Rick thanks for the reply, but that's not happening.
I clicked on a topic from last week in the SP area left the site entirely and went back and the topic view stayed the same.
If I went to this site and I am not spamming for them but only using them as an example...
http://www.majorwager.com/forums/race-track/170704-saratoga-8-16-a.htmlAnd opened that topic and refreshed 5 times... it shows as 5 views.
If you try it you'll see what I mean, and they have the qucik reply option as well and it counts as a view. I have tested it against mine. That is my post there so I know it works as I described and tested the multiple refresh to see if the views went up and it did everytime.
So either that board is what I really need or I need to find a way to have my board work that way. I don't know the answer so hence why I am here where I have been with you guys since I started the forum over 10 years ago.
Thanks for your help.
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