Rebuild Forum Stat files rebuilds all the index files used to generate the ubb=forum and ubb=forum_summary (last post info) pages. When UBB creates those pages, it tries to read as little data as possible, hence using index files rather than the actual thread files.
Re the hit counter - every ultimatebb.cgi and cp.cgi access is counted as a view. And that behaviour is changing slightly starting in UBB6.1 PB2 so any hack will have to be revised (and it would require a hack - hint
https://www.ubbdev.com )
Graeme
