Basically i want my users to be able to submit news via a form into my database which I have done, but I want each news article to count as a "post" so the total posts goes up by one, how do I do this?

One word : Kier ;)

*lol*

KIER!!!!!!!!

Lolol :D

You would have to copy the newthread.php file then edit it around a lot but there maybe something there like cookies to block this.

$DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET posts=posts+1 WHERE userid=$userid");