where can I find the code to display the amount of articles and links that I have to place above the search box or in the header ?

You can use PHP code in header.thtml. I'd actually write a function in lib-custom.php and just add a "print myfunc()" call in header.thtml.

A simple way to count the number of stories would be That doesn't take story permissions into account, though.

bye, Dirk