How do you display active threads on home page

[roosterdog]

Forgive me if I posted this in the wrong place, I wasnt sure where to ask. I found nothing in the searches for this.

I have seen on other sites, where they have "Top 5 threads" or "Todays active threads on their home page. a non vb page, just an HTML page.

How do I do this? Can somebody point me in the right direction please.

Thanks,
RD.