function postcount () {

        global $db, $mybb, $posts;
        $date = strtotime("1".date(" M Y"));
            $post_file = $db->simple_select("posts", "pid", "username='Admin' AND dateline > ".$date." AND visible='1'");
            while ($post = $db->fetch_array($post_file))
            {
                $posts++;
            }
}