Никита Баев:
<div class="notifications">
<div component="notifications/mark_all" href="#" class="mark_all_read" data-ajaxify="false">
<i class="fa fa-bell-slash-o"></i>
</div>
<ul class="notifications-list">
<!-- BEGIN notifications -->
<li data-nid="{notifications.nid}" class="{notifications.readClass}" component="notifications/item">
<a class="nitif_avatar" href="{config.relative_path}/user/{notifications.user.userslug}">
<img class="user-img" src="{notifications.image}">
</a>
<a class="nitif_alert"
<a component="notifications/item/link" href="{notifications.path}">{notifications.bodyShort}</a>
</a>
</li>
<!-- END notifications -->
</ul>
</div>
{notifications.bodyShort} - тут он должен отображаться.