Fel,
I’ve managed to get the plugins mostly working, although not entirely well… but I’m asking for help on those in their relevant forums.
As far as that code goes, it still works fine as far as displaying the last poster, but the profile link still isn’t working… Although I think we’re moving in the right direction, as now instead of linking to a fault page, or the forum index, it’s just not showing a link at all.
Sheesh, okay, I did that already. Before you even posted.
It didn’t fix my problem but on the other hand, it DID make the dashboard nicer.
Oh, and broke at least one of the key plugins on the site 
But yeah, ultimately, I will always upgrade, when I realise there IS an upgrade.
Want to know something interesting? Now, instead of a link to a broken page, the displayed names of the most recent poster ALL link back to my forum address, apparently regardless of the user… Any suggestions?
Well, it turns out I’m NOT using .8.2.1, just .8.1… Is the newest version REALLY new?
The code I’ve used in the template is, I think, outside the loop, and is this:
<H2><?php _e('Last Poster'); ?></H2>
<UL><LI><a href="<?php get_user_profile_link() ?>">
<?php topic_last_poster(); ?></a></LI></UL>
I may not have made my problem all that clear, anyway… the fact is that the Last Poster bit works fine… it pulls up the last poster’s name fine. But when you mouseover the link, it becomes clear that it doesn’t work, presenting the problem I mentioned before…
