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+<?php
+/*
+Plugin Name: Weighted Categories
+Plugin URI: http://mike.crute.org/blog/
+Description: Template tag to display a weighted list of category links.
+Version: 2.1
+Author: Mike Crute (copied from Matt Kingston)
+Author URI: http://mike.crute.org (original author http://hitormiss.org)
+*/
+function weighted_categories($smallest=10, $largest=40, $unit='pt')
+{
+        // get the categories and build an array from them
+        $cats = get_categories('type=post');
+
+        foreach ($cats as $cat)
+        {
+                $catname = $cat->cat_name; 
+                $counts[$catname] = $cat->category_count;
+                $catlinks[$catname] = $cat->category_nicename;
+        }
+        
+        // calculate the font sizes but always fall back to a safe value
+        $spread = (max($counts) - min($counts)) <= 0 ? max($counts) - min($counts) : 1; 
+        $fontspread = ($largest - $smallest) <= 0 ? $largest - $smallest : 1;
+        $fontstep = $spread / $fontspread;
+        
+        // print the links out
+        foreach ($counts as $catname => $count)
+        {
+                $catlink = $catlinks[$catname];
+                $fontsize = ($smallest + ($count/$fontstep)) . $unit;
+                echo("<a href='$catlink' title='$count entries' style='font-size: $fontsize;'>$catname</a>\n");
+        }
+}
+?>
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