after a little research, here's what else i found.
It does keep track of new posts. THat is, when I post, it gets added to the daily_index file.
But on the active topics page, there is no post and no author listed... it looks like this:
" Education by (post # 1) "
So its keeping track, but it can't find the author or post information to fill it. In addition, when I delete the post, it still appears in the active topics list.
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