diff --git a/e107_plugins/news/e_menu.php b/e107_plugins/news/e_menu.php
index 08d0f040e..94232a0a9 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/news/e_menu.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/news/e_menu.php
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ class news_menu
 					$fields['caption']   = array('title'=> LAN_CAPTION, 'type'=>'text', 'multilan'=>true, 'writeParms'=>array('size'=>'xxlarge'));
 				break;
 
+			case "news_archive":
+					$fields['caption']   = array('title'=> LAN_CAPTION, 'type'=>'text', 'multilan'=>true, 'writeParms'=>array('size'=>'xxlarge'));
+			//		$fields['badges']   = array('title'=> "Display Badges", 'type'=>'boolean');
+
+					break;
+
 		}
 
 		 return $fields;
diff --git a/e107_plugins/news/news_archive_menu.php b/e107_plugins/news/news_archive_menu.php
index 0d51206cf..49b98a8de 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/news/news_archive_menu.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/news/news_archive_menu.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ foreach($tmp as $id => $val)
 	$arr[$year][$month][] = $val;
 }
 
+
 $text = "<ul class='news-archive-menu'>";
 
 foreach($arr as $year=>$val)
@@ -50,8 +51,16 @@ foreach($arr as $year=>$val)
 
 			$idm = "news-archive-".$month;
 
-			$text .= "<li >";
-			$text .= "<a class='e-expandit' href='#".$idm."'>".$monthLabels[$month]."</a>";
+			$text .= "<li>";
+			$text .= "<a class='e-expandit' href='#".$idm."'>".$monthLabels[$month];
+
+			if(!empty($parm['badges'])) // param only (no menu-manager config. To be replaced by template.
+			{
+				$num = count($items);
+				$text .= "<span class='badge'>".$num."</span>";
+			}
+
+			$text .= "</a>";
 			$text .= "<ul id='".$idm."' class='news-archive-menu-items' style='display:none'>";
 
 			foreach($items as $row)
@@ -70,9 +79,13 @@ foreach($arr as $year=>$val)
 }
 $text .= "</ul>";
 
+
+
+$caption = !empty($parm['caption'][e_LANGUAGE]) ? $parm['caption'][e_LANGUAGE] : LAN_NEWSARCHIVE_MENU_TITLE;
+
 e107::plugLan('news');
 
-e107::getRender()->tablerender(LAN_NEWSARCHIVE_MENU_TITLE, $text);
+e107::getRender()->tablerender($caption, $text);
 
 //e107::getDebug()->log($arr);
 
diff --git a/e107_plugins/news/templates/news_menu_template.php b/e107_plugins/news/templates/news_menu_template.php
index 2a87cd09b..4149a64de 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/news/templates/news_menu_template.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/news/templates/news_menu_template.php
@@ -126,4 +126,10 @@ $NEWS_MENU_TEMPLATE['carousel']['item'] = '<!-- Start Item -->
 
 
 
-$NEWS_MENU_TEMPLATE['carousel']['nav'] = '<li data-target="#news-carousel" data-slide-to="{COUNT}" class="{ACTIVE}"><a href="#">{NEWS_SUMMARY}</a></li>';
\ No newline at end of file
+$NEWS_MENU_TEMPLATE['carousel']['nav'] = '<li data-target="#news-carousel" data-slide-to="{COUNT}" class="{ACTIVE}"><a href="#">{NEWS_SUMMARY}</a></li>';
+
+
+// TODO
+$NEWS_MENU_TEMPLATE['archive'] = array();
+
+