[trilOByte]

It's just html. Copy the welcomepanel template code - everything between...

<!-- welcomepanel -->
....and
<!-- /welcomepanel -->

...into an html editor and you will see how it is laid out. Make the changes you want then copy the welcomepanel template code back into the forumhome template in the same position. You can do this with a WYSIWYG editor like dreamweaver, or whatever.

You will see elsewhere in the forumhome template, that there are a number of variables (vars) which start with a $ sign, such as $pminfo and $logincode. These are defined in other templates, and can be moved around pretty much anywhere you like.

The vars you are interested in are $numbermembers, $totalthreads and $totalposts. What they do should be self explanatory. Wherever you put

$totalposts

in the forumhome template, then the number of total posts will be displayed in that location on your forum. Be sure not to duplicate the vars - unless you want them to appear twice. Remember to prefix them with some plainh text which gives them meaning, for example

Number of Forum Members: $numbermembers

will be displayed as

Number of Forum Members: 251 (or whatever that number may be...)

HTH.