How to list top 20 new post in a forum

hi guys,

i have a bid of a trouble here, I have made a script to list the post posted by my friends on my site, but the problem is that, all the time I send the new post, it puts it at the bottom, can anyone tell me what am I doing wrong?, am new in this php business,

thanks
tldmic

<?php

include "include/constants.php"; //mysql db connection here

echo "<link rel='stylesheet' href='style.css' type='text/css'>";
echo "


<div class='newTopic'><a href='post.php?user=$session->userid'>
<span class='addTopic'>Add New Topic</a></span></a>
</div>";
echo "<table class='maintable' cellspacing=0 >";

echo "<tr class='headline'>

<td width=40%>Topic</td>
<td width=20%>Topic Starter</td><td>Replies</td><td>Last replied time</td></tr>";

$getthreads="SELECT * from forum where parentid='0' order by lastrepliedto DESC limit 0,24";

$getthreads2=mysql_query($getthreads) or die("Could not get threads");

while($getthreads3=mysql_fetch_array($getthreads2))

{

$getthreads3[title]=strip_tags($getthreads3[title]);

$getthreads3[author]=strip_tags($getthreads3[author]);

echo "<tr class='mainrow'>
<td><A href='message.php?id=$getthreads3[postid]'>$getthreads3[title]</a></td>
<td>$getthreads3[author]</td>
<td>$getthreads3[numreplies]</td>
<td>$getthreads3[showtime]<br>Last post by <b>$getthreads3[lastposter]</b></td>
</tr>";

}

echo "</table>";



?>

 

It may not the problem at the php. It might be at the css. If your table is set to float, it may be put somewhere else ( e.g. pushed down) rather than being displayed as it is.

 

Yes in my style.css i have :

userforum {
background :.....;
float:left;
width:X%;
height:Ypx;

}


can you please advice further;
many thanks