I have noticed that this forum does not have icons that change color when a new post is made.  I found a really handy way to check on recent posts.

If you go to the top to the list that is just under the picture you will see the "Today" button.  If you click on that it will list all the new posts for today and to the right of each post is a "read" button.  So if you are interested in reading the whole thread on that topic you can just click "Read".

Hope this helps when you make your visit in for the day,, to be able to check out all the new topics that have been posted..