Stu Bloom, I think what you are asking for is allready in place.
If someone has allready clicked the 'Begin...' link and a new topic was made, then the link will change and will link you to the topic that was created.
I might have an idea for a better system, but I want
www.feds201.com to have it's flag program up and running (which i have to code
) (more detail on the FLAG program later) before i say what it is.
Jack