Index: applications/blog/src/main/resources/Blog/ArchivePanel.xml
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--- applications/blog/src/main/resources/Blog/ArchivePanel.xml	(revision 22346)
+++ applications/blog/src/main/resources/Blog/ArchivePanel.xml	(working copy)
@@ -132,13 +132,13 @@
     #foreach($year in [$firstYear..$lastYear])
       #set($yearArticleCount = $xwiki.countDocuments("${query} and year(publishDate.value) = $year"))
       #if($yearArticleCount > 0)
-        * <a href="$xwiki.getURL('Blog.Archive', 'view', "space=${blogDoc.space}&year=${year}")">$year ($yearArticleCount)</a>
+        * <a href="$xwiki.getURL('Blog.Archive', 'view', "space=${blogDoc.space}&year=${year}")">$year <span class="itemcount">($yearArticleCount)</span&gt</a>
         #if($year == $currentYear)
           #foreach($month in [1..12])
             #set($monthArticleCount = $xwiki.countDocuments("${query} and year(publishDate.value) = $year and month(publishDate.value) = $month"))
             #if($monthArticleCount > 0)
               $tempDate.setMonthOfYear($month)
-              ** <a href="$xwiki.getURL('Blog.Archive', 'view', "space=${blogDoc.space}&year=${year}&month=${month}")">$monthFormatter.print($tempDate) (${monthArticleCount})</a>
+              ** <a href="$xwiki.getURL('Blog.Archive', 'view', "space=${blogDoc.space}&year=${year}&month=${month}")">$monthFormatter.print($tempDate) <span class="itemcount">(${monthArticleCount})</span&gt</a>
             #end
           #end
         #end
Index: applications/blog/src/main/resources/Blog/CategoriesCode.xml
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--- applications/blog/src/main/resources/Blog/CategoriesCode.xml	(revision 22346)
+++ applications/blog/src/main/resources/Blog/CategoriesCode.xml	(working copy)
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
  *###
 #macro(displaySimpleCategory $name $level)
   #getEntriesForCategory($name $discard $totalEntries)
-  #foreach($i in [1..$level])*#end <a href="$xwiki.getURL('Blog.CategoryRss', 'view', "xpage=plain&category=$name")" title=""><img src="$xwiki.getSkinFile('icons/black-rss-mini.png')" alt="RSS"/></a> [#getCategoryName($xwiki.getDocument($name)) ($totalEntries)>$name]
+  #foreach($i in [1..$level])*#end <a href="$xwiki.getURL('Blog.CategoryRss', 'view', "xpage=plain&category=$name")" title=""><img src="$xwiki.getSkinFile('icons/black-rss-mini.png')" alt="RSS"/></a> [#getCategoryName($xwiki.getDocument($name)) {pre}<span class="itemcount">{/pre}($totalEntries){pre}</span>{/pre} >$name]
 #end
 ##
 ##
Index: skins/toucan/src/main/resources/toucan/toucan.css
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--- skins/toucan/src/main/resources/toucan/toucan.css	(revision 22346)
+++ skins/toucan/src/main/resources/toucan/toucan.css	(working copy)
@@ -297,6 +297,10 @@
 	background-color:transparent;
 }
 
+.itemcount {
+  color: #888;
+}
+
 .code {
 	font-family: courier, courier new, monospace;
 	white-space: pre;