I know I'm a super n00b...

But,
I think it would be very nice to have the Latest posts/threads at the top of home page.

This forum as a lot of categories,
Scrolling all the way down to find recent content is pretty inconvenient.

use the New Posts link, at the right under the header.

or the Today's Posts from the "Quick Links" drop down menu just to the left of "New Posts"

AND of course you can go to your Control Panel and see any new posts in threads you have subscribed to

Thanks chrishirst, I will try those...

But,
I do still think having the latest posts/threads (maybe 10) at the top of the homepage would be more convenient and user-friendly.

What specifically do you want there? Forums are already configured to display the latest post in the latest thread on the homepage, one for each forum.

Plus, you can always close the categories you don't use by clicking on the up arrows on the right of the blue category bar.

Well... I hope this isn't against any rules.

But, this is what I had in mind:
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...c/examples.png

put http://www. webmaster-talk.com/search.php?do=getnew&exclude=8

in your favorites so when you click through to here, you go straight to the "new post" list