Display thread starter on forumhome under lastpost?

[ncweb]

I want to display the thread starter on the forumhome under the 'last post' area. See screenshot for example. It is displayed on forumdisplay pages but I can't seem to figure out how to show it on the main page.

I tried taking the code from threadbit and putting it in forumhome_lastpostby template but nothing shows up. Any ideas?

Code from threadbit:

PHP Code:

<if condition="$show['guestuser']">
                $thread[postusername]
            <else />
                <span style="cursor:pointer" onclick="window.open('member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$thread[postuserid]', '_self')">$thread[postusername]</span>
            </if> 


What I'm working with in forumhome_lastpostby:

PHP Code:

    <div<if condition="is_browser('ie', 6)"> style="float:$stylevar[left]"</if>>
        <phrase 1="member.php?$session[sessionurl]find=lastposter&amp;f=$lastpostinfo[forumid]" 2="$lastpostinfo[lastposter]">$vbphrase[by_x]</phrase> 

Topic starter here
            
     </if>
    </div> 


I know there is probably a simple way to do this but I'm at a loss.
Any help or maybe some ideas for a better way to achieve this will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks guys...