forumhome, $childforumbits and $forum[replycount]
 

I am trying to restructure my forum home in a way that sub-forums under two categories will be shown in a 4-column layout with icons, instead of the 1-row-per-sub-forum approach (which is default).

I figured out how to suppress the default view for the two categories from the forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost template, but now I am running into a bit of a pickle.

The $childforumbits call in the forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost template obviously displays the forumhome_forumbit_level1_post template for every sub-forum, including such vital information as $forum[lastpostinfo], $forum[replycount] and $forum[threadcount]. It loops for every sub-forum, pulling the info for each sub-forum.

Without me hacking forumhome_forumbit_level1_post into pieces, is there a way to call the specific $forum[replycount] for, say, $forumid == 15?

I hope I make sense. Thanks!