValue);
+			String replacement = ReplaceableToken.createLink(linkTarget, tagged.getAlternativeName(), null);
+			
+			parsedMessage = parsedMessage.replace(tagged.getAlternativeName(), replacement);
+		}
+		return parsedMessage;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/socialnetworking/token/ReplaceableToken.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/socialnetworking/token/ReplaceableToken.java
index 6d240a0..b2d6549 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/socialnetworking/token/ReplaceableToken.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/socialnetworking/token/ReplaceableToken.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ public class ReplaceableToken extends Token {
 
 	protected String tokenReplacement; 
 	
-	protected String createHref(String baseURL, String attributeName, String attributeValue) {
+	public static String createHref(String baseURL, String attributeName, String attributeValue) {
 		StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
 		stringBuilder.append(baseURL);
 		stringBuilder.append("?");
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class ReplaceableToken extends Token {
 		
 	}
 	
-	protected String createLink(String linkTarget, String linkValue, Map<String, String> additionalAttributes) {
+	public static String createLink(String linkTarget, String linkValue, Map<String, String> additionalAttributes) {
 		Map<String, String> attributes = new HashMap<>(); 
 		if(additionalAttributes!=null) {
 			attributes.putAll(additionalAttributes);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/socialnetworking/token/TagToken.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/socialnetworking/token/TagToken.java
index 5f9802d..c076086 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/socialnetworking/token/TagToken.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/socialnetworking/token/TagToken.java
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ public class TagToken extends ReplaceableToken {
 	
 	public String getTokenReplacement() {
 		if(!replaced) {
-			String linkTarget = createHref("", GCubeSocialNetworking.HASHTAG_OID, token);
-			tokenReplacement = createLink(linkTarget, token, null);
+			String linkTarget = ReplaceableToken.createHref("", GCubeSocialNetworking.HASHTAG_OID, token);
+			tokenReplacement = ReplaceableToken.createLink(linkTarget, token, null);
 			replaced = true;
 		}
 		return super.getTokenReplacement();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/socialnetworking/token/URLToken.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/socialnetworking/token/URLToken.java
index 0f87d52..cf114df 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/socialnetworking/token/URLToken.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/socialnetworking/token/URLToken.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class URLToken extends ReplaceableToken {
 		if(!replaced) {
 			Map<String, String> anchorAttibutes = new HashMap<>(1);
 			anchorAttibutes.put("target", "_blank");
-			tokenReplacement = createLink(token, token, anchorAttibutes);
+			tokenReplacement = ReplaceableToken.createLink(token, token, anchorAttibutes);
 			replaced = true;
 		}
 		return super.getTokenReplacement();
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gcube/social_networking/socialutillibrary/MessageParserTest.java b/src/test/java/org/gcube/social_networking/socialutillibrary/MessageParserTest.java
index 0f2df1d..0b5e7d7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/gcube/social_networking/socialutillibrary/MessageParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gcube/social_networking/socialutillibrary/MessageParserTest.java
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package org.gcube.social_networking.socialutillibrary;
 
 import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
 import org.gcube.portal.databook.client.GCubeSocialNetworking;
+import org.gcube.portlets.widgets.pickitem.shared.ItemBean;
 import org.gcube.socialnetworking.token.Token;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ public class MessageParserTest {
 	
 	
 	public static final String TEST_LUCA = "Dear members,\n" + 
-			"The item 'just a test with time fields' has been just published by Francesco Mangiacrapa .\n" + 
+			"The item 'just a test with time fields' has been just published by Francesco Mangiacrapa.\n" + 
 			"You can find it here: http://data-d.d4science.org/ctlg/NextNext/just_a_test_with_time_fields\n" + 
 			"#Text_mining #Field_1 #B3";
 	
@@ -51,6 +53,13 @@ public class MessageParserTest {
 		
 		messageParser = new MessageParser(TEST_LUCA);
 		logger.debug(messageParser.getParsedMessage());
+		
+		List<ItemBean> mentionedUsers = new ArrayList<>();
+		ItemBean itemBean = new ItemBean("21150", "francesco.mangiacrapa", "Francesco Mangiacrapa", "");
+		itemBean.setItemGroup(false);
+		mentionedUsers.add(itemBean);
+		logger.debug(messageParser.getParsedMessage(mentionedUsers, "/group/nextnext"));
+		
 	}
 
 	@Test