diff --git a/demo/templates/_status.html b/demo/templates/_status.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fb97d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/templates/_status.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<div class="alert alert-info hide">
+    You have created <strong>{{ count }}</strong> tasks so far.
+</div>
+
+<script type="text/javascript">
+    $(".alert").fadeIn();
+</script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/demo/templates/homepage.html b/demo/templates/homepage.html
index 9fac734..50ab182 100644
--- a/demo/templates/homepage.html
+++ b/demo/templates/homepage.html
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
 {% block topbar_base %}{% endblock %}
 
 {% block body %}
+    <div class="alert hide"></div>
     <div class="row">
         <div class="span4"></div>
-        <div class="span4">
+        <div class="span4" data-timeout="5000" data-url="{% url "status" %}">
             <h1>Tasks</h1>
             <p class="lead">
                 A sample tasks app to demonstrate how to use
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@
                     eldarion-ajax
                 </a>
             </p>
+            <p class="lead" data-interval="1000" data-url="{% url "total_count" %}" data-replace-inner="#total-count">
+                There have been <span id="total-count">{{ total_count }}</span> tasks added by everyone.
+            </p>
             <form class="form-inline ajax" method="post" action="{% url "task_add" %}" data-append="#tasks">
                 {% csrf_token %}
                 <div class="input-append">
diff --git a/demo/urls.py b/demo/urls.py
index 12f99a3..f8eead9 100644
--- a/demo/urls.py
+++ b/demo/urls.py
@@ -6,14 +6,16 @@ from django.contrib import admin
 admin.autodiscover()
 
 
-urlpatterns = patterns("",
+urlpatterns = patterns(
+    "",
     url(r"^$", "demo.views.home", name="home"),
     url(r"^tasks/(?P<pk>\d+)/done/$", "demo.views.mark_done", name="task_mark_done"),
     url(r"^tasks/(?P<pk>\d+)/undone/$", "demo.views.mark_undone", name="task_mark_undone"),
     url(r"^tasks/completed/$", "demo.views.complete_count_fragment", name="task_complete_count_fragment"),
     url(r"^tasks/add/$", "demo.views.add", name="task_add"),
     url(r"^tasks/(?P<pk>\d+)/delete/$", "demo.views.delete", name="task_delete"),
-    
+    url(r"^status/$", "demo.views.status", name="status"),
+    url(r"^total-count/$", "demo.views.total_count", name="total_count"),
     url(r"^admin/", include(admin.site.urls)),
     url(r"^account/", include("account.urls")),
 )
diff --git a/demo/views.py b/demo/views.py
index d0c262b..297ac64 100644
--- a/demo/views.py
+++ b/demo/views.py
@@ -11,6 +11,28 @@ from django.contrib.sessions.models import Session
 from demo.models import Task
 
 
+def status(request):
+    data = {
+        "fragments": {
+            ".alert": render_to_string(
+                "_status.html",
+                RequestContext(request, {
+                    "count": Task.objects.filter(
+                        session__session_key=request.session.session_key
+                    ).count()
+                })
+            )
+        }
+    }
+    return HttpResponse(json.dumps(data), content_type="application/json")
+
+
+def total_count(request):
+    return HttpResponse(json.dumps({
+        "html": Task.objects.count()
+    }), content_type="application/json")
+
+
 def home(request):
     if not request.session.exists(request.session.session_key):
         request.session.create()
@@ -19,6 +41,7 @@ def home(request):
         "tasks": Task.objects.filter(
             session__session_key=request.session.session_key
         ),
+        "total_count": Task.objects.count(),
         "done_count": Task.objects.filter(
             session__session_key=request.session.session_key,
             done=True