Index: trunk/kernel/admin_templates/summary/root.tpl
===================================================================
diff -u -N -r4524 -r4651
--- trunk/kernel/admin_templates/summary/root.tpl	(.../root.tpl)	(revision 4524)
+++ trunk/kernel/admin_templates/summary/root.tpl	(.../root.tpl)	(revision 4651)
@@ -69,21 +69,39 @@
 	
 	<!-- pending items box: begin -->
 	<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="269">
+		
 		<tr>
 			<td class="usersbox_header">
     			<img src="img/summary/usersbox_cl.gif" width="8" height="8" align="absMiddle" hSpace="4">
-    			<inp2:m_phrase name="la_prompt_PendingItems"/> <span class="info">(xx)</span>
+    			<inp2:m_phrase name="la_prompt_PendingItems"/> <span class="info">(<inp2:stat_GetTotalPending/>)</span>
 			</td>
 		</tr>
 		
 		<tr>
 			<td style="padding: 10px;" class="usersbox_body">
+				<table width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0">
 				<inp2:m_DefineElement name="stat_element">
-					<img src="<inp2:$prefix_ModulePath/>img/itemicons/<inp2:m_param name="icon"/>" border="0" alt="" title="" />
-					<a href="<inp2:m_param name="url"/>" class="userlink"><inp2:m_phrase name="$label"/></a>
-					<br />
+					<inp2:m_if check="m_ParamEquals" name="is_first" value="1">
+						<inp2:m_if check="m_ParamEquals" name="column_number" value="1">
+							<inp2:m_set cell_class="lTD"/>
+						<inp2:m_else/>
+							<inp2:m_set cell_class="rTD"/>
+						</inp2:m_if>
+					<inp2:m_else/>
+						<inp2:m_if check="m_ParamEquals" name="column_number" value="1">
+							<inp2:m_set cell_class="lTDi"/>
+						<inp2:m_else/>
+							<inp2:m_set cell_class="rTDi"/>
+						</inp2:m_if>
+					</inp2:m_if>
+				
+					<td width="50%" class="<inp2:m_get name="cell_class"/>">
+						<img src="<inp2:$prefix_ModulePath/>img/itemicons/<inp2:m_param name="icon"/>" border="0" alt="" title="" />
+						<a href="<inp2:m_param name="url"/>" class="userslink"><inp2:m_phrase name="$label"/></a> <span class="info">(<inp2:CountPending prefix="$prefix"/>)</span>
+					</td>
 				</inp2:m_DefineElement>
-				<inp2:stat_PrintPendingStatistics render_as="stat_element"/>
+				<inp2:stat_PrintPendingStatistics render_as="stat_element" columns="2"/>
+				</table>
 			</td>
 		</tr>
 	</table>
Index: trunk/kernel/units/users/users_event_handler.php
===================================================================
diff -u -N -r4625 -r4651
--- trunk/kernel/units/users/users_event_handler.php	(.../users_event_handler.php)	(revision 4625)
+++ trunk/kernel/units/users/users_event_handler.php	(.../users_event_handler.php)	(revision 4651)
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
 				return true;
 			}
 			
+			if ($event->Name == 'OnSetPersistantVariable') {
+				// only logged in users have persistant variables
+				return $this->Application->GetVar('u_id') > 0;
+			}
+			
 			return parent::CheckPermission($event);
 		}
 		
Index: trunk/core/units/users/users_event_handler.php
===================================================================
diff -u -N -r4625 -r4651
--- trunk/core/units/users/users_event_handler.php	(.../users_event_handler.php)	(revision 4625)
+++ trunk/core/units/users/users_event_handler.php	(.../users_event_handler.php)	(revision 4651)
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
 				return true;
 			}
 			
+			if ($event->Name == 'OnSetPersistantVariable') {
+				// only logged in users have persistant variables
+				return $this->Application->GetVar('u_id') > 0;
+			}
+			
 			return parent::CheckPermission($event);
 		}
 		
Index: trunk/core/units/categories/categories_config.php
===================================================================
diff -u -N -r4636 -r4651
--- trunk/core/units/categories/categories_config.php	(.../categories_config.php)	(revision 4636)
+++ trunk/core/units/categories/categories_config.php	(.../categories_config.php)	(revision 4651)
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 															),
 											),
 					'IDField' 			=> 	'CategoryId',
+					
+					'StatusField'		=>	Array('Status'),
+					
 					'TitleField'		=>	'Name',		// field, used in bluebar when editing existing item
 					'ItemType'			=>	1,	// used for custom fields only
 					
Index: trunk/kernel/units/categories/categories_config.php
===================================================================
diff -u -N -r4636 -r4651
--- trunk/kernel/units/categories/categories_config.php	(.../categories_config.php)	(revision 4636)
+++ trunk/kernel/units/categories/categories_config.php	(.../categories_config.php)	(revision 4651)
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 															),
 											),
 					'IDField' 			=> 	'CategoryId',
+					
+					'StatusField'		=>	Array('Status'),
+					
 					'TitleField'		=>	'Name',		// field, used in bluebar when editing existing item
 					'ItemType'			=>	1,	// used for custom fields only
 					
Index: trunk/kernel/units/statistics/statistics_tag_processor.php
===================================================================
diff -u -N -r4524 -r4651
--- trunk/kernel/units/statistics/statistics_tag_processor.php	(.../statistics_tag_processor.php)	(revision 4524)
+++ trunk/kernel/units/statistics/statistics_tag_processor.php	(.../statistics_tag_processor.php)	(revision 4651)
@@ -194,34 +194,71 @@
 		function CountPending($params)
 		{
 			$prefix = $params['prefix'];
-			
-			$statistics_info = $this->Application->getUnitOption($prefix.'.pending', 'StatisticsInfo');
-			if (!$statistics_info) {
-				return 0;
+			$value = $this->Application->getCache('statistics.pending', $prefix);
+			if ($value === false) {			
+				$statistics_info = $this->Application->getUnitOption($prefix.'.pending', 'StatisticsInfo');
+				if (!$statistics_info) {
+					return 0;
+				}
+				
+				$table = $this->Application->getUnitOption($prefix, 'TableName');
+				$status_field = array_shift( $this->Application->getUnitOption($prefix, 'StatusField') );
+				$sql = 'SELECT COUNT(*)
+						FROM '.$table.'
+						WHERE '.$status_field.' = '.$statistics_info['status'];
+				$value = $this->Conn->GetOne($sql);
+				$this->Application->setCache('statistics.pending', $prefix, $value);
 			}
+			return $value;
+		}
+		
+		function GetTotalPending()
+		{
+			$sql = 'SELECT Prefix
+					FROM '.TABLE_PREFIX.'ItemTypes';
+			$prefixes = $this->Conn->GetCol($sql);
 			
-			$table = $this->Application->getUnitOption($prefix, 'TableName');
-			$status_field = array_shift( $this->Application->getUnitOption($prefix, 'StatusField') );
-			$sql = 'SELECT COUNT(*)
-					FROM '.$table.'
-					WHERE '.$status_field.' = '.$statistics_info['status'];
-			return $this->Conn->GetOne($sql);
+			$sum = 0;
+			foreach ($prefixes as $prefix) {
+				$sum += $this->CountPending( Array('prefix' => $prefix) );
+			}
+			return $sum;
 		}
 		
 		function PrintPendingStatistics($params)
 		{
 			$sql = 'SELECT Prefix
 					FROM '.TABLE_PREFIX.'ItemTypes';
-			$prefixes = $this->Conn->GetCol($sql);
+			$check_prefixes = $this->Conn->GetCol($sql);
+			if (!$check_prefixes) {
+				return '';
+			}
 			
-			$block_params = Array('name' => $this->SelectParam($params, 'render_as,block') );
-			
 			$ret = '';
-			foreach ($prefixes as $prefix) {
+			$columns = $params['columns'];
+			$block_params = $this->prepareTagParams( Array('name' => $this->SelectParam($params, 'render_as,block') ) );
+			
+			$prefixes = Array();
+			foreach ($check_prefixes as $prefix) {
+				$statistics_info = $this->Application->getUnitOption($prefix.'.pending', 'StatisticsInfo');
+				if ($statistics_info) {
+					$prefixes[] = $prefix;
+				}
+			}
+			
+			$row_number = 0;
+			
+			foreach ($prefixes as $i => $prefix) {
 				$block_params['prefix'] = $prefix;
 				$statistics_info = $this->Application->getUnitOption($prefix.'.pending', 'StatisticsInfo');
-				if (!$statistics_info) continue;
 				
+				if ($i % $columns == 0) {
+					$column_number = 1;
+					$ret .= '<tr>';
+				}
+	
+				$block_params['column_number'] = $column_number;
+				$block_params['is_first'] = $i < $columns ? 1 : 0;
 				$template = $statistics_info['url']['t'];
 				unset($statistics_info['url']['t']);
 				$url = $this->Application->HREF($template, '', $statistics_info['url']);
@@ -233,7 +270,11 @@
 				$block_params['icon'] = $statistics_info['icon'];
 				$block_params['label'] = $statistics_info['label'];
 				$ret .= $this->Application->ParseBlock($block_params);
-				
+				$column_number++;
+	
+				if (($i+1) % $columns == 0) {
+					$ret .= '</tr>';
+				}
 			}
 			return $ret;
 		}
Index: trunk/core/units/statistics/statistics_tag_processor.php
===================================================================
diff -u -N -r4524 -r4651
--- trunk/core/units/statistics/statistics_tag_processor.php	(.../statistics_tag_processor.php)	(revision 4524)
+++ trunk/core/units/statistics/statistics_tag_processor.php	(.../statistics_tag_processor.php)	(revision 4651)
@@ -194,34 +194,71 @@
 		function CountPending($params)
 		{
 			$prefix = $params['prefix'];
-			
-			$statistics_info = $this->Application->getUnitOption($prefix.'.pending', 'StatisticsInfo');
-			if (!$statistics_info) {
-				return 0;
+			$value = $this->Application->getCache('statistics.pending', $prefix);
+			if ($value === false) {			
+				$statistics_info = $this->Application->getUnitOption($prefix.'.pending', 'StatisticsInfo');
+				if (!$statistics_info) {
+					return 0;
+				}
+				
+				$table = $this->Application->getUnitOption($prefix, 'TableName');
+				$status_field = array_shift( $this->Application->getUnitOption($prefix, 'StatusField') );
+				$sql = 'SELECT COUNT(*)
+						FROM '.$table.'
+						WHERE '.$status_field.' = '.$statistics_info['status'];
+				$value = $this->Conn->GetOne($sql);
+				$this->Application->setCache('statistics.pending', $prefix, $value);
 			}
+			return $value;
+		}
+		
+		function GetTotalPending()
+		{
+			$sql = 'SELECT Prefix
+					FROM '.TABLE_PREFIX.'ItemTypes';
+			$prefixes = $this->Conn->GetCol($sql);
 			
-			$table = $this->Application->getUnitOption($prefix, 'TableName');
-			$status_field = array_shift( $this->Application->getUnitOption($prefix, 'StatusField') );
-			$sql = 'SELECT COUNT(*)
-					FROM '.$table.'
-					WHERE '.$status_field.' = '.$statistics_info['status'];
-			return $this->Conn->GetOne($sql);
+			$sum = 0;
+			foreach ($prefixes as $prefix) {
+				$sum += $this->CountPending( Array('prefix' => $prefix) );
+			}
+			return $sum;
 		}
 		
 		function PrintPendingStatistics($params)
 		{
 			$sql = 'SELECT Prefix
 					FROM '.TABLE_PREFIX.'ItemTypes';
-			$prefixes = $this->Conn->GetCol($sql);
+			$check_prefixes = $this->Conn->GetCol($sql);
+			if (!$check_prefixes) {
+				return '';
+			}
 			
-			$block_params = Array('name' => $this->SelectParam($params, 'render_as,block') );
-			
 			$ret = '';
-			foreach ($prefixes as $prefix) {
+			$columns = $params['columns'];
+			$block_params = $this->prepareTagParams( Array('name' => $this->SelectParam($params, 'render_as,block') ) );
+			
+			$prefixes = Array();
+			foreach ($check_prefixes as $prefix) {
+				$statistics_info = $this->Application->getUnitOption($prefix.'.pending', 'StatisticsInfo');
+				if ($statistics_info) {
+					$prefixes[] = $prefix;
+				}
+			}
+			
+			$row_number = 0;
+			
+			foreach ($prefixes as $i => $prefix) {
 				$block_params['prefix'] = $prefix;
 				$statistics_info = $this->Application->getUnitOption($prefix.'.pending', 'StatisticsInfo');
-				if (!$statistics_info) continue;
 				
+				if ($i % $columns == 0) {
+					$column_number = 1;
+					$ret .= '<tr>';
+				}
+	
+				$block_params['column_number'] = $column_number;
+				$block_params['is_first'] = $i < $columns ? 1 : 0;
 				$template = $statistics_info['url']['t'];
 				unset($statistics_info['url']['t']);
 				$url = $this->Application->HREF($template, '', $statistics_info['url']);
@@ -233,7 +270,11 @@
 				$block_params['icon'] = $statistics_info['icon'];
 				$block_params['label'] = $statistics_info['label'];
 				$ret .= $this->Application->ParseBlock($block_params);
-				
+				$column_number++;
+	
+				if (($i+1) % $columns == 0) {
+					$ret .= '</tr>';
+				}
 			}
 			return $ret;
 		}
Index: trunk/kernel/admin_templates/incs/sections_list.css
===================================================================
diff -u -N -r4524 -r4651
--- trunk/kernel/admin_templates/incs/sections_list.css	(.../sections_list.css)	(revision 4524)
+++ trunk/kernel/admin_templates/incs/sections_list.css	(.../sections_list.css)	(revision 4651)
@@ -99,4 +99,22 @@
 .usersbox_body {
 	border: 1px solid #666767;
 	background: url(../img/summary/usersbox_bg.gif) top left;
+}
+
+.lTDi {
+	border-right: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
+	border-top: 1px solid #CCCCCC; 
+}
+
+.rTDi {
+	border-top: 1px solid #CCCCCC; 
+}
+
+.lTD {
+	border-right: 1px solid #CCCCCC; 
+}
+
+
+.rTD {
+	
 }
\ No newline at end of file
Index: trunk/core/admin_templates/summary/root.tpl
===================================================================
diff -u -N -r4524 -r4651
--- trunk/core/admin_templates/summary/root.tpl	(.../root.tpl)	(revision 4524)
+++ trunk/core/admin_templates/summary/root.tpl	(.../root.tpl)	(revision 4651)
@@ -69,21 +69,39 @@
 	
 	<!-- pending items box: begin -->
 	<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="269">
+		
 		<tr>
 			<td class="usersbox_header">
     			<img src="img/summary/usersbox_cl.gif" width="8" height="8" align="absMiddle" hSpace="4">
-    			<inp2:m_phrase name="la_prompt_PendingItems"/> <span class="info">(xx)</span>
+    			<inp2:m_phrase name="la_prompt_PendingItems"/> <span class="info">(<inp2:stat_GetTotalPending/>)</span>
 			</td>
 		</tr>
 		
 		<tr>
 			<td style="padding: 10px;" class="usersbox_body">
+				<table width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0">
 				<inp2:m_DefineElement name="stat_element">
-					<img src="<inp2:$prefix_ModulePath/>img/itemicons/<inp2:m_param name="icon"/>" border="0" alt="" title="" />
-					<a href="<inp2:m_param name="url"/>" class="userlink"><inp2:m_phrase name="$label"/></a>
-					<br />
+					<inp2:m_if check="m_ParamEquals" name="is_first" value="1">
+						<inp2:m_if check="m_ParamEquals" name="column_number" value="1">
+							<inp2:m_set cell_class="lTD"/>
+						<inp2:m_else/>
+							<inp2:m_set cell_class="rTD"/>
+						</inp2:m_if>
+					<inp2:m_else/>
+						<inp2:m_if check="m_ParamEquals" name="column_number" value="1">
+							<inp2:m_set cell_class="lTDi"/>
+						<inp2:m_else/>
+							<inp2:m_set cell_class="rTDi"/>
+						</inp2:m_if>
+					</inp2:m_if>
+				
+					<td width="50%" class="<inp2:m_get name="cell_class"/>">
+						<img src="<inp2:$prefix_ModulePath/>img/itemicons/<inp2:m_param name="icon"/>" border="0" alt="" title="" />
+						<a href="<inp2:m_param name="url"/>" class="userslink"><inp2:m_phrase name="$label"/></a> <span class="info">(<inp2:CountPending prefix="$prefix"/>)</span>
+					</td>
 				</inp2:m_DefineElement>
-				<inp2:stat_PrintPendingStatistics render_as="stat_element"/>
+				<inp2:stat_PrintPendingStatistics render_as="stat_element" columns="2"/>
+				</table>
 			</td>
 		</tr>
 	</table>