When a person posts up a new topic on any forum, their entry should be set as default so that the moment a visitor enters that forum, they know exactly what he/she is talking about.

It'd be less of a hassle if the topic of discussion was clearly shown at the top the moment you enter the forum instead of always searching on the next page of what the first user was actually requesting or talking about.

Could you set the topic entry as default of could you either set the forum entries so that the oldest entry comes first and the newest last.