SUMMARY
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This plugin allows the blog administrator to set an explicit ordering,
spacing, and indentation of categories in the category list that appears in
the sidebar. The administrator specifies the ordering in the new "Category
Order" management page. There is also an option for placing the category post
count inside the link.

The plugin overrides any ordering or indentation of categories created by the
list_cats() Wordpress function. It works by dissecting the normal <ul> or
<br/> formatted list that Wordpress creates, then reconstructing a custom <ul>
or <br/> formatted list based on the new custom ordering and indentation.
Since the plugin modifies the display only, you can revert to the default
ordering by simply disabling the plugin.

The plugin handles subcategories (by overriding the parent-child relationship), and the post count on categories. If the plugin fails for you, it is likely
that your category list HTML is somewhat different than what the plugin
expects. In this case, please email the HTML snippet to the me and I'll try to
fix it.

AUTHOR
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David Coppit (http://www.coppit.org/)

The functionality of this plugin is based primarily on the "Explicit Category
Order" plugin originally developed by pericat
(http://wordpress.org/support/topic/24026) and then modified by Thad Buzolich
(http://www.buzolich.com/techtips/category-order/). The primary difference
between their plugins and this one is that theirs uses a textual specification
language for the ordering, whereas this one uses a more intuitive GUI
interface. See the changelog for other differences.

pericat's filename: perisort.php
Buzolich's filename: categoryOrder.php
My filenames: category-order.php, category-order-management.php, plus .gifs

INSTALLATION
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1. Unpack the .zip file into your plugin directory.
2. Activate the plugin in the plugin menu.
3. Go to 'Category Order' under the 'Manage' menu to change the ordering.

