=== Tag Dropdown Widget ===
Contributors: ethitter
Donate link: http://disparate.info/plugins/tagdropdown/
Tags: tag, tags, sidebar, widget, widgets
Requires at least: 2.3
Tested up to: 2.9-beta-2

Displays tags in a dropdown menu with option to trim long tag names.

== Description ==

Creates a dropdown list of tags as an alternative to the tag cloud. Widget provides options to specify dropdown label and trim long tag names to fit theme constraints. Dropdown function can also be called directly for use in non-widget themes using `<?php if(function_exists('makeTagDropdown')) {echo makeTagDropdown('x');} ?>` where x represents the maximum tag length.

== Installation ==

1. Upload tag-dropdown-widget.php to /wp-content/plugins/.
2. Activate plugin through the Wordpress Plugins menu.
3. Activate widget from the Appearance > Widgets menu in WordPress. (In earlier versions, Widgets are found under the Presentation menu.)
4. Set dropdown label and maximum tag length from the widget's options pane.
5. If not using a widget-enabled theme, insert the function `<?php if(function_exists('makeTagDropdown')) {echo makeTagDropdown('x');} ?>` where the dropdown should appear, replacing x with the maximum tag length desired. This method does not utilize the settings available in the WordPress Widgets menu.

== Changelog ==

= 1.3 =
*Rewrote certain widget elements for compatibility back to version 2.3.

= 1.2 =
*Added function to remove plugin settings when deactivated.

= 1.1 =
*Added the ability to trim tag names when calling the function directly.