diff -ru sitemenu/sitemenu.module sitemenu_new/sitemenu.module
--- sitemenu/sitemenu.module	2007-06-01 04:38:10.000000000 +0000
+++ sitemenu_new/sitemenu.module	2007-11-03 00:55:34.000000000 +0000
@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@
     '#default_value' => variable_get(SITEMENU_NODE_COUNT, 1),
     );
 
+  $form[SITEMENU_HIDE_EMPTY] = array(
+    '#type' => 'checkbox',
+    '#title' => t('Hide empty terms'),
+    '#default_value' => variable_get(SITEMENU_HIDE_EMPTY, 1),
+    );
+
   $form[SITEMENU_CACHING] = array(
     '#type' => 'checkbox',
     '#title' => t('Cache the taxonomy tree for performance.'),
@@ -260,7 +266,7 @@
     if (!$tree_nodes) {
       $tree = taxonomy_get_tree($vocabulary->vid);
       $get_node_count = variable_get(SITEMENU_NODE_COUNT, 1);
-      if ($get_node_count && $mode == 'page') {
+      if ($get_node_count) {
         // append the node count to each term name
         for ($m=0; $m<count($tree); $m++) {
           if ($count = taxonomy_term_count_nodes($tree[$m]->tid)) {
@@ -430,13 +436,17 @@
       }
     }
 
-    // if children exist, output with proper class and id attributes, else, output item with
-    // specified link or default link
-    if ($term->depth < $tree[$m+1]->depth) {
-      $output .= "<li class=\"expanded\">". $link ."\n";
-    }
-    else {
-      $output .= "<li class=\"leaf\">". $link ."</li>\n";  
+    // If this is a node or a term with children, or if the hide_empty option is
+    // not selected: add the item to the list
+    if (isset($term->link) || $term->count || variable_get(SITEMENU_HIDE_EMPTY, 1) == false) {
+      // if children exist, output with proper class and id attributes, else, output item with
+      // specified link or default link
+      if ($term->depth < $tree[$m+1]->depth) {
+        $output .= "<li class=\"expanded\">". $link ."\n";
+      }
+      else {
+        $output .= "<li class=\"leaf\">". $link ."</li>\n";  
+      }
     }
     unset($description);
   }