2.) What about a dashlet similar to Box's that shows service status but just a red, yellow or green circle instead of all the text.
If I can somehow get these two items, I'll love whoever points me in the direction and will forever be in your debt!
EDIT1: For #1 I was going to copy/edit the gauges dashlet, but it doesn't even work right if you have too many hosts/services to list. I think it timesout instead of populating like Box's. I am going to try though and just display the perfdata in a table....wish me luck
EDIT2: For #2 I can just use BBMAP, so that solves that. SOMEONE HELP WITH #1!