If we could do this from a page that had $userinfo assigned like the my account page, then this would be a snap.
It's not going to be that hard, but it is going to require some PHP and a database query. First, lets determine what php page you are working with. Can you provide a link to the page? What does it say in the address bar? Is it news.php?
If so then we are going to have to place some code in that php file, to query the DB and assign it to smarty. Open up news.php
and try adding this to the bottom:
Code:
if (!empty($logged_userid))
$smarty->assign('userinfo', func_userinfo($logged_userid, 'C'));
Add it right before:
Code:
func_display('customer/home.tpl', $smarty);
Be sure to make changes like this on your dev/test site first, and make backups if the original files, and note the change in your changelog.