homepage footer?  you can style the recent posts tag/widget to look like you want… also you can add/remove stuff (user, avatar, names, etc) to customize the appearance…

see: http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/plugins/our-plugins/the-template-tags-plugin/template-tag-recent-posts/

sorry, not  understanding your buddypress issue..   can  you elaborate please?

I want it to look like this what was the css code that you used to create this and where would i put that css? I want the avatar and the name to be able to link to the persons Buddypress how do i do that??

to generate it, we use:

sp_RecentPostsTag(‘listTags=0&itemOrder=ADUTF&beforeTopic&beforeForum=In &beforeUser=  By:&afterUser=<br />&limit=5&beforeDate=&afterDate=&avatarSize=35&truncate=44’);

some styling added to your wp theme…

#spRecentPostsTag .spListItemTag {
    padding-bottom: 5px;
}

.spListItemTag {
    line-height: 1.3em;
    padding: 3px 0 1px;
}

.widget-wrapper .spAvatar {
    padding-bottom: 3px;
}
.widget-wrapper .spAvatar {
    float: left;
}
.spListItemTag img {
    margin: 0 10px 0 0;
    vertical-align: middle;
}

.spTextTag {
    text-transform: capitalize;
}

Where do i add : sp_RecentPostsTag(‘listTags=0&itemOrder=ADUTF&beforeTopic&beforeForum=In &beforeUser=  By:&afterUser=<br />&limit=5&beforeDate=&afterDate=&avatarSize=35&truncate=44’);

I am using the widget to display the recent forums

then convert the arguments to the template tag to the widget options.. there is a one to one match…

Great got it to work now how do i make my avatar and name of user to go to there profile if im using the widget?

it follows your basic forum setting for this..  so on forum – profiles – profile options…