Help with "active topics"

Im trying to get a setup where the last 5 posts are diplayed on a page, i got it to work on a non-vb page just fine but i want it on the forumhome between the "Private MEssages" area and the Beginning of the forums. i cant seem to get a server side include to work with vB (however i have a working test for ssi on my server and it works fine http://forums.voogru.com/last10.shtml) anyways how can i put the latest topics like this:

thanks

-voogru

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i will keep bumping every 4 days till i get a usefull reply