diff --git a/conf/default.php b/conf/default.php
index 2016b64..398f122 100644
--- a/conf/default.php
+++ b/conf/default.php
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 $conf['sortkey']      = 'cdate';      // sort key for blog entries
 $conf['sortorder']    = 'descending'; // ascending or descending
 
+$conf['showhistogram'] = 1;           // show histogramm in archive
+$conf['max_months']    = 100;         // max months to show in the histogram
+$conf['histogram_height'] = 50;       // height of the histogram in pixels
+
 $conf['excluded_pages'] = '!^blog:\d{4}(:\d{2})?$!'; // regex for pages to exclude from bloglisting
 
 // vim:ts=4:sw=4:et:enc=utf-8:
diff --git a/conf/metadata.php b/conf/metadata.php
index c5619a0..8452594 100644
--- a/conf/metadata.php
+++ b/conf/metadata.php
@@ -15,4 +15,7 @@
                          '_choices' => array('ascending', 'descending'));
 $meta['excluded_pages'] = array('string');
 
+$meta['showhistorgram'] = array('onoff');
+$meta['max_months'] = array('numeric');
+$meta['histogram_height'] = array('numeric');
 // vim:ts=4:sw=4:et:enc=utf-8:
diff --git a/lang/en/lang.php b/lang/en/lang.php
index 4630502..e17ad82 100644
--- a/lang/en/lang.php
+++ b/lang/en/lang.php
@@ -30,4 +30,7 @@
 $lang['month_11'] = 'November';
 $lang['month_12'] = 'December';
 
+$lang['entries']       = 'entries';
+$lang['entry']         = 'entry';
+$lang['archive_title'] = 'Blog History';
 //Setup VIM: ex: et ts=2 enc=utf-8 :
diff --git a/lang/en/settings.php b/lang/en/settings.php
index 2ef63ba..e4639a5 100644
--- a/lang/en/settings.php
+++ b/lang/en/settings.php
@@ -28,4 +28,8 @@
 
 $lang['excluded_pages']         = 'exclude certain pages from blog listing (regular expression required)';
 
+$lang['showhistorgram']         = 'Display histogram on archive rendering';
+$lang['max_months']             = 'Max months to show in the histogram';
+$lang['histogram_height']       = 'Height of the histogram (in pixels)';
+
 // vim:ts=4:sw=4:et:enc=utf-8:
diff --git a/style.css b/style.css
index 866bac4..5c90949 100644
--- a/style.css
+++ b/style.css
@@ -14,22 +14,27 @@ div.dokuwiki div.draft {
 }
 
 div.dokuwiki div.autoarchive_selector ul {
-    list-style-type: none;
-    clear: left;
-    margin: 0 0.5em 0 0;
+  list-style-type: none;
+  clear: left;
+  margin: 0 0.5em 0 0;
 }
 
 div.dokuwiki div.autoarchive_selector ul div.li {
-    float: left;
-    margin: 0 1em 0 0;
+  float: left;
+  margin: 0 1em 0 0;
 }
 
 div.dokuwiki div.autoarchive_selector ul ul {
-    float: left;
-    clear: none;
+  float: left;
+  clear: none;
 }
 
 div.dokuwiki div.autoarchive_selector ul ul div.li {
-    margin: 0;
+  margin: 0;
 }
 
+img.blog_archive_bar {
+  background-color: __border__;
+  width: 5px;
+  border: 0 none;
+}
diff --git a/syntax/archive.php b/syntax/archive.php
index 492dc3e..88bb98a 100644
--- a/syntax/archive.php
+++ b/syntax/archive.php
@@ -114,26 +114,109 @@ function render($mode, &$renderer, $data) {
         if (!$entries) return true; // nothing to display
 
         if ($mode == 'xhtml') {
+            // Configuration
+            $archive_mode = $this->getConf('archive_mode');
+            $max_months = $this->getConf('max_months');
+            $histogram_height = $this->getConf('histogram_height');
+
 
             // prevent caching for current month to ensure content is always fresh
             if (time() < $end) $renderer->info['cache'] = false;
 
-            // let Pagelist Plugin do the work for us
-            if (plugin_isdisabled('pagelist')
-                    || (!$pagelist =& plugin_load('helper', 'pagelist'))) {
-                msg($this->getLang('missing_pagelistplugin'), -1);
-                return false;
-            }
-            $pagelist->setFlags($flags);
-            $pagelist->startList();
-            foreach ($entries as $entry) {
-
-                // entry in the right date range?
-                if (($start > $entry['date']) || ($entry['date'] >= $end)) continue;
-
-                $pagelist->addPage($entry);
+            if ($this->getConf('showhistogram')) {
+                $current_year ='';
+                $current_month ='';
+                $ul_open = false;
+
+                $histogram = '';
+                $histogram_count = array();
+                $histogram_higher = 0;
+                $posts_count = 0;
+
+                $list = '';
+
+                // Generate posts list
+                foreach ($entries as $entry) {
+                    // entry in the right date range?
+                    if (($start > $entry['date']) || ($entry['date'] >= $end)) continue;
+
+                    if ($current_year != date('o',$entry['date'])) {
+                        if ($ul_open) {
+                            $list.="</ul>";
+                            $ul_open = false;
+                        }
+                        $current_year = date('o',$entry['date']);
+                        $list.='<h2>'.$current_year."</h2>";
+                    }
+                    if ($current_month != date('m',$entry['date'])) {
+                        if ($ul_open) {
+                            $list.="</ul>";
+                        }
+                        $current_month = date('m',$entry['date']);
+                        $list.='<h3 id="m'.date('o-m',$entry['date']).'">'.$this->getLang('month_'.$current_month)."</h3><ul>";
+                        $ul_open = true;
+                    }
+                    $posts_count += 1;
+                    $histogram_count[date('o-m',$entry['date'])] += 1;
+                    if ($histogram_higher < $histogram_count[date('o-m',$entry['date'])]) {
+                        $histogram_higher = $histogram_count[date('o-m',$entry['date'])];
+                    }
+                    $list.='<li>'.date("d",$entry['date']).' - <a href="'.wl($entry['id']).'">'.$entry['title']."</a></li>";
+                }
+                $list.="</ul>";
+
+                if ($posts_count > $max_posts) {
+                    $posts_count = $max_posts;
+                }
+                // Generate histogram
+                $histogram_count = array_reverse($histogram_count);
+                $month_count = 0;
+                foreach ($histogram_count as $key => $month_reference) {
+                    // Check the max_months parameter
+                    if ($month_count >= $max_months) {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    if ($month_reference > 0) {
+                        // Height in "px"
+                        $current_height = $histogram_height / $histogram_higher * $month_reference;
+                    } else {
+                        // Height in "px"
+                        $current_height = 1;
+                    }
+                    // Generate the alt attribute
+                    $alt = $key.': '.$month_reference.' ';
+                    if ($month_reference > 1) {
+                        $alt .= $this->getLang('entries');
+                    } else {
+                        $alt .= $this->getLang('entry');
+                    }
+                    $histogram .= '<a href="#m'.$key.'" title="#m'.$key.'">';
+                    $histogram .= '<img class="blog_archive_bar" alt="'.$alt.'" height="'.$current_height."\" src=\"/lib/images/blank.gif\"/></a>" . DOKU_LF;
+                    $month_count += 1;
+                }
+                // Add histogram and posts list
+                $renderer->doc .= "<div class=\"level1\"><h1>".$this->getLang('archive_title')."</h1>".$histogram.'<br/><br/>'.$list.'</div>'; 
+            } else {
+                // prevent caching for current month to ensure content is always fresh
+                if (time() < $end) $renderer->info['cache'] = false;
+
+                // let Pagelist Plugin do the work for us
+                if (plugin_isdisabled('pagelist')
+                        || (!$pagelist =& plugin_load('helper', 'pagelist'))) {
+                    msg($this->getLang('missing_pagelistplugin'), -1);
+                    return false;
+                }
+                $pagelist->setFlags($flags);
+                $pagelist->startList();
+                foreach ($entries as $entry) {
+
+                    // entry in the right date range?
+                    if (($start > $entry['date']) || ($entry['date'] >= $end)) continue;
+
+                    $pagelist->addPage($entry);
+                }
+                $renderer->doc .= $pagelist->finishList();
             }
-            $renderer->doc .= $pagelist->finishList();
             return true;
 
             // for metadata renderer