for those interested, i made lite edition of "what's going on?" box for this theme, you can place this code at FORUMHOME template before the $footer
Code:
<!-- what's going on box -->
<div class="titlebg">$vbphrase[whats_going_on]</div>
<if condition="$show['loggedinusers']">
<!-- logged-in users -->
<div class="navbar"><a href="online.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[currently_active_users]</a>:</div>
<div class="oldwindowbg">$activeusers</div>
<!-- end logged-in users -->
</if>
<div class="navbar"><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_statistics]</phrase></div>
<div class="oldwindowbg">
<b>$vbphrase[threads]:</b> $totalthreads<br />
<b>$vbphrase[posts]:</b> $totalposts<br />
<b>$vbphrase[members]:</b> $numbermembers<br />
<if condition="$show['activemembers']">
<b>$vbphrase[active_members]:</b> $activemembers<br /><br />
</if>
<phrase 1="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$newuserid" 2="$newusername">$vbphrase[welcome_to_our_newest_member_x]</phrase>
</div>
<if condition="$show['birthdays']">
<!-- today's birthdays -->
<div class="navbar">$vbphrase[todays_birthdays]</div>
<div class="oldwindowbg">$birthdays</div>
<!-- end today's birthdays -->
</if>
<if condition="$show['upcomingevents']">
<if condition="$show['todaysevents']">
<div class="navbar">$vbphrase[todays_events]</div>
<else />
<div class="navbar"><phrase 1="$vboptions[showevents]">$vbphrase[upcoming_events_for_the_next_x_days]</phrase></div>
</if>
<div class="oldwindowbg">$upcomingevents</div>
</if>
<br />
<!-- end what's going on box -->