I have used the bbcode mod from the modifications section. The gallery is registering a lot of hits on it's counter. Does this counter represent the images that are being linked on other sites as well or just the ones viewed directly in the gallery?
The coppermine counter counts page views, not pic views, as it's based on the mysql table - the table query is being triggered on page load, not pic load (this would be impossible - you'd have to use webserver means for this kind of stats).
HTH
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