For one easy solution, you've answered your own question, actually. Use Views. Display one full node sorted by recency and filtered by node type.
Brian
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Chris Pall chrispall@gmail.com wrote:
Is there any way to create a menu item which points to simply the most recent node of a particular type? (or some other criteria aka sorting in views)
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