I've tweaked around a little bit - the leading "JUser" in your initial code is caused by the second line:

<?php echo $user = JUser::getInstance($item->created_by) ?>

I don't know why you do this, however omitting the complete line cures the problem. Otherwise, it just works perfect, thanks a lot!

hth
cyana

Ok, there is another problem with the code, the link works only for the superuser, not for other users.
I fixed it quite brute, because I'm not even a newbie to php:

the href line should look like that:

Maybe another one can come up with a more elegant solution. The problem is to get the user link path tied to the correct user id. The original line
renders to ..."index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=user&id=:superuser:"

greetings
cyana

Hello everybody,

I was looking to display the author of an item in the "latest items", and although the thread is about "tag listings" it helped me solve my problem.

I am posting my solution in the hopes that it will help other people.

Step 1.
Create an override to the file you are editing. (In my case latest_items.php)

Step 2
Set the variable $user (per the example of the previous posters).
Note that the "echo" in this line has been stripped. This is what is causing the "JUser" to appear in the case of the above given solutions.

Step 3
Proceed to creating the link
And it should work.

Please note:
I had to add "$this" infront of "item->created_by" for the file latest_items.php
This thread refers to tag listings and I have not tested this solution for that specific case.
Reading through this thread it is my understanding that "$this" should be omitted.
Feel free to add it if stuff does not work out for you.

Thanks for sharing Drago :)

Hey guys,
maybe do you know a way to have the author image also inside the tag.php?

Thanks!

You use var_dump to print all the available elements you can use.