I'm confused, you want to read unread threads from the first post, and at the moment when you open one it's taking you straight to the last post, right?
If so, I guess you're either hitting the red arrow button to the left of a post-title, or the red arrow beside the last post details toward the right of the forum-display?
If that's the case, it should be as simple as clicking the actual text of the post-title to load it at the top (rather than jumping to first-unread, or last post)...
Is that any use?
Regards,
Rob.
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