Hey all

I have my frontpage set as the 'News' module, and a kind of welcome message on there using the 'Recent News' block.

I really would like to have 'Recent Topics' from my forums showing below this on the frontpage, but no matter what I set as the preferences they will only appear the other way around with the forum topics at the top.

Is there anything obvious i'm doing wrong?

Nothing wrong per sé, nor anything obvious

The theme.html defines the order of the dynamic contenttypes: left blocks, center-center blocks, center-left blocks, center-right blocks, right blocks and (most people tend to oversee this) module content. The block priority is set within these elements: ie if you have set the following order in theme.html:
block_left
block_ccenter
block_lcenter
block_rcenter
block_right

then the priority (or weight as we call it) is calculated within each block type:
block_left 1
block_left 2
block_left 3
block_left 4
block_left 5
block_ccenter 8
block_ccenter 12
block_lcenter 6
block_rcenter 7
block_right 9
block_right 10
block_right 11

The module_content part is also defined in the theme.html. It will be displayed only when called upon in th etheme.html, do the priority or order depends on your theme.html.

Herko