It took me awhile to figure that one out, but getting the post and thread totals on the category bars was the easiest.. I hard coded it into public_forum_summary.pl
I would love to tell you how I did the rest, but it was late and when it worked I left it...and I don't remember all the details.
Bookies version was done properly and looks fantastic. my board is at
www.netwerkin.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi