Do this if you want the author's name to be a link to all their posts on that blog:

<a href="<?php echo url_add_param( $Blog->get( 'blogurl', 'htmlattr' ), 'author='. $Item->Author->ID) ?>" title="Browse all posts by this author"><?php $Item->Author->prefered_name();  //the name of the author ?></a>

And this for a plain text link:

<?php $Item->Author->prefered_name();  //the name of the author ?>

thnx for your answer. been afk for a month or so, so didnt had time to respond. i tried that but it gives me an error and doesnt load the page anymore. does this work with the 1.6 release? or only with the 0.9 version?

In 0.9.1 it's spelled prefered.

In 1.6 it's spelled preferred

ah ok, thx ill give it a shot :D

*edit*
it worked, thx allot :D

im sorry to drag up this old thread but... i have recently upgraded to V2.2.0 and i have tried to find again where i could put this code, but it doesnt seem to be there.

is it possible to get the author's name beside each post in v2.2.0? if so, how is this done.

btw im using the evopress theme atm.

@drox
The 2.2.0 set ups vary per skin...
In the "evopress" skin heres what you can do to add the author name beside the post date.
goto ->blogs ->skins ->evopress and open the file called "post.main.php"
find :

<small>
			<?php
				$Item->issue_time( array(
						'time_format' => 'F jS, Y',
					) );
                      ?>
</small>

Replace it with:

<small>
			<?php
				$Item->issue_time( array(
						'time_format' => 'F jS, Y',
					) );
				$Item->author( array(
						'before'    => ', '.T_('by').' <strong>',
						'after'     => '</strong>',
					) );
			?>
		</small>

sir you are a life saver, i spend half the evening trying to figure this out and got to the point where it drove me bananas. thanks allot for the answer.