lastactivethread column is populated but still nothing. I did however use your recommendation and install other hack with the same results. Here is the forumdisplaybit template, I have at the bottom placed how I setup the 2 tables in your hack. I have also attached my functions.php in a zip format. My site is
http://www.realwebhost.net
<tr align="center">
<td bgcolor="#DFDFDF"><img src="images/$thread[newoldhot].gif" border="0" alt=""></td>
<td bgcolor="#DFDFDF">$thread[icon]</td>
<td bgcolor="#F1F1F1" align="left" width="100%"><normalfont>$thread[gotonew] $paperclip$thread[movedprefix]$thread[typeprefix]<a href="showthread.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&threadid=$thread[threadid]">$thread[title]</a></normalfont> <smallfont>$thread[pagenav]</smallfont></td>
<td align="right"bgcolor="#DFDFDF" nowrap><smallfont> $forum[lastactiveiconid] $forum[lastactivethread] $thread[firstpostdate] $thread[firstposttime]<br>by <b>$thread[postedby]</b></smallfont></td>
<td bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><normalfont>
<a href="javascript
:who($thread[threadid])">$thread[replycount]</a>
</normalfont></td>
Field Type Length/Set Attributes Null Default
lastactivethread varchar(64) Yes
lastactiveiconid smallint(5) UNSIGNED No 1