diff --git a/C4/Output.pm b/C4/Output.pm
index d3c8d8a..a926ef3 100644
--- a/C4/Output.pm
+++ b/C4/Output.pm
@@ -55,17 +55,27 @@ sub startpage{
 }
 
 sub startmenu{
-  open (FILE,'/usr/local/www/hdl/htdocs/includes/cat-top.inc');
+  my ($type)=@_;
+  if ($type eq 'issue'){
+      open (FILE,'/usr/local/www/hdl/htdocs/includes/issues-top.inc');
+  } else {
+    open (FILE,'/usr/local/www/hdl/htdocs/includes/cat-top.inc');
+  }
   my @string=<FILE>;
   close FILE;
   my $count=@string;
-  $string[$count]="<BLOCKQUOTE>";
+#  $string[$count]="<BLOCKQUOTE>";
   return @string;
   
 }
 
 sub endmenu{
+  my ($type)=@_;
+  if ($type eq 'issue'){
+    open (FILE,'/usr/local/www/hdl/htdocs/includes/issues-bottom.inc');
+  } else {
     open (FILE,'/usr/local/www/hdl/htdocs/includes/cat-bottom.inc');
+  }
   my @string=<FILE>;
   close FILE;
   return @string;
diff --git a/C4/Stats.pm b/C4/Stats.pm
index 0a574fe..2d60e29 100644
--- a/C4/Stats.pm
+++ b/C4/Stats.pm
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS);
 $VERSION = 0.01;
 
 @ISA = qw(Exporter);
-@EXPORT = qw(&UpdateStats &statsreport);
+@EXPORT = qw(&UpdateStats &statsreport &Count);
 %EXPORT_TAGS = ( );     # eg: TAG => [ qw!name1 name2! ],
 
 # your exported package globals go here,
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ my $priv_func = sub {
 
 sub UpdateStats {
   #module to insert stats data into stats table
-  my ($branch,$type,$amount)=@_;
+  my ($env,$branch,$type,$amount)=@_;
   my $dbh=C4Connect();
   my $sth=$dbh->prepare("Insert into statistics (datetime,branch,type) values
   (datetime('now'::abstime),'$branch','$type')");
@@ -64,7 +64,57 @@ sub UpdateStats {
 sub statsreport {
   #module to return a list of stats for a given day,time,branch type
   #or to return search stats
-  
+  my ($type,$time)=@_;
+  my @data;
+#  print "here";
+  if ($type eq 'issue'){
+    @data=issuesrep($time);
+  }
+  return(@data);
+}
+
+sub issuesrep {
+  my ($time)=@_;
+  my $dbh=C4Connect;
+  my $query="Select * from statistics";
+  if ($time eq 'today'){
+    $query=$query." where type='issue' and datetime
+    >=datetime('yesterday'::date)";
+  }
+  my $sth=$dbh->prepare($query);
+  $sth->execute;
+  my $i=0;
+  my @results;
+  while (my $data=$sth->fetchrow_hashref){
+    $results[$i]="$data->{'datetime'}\t$data->{'branch'}";
+    $i++;
+  }
+  $sth->finish;
+#  print $query;
+  $dbh->disconnect;
+  return(@results);
+
+}
+
+sub Count {
+  my ($type,$time)=@_;
+  my $dbh=C4Connect;
+  my $query="Select * from statistics where type='$type'";
+  if ($time eq 'today'){
+    $query=$query." and datetime
+    >=datetime('yesterday'::date)";
+  }
+  my $sth=$dbh->prepare($query);
+  $sth->execute;
+  my $i=0;
+  while (my $data=$sth->fetchrow_hashref){
+    $i++;
+  }
+  $sth->finish;
+#  print $query;
+  $dbh->disconnect;
+  return($i);
+
 }
 
 END { }       # module clean-up code here (global destructor)
diff --git a/countissues.pl b/countissues.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..815786b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/countissues.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+#script to keep total of number of issues;
+
+use C4::Output;
+use C4::Stats;
+use CGI;
+
+my $input=new CGI;
+print $input->header;
+my $count=Count('issue','today');
+print $count;
diff --git a/reports.pl b/reports.pl
index c68e4af..7bda0c3 100755
--- a/reports.pl
+++ b/reports.pl
@@ -12,12 +12,17 @@ my $input = new CGI;
 print $input->header;
 my $type=$input->param('type');
 print startpage();
-print startmenu();
+print startmenu('issue');
+my @data;
 if ($type eq 'search'){
- my $data=updatestats('search','something');  
+ @data=statsreport('search','something');  
+}
+if ($type eq 'issue'){
+ @data=statsreport('issue','today');
 }
-if ($type eq
 
+print mkheadr(1,"$type reports");
+print @data;
 
-print endmenu();
+print endmenu('issue');
 print endpage();