Collapsible Archive Widget vs WP-UTF8-Excerpt

This simple plugin is a widget that displays a collapsible archives list in your widgetized sidebar by using JavaScripts. In version 2.0.0 script.aculo.us effects has been added as an option, utilizing the script.aculo.us files supplied with WordPress. Configuration Widget title: the title of the widget Show post counts for year: Whether or not to show the post number for each year Show post counts for month: Whether or not to show the post number for each month Abbreviate month names: Check this box to show abbreviation of month names Hide year from month names: Do not print year after month names Use script.aculo.us effects: Whether or not to show effects Expand effect: Effect to use when expanding the list Collapse effect: Effect to use when collapsing the list Expand the list by default: Check this box to have the list expanded when loaded Expand current year by default: Check this box to have the current year expanded when loaded Expand current month by default: Check this box to have the current month expanded when loaded Show individual posts: Show posts in the list. This should be used in extra caution; if you have a lot of posts consider disabling it as this will take time to load Use HTML arrows instead of images (► ▼) Show current month in bold: show current month in bold Show a link to plugin page. Thank you for your support! : Display a link to plugin page as a support method TODO Add ability for multiple instances Add ability to work as non-widget Add ability to include / exclude categories Expand previous month rather the current Research the practicality to use CSS / allow CSS options List posts without year and month headers (for blogs with few posts) Do not list the posts that are listed on the main page

Main features of the plugin: It supports multi-byte language (such as Chinese). It will not produce gibberish as some other excerpt plugins do. The html tags in the original posts, i.e., the font styles, colors, hyperlinks, pictures and such are preserved in the excerpt. For better readability, it displays 300 characters for each post on the homepage and 150 characters for each post on archive pages.