Watching quits, joins, modes, etc in a status bar - how ?

Few weeks ago I run into irsii and decided to give it a try. I can't 
"talk" irssi scripting language and can't make a script because I am 
still inexperienced in irssi, and as a passionate and experienced 
ircII user I will try to explain this in ircII terms, hopefully 
there is someone on the list who understands ircii parameters. 
Please forgive my ignorance, but the ircII is the only IRC code I know.

When ignoring quits, joins, leaves and modes in irssi, channel looks 
quieter, but I used to see all of it in a lower status bar in ircII, 
so I have the clean conference mode in a channel window, while still 
monitoring mode changes, quits, leaves and kicks displayed in a 
status_format2. It is displayed in a real time, as they occur.

In ircII it is easy: have %U and %X in status_format2 and redirect 
"on(s) ^signoff, ^leave, ^mode, ^kick, ^join to a status_user and 
status_user1.

I read docs on irssi, and I know how to add a new status bar; the 
trouble is, there are no %U, %X, %Y and %Z parameters for 
status_user, status_user1(2 and 3) which will go to a status_format2.
I guess no /ignore should be used to clear the channel, changes 
should be in status bar format, but I am just not getting how to do it.

Please someone tell how to redirect quits, signoff, mode, kicks from 
a channel to a new status bar.

Thank you very much.