Boy am I thick headed! 'Recent Post' question answered...
While playing around I started looking at the sidebar where there are advertisements. You know those things we have been avoiding? Well at the top of the sidebar ads there is a blue button....... and of all things is says, 'Recent Topics'.... Guess what comes up? Yep, the newest topic posted to the oldest....... This is probably the best we shall get with 'unread topics' for before....