i need to display customer's first name on a page

[dfcdev]

i need to display customer's first name on a page, once he or she is logged in! can someone point me to the right direction for this? specifially on this file:

 

catalog / includes / modules / boxes / bm_add_header_user_menu.php

 

the message should go right next to the "create account/login" buttons, at the very top right hand side of the page and should read:

 

Welcome back, "customer's first name"!

 

so far i did get the page to read "Welcome back!" once a user logs in, I would like for the user to see his/her first name right next to the welcome back message, see attached screenshot too!

 

 

[Mort-lemur]

@@dfcdev in my 2.3.4 store (with MTS) I had the following code in my header.php file - so that a customer actually knew they were logged in.

 

Will need adjusting for a 2.3.4BS site but its a starter for 10.

     <?php if (tep_session_is_registered('customer_id')) { ?>
        <li><?php echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_ACCOUNT, '', 'SSL') . 'MTS SPECIFIC CODE HERE REMOVED '</a>'; ?></li>
		<li>  <?php echo sprintf(LOGGED_IN_AS, $customer_first_name);?></li>