function form($instance)
        {
            $instance = wp_parse_args((array) $instance, array('title' => '', 'count' => '', 'cat' => '', 'excerpt' => ''));
            $title = strip_tags($instance['title']);
            $count = strip_tags($instance['count']);
            $excerpt = strip_tags($instance['excerpt']);
            $elementCat = array("name" => "Which categories should be used for the portfolio?", "desc" => "You can select multiple categories here", "id" => $this->get_field_name('cat') . "[]", "type" => "select", "std" => strip_tags($instance['cat']), "class" => "", "multiple" => 6, "subtype" => "cat");
            //check if a different taxonomy than the default is set
            if (!empty($this->avia_term)) {
                $elementCat['taxonomy'] = $this->avia_term;
            }
            $html = new avia_htmlhelper();
            ?>
			<p><label for="<?php 
            echo $this->get_field_id('title');
            ?>
">Title:
			<input class="widefat" id="<?php 
            echo $this->get_field_id('title');
            ?>
" name="<?php 
            echo $this->get_field_name('title');
            ?>
" type="text" value="<?php 
            echo esc_attr($title);
            ?>
" /></label></p>

			<p>
				<label for="<?php 
            echo $this->get_field_id('count');
            ?>
">How many entries do you want to display: </label>
				<select class="widefat" id="<?php 
            echo $this->get_field_id('count');
            ?>
" name="<?php 
            echo $this->get_field_name('count');
            ?>
">
					<?php 
            $list = "";
            for ($i = 1; $i <= 20; $i++) {
                $selected = "";
                if ($count == $i) {
                    $selected = 'selected="selected"';
                }
                $list .= "<option {$selected} value='{$i}'>{$i}</option>";
            }
            $list .= "</select>";
            echo $list;
            ?>


			</p>

			<p><label for="<?php 
            echo $this->get_field_id('cat');
            ?>
">Choose the categories you want to display (multiple selection possible):
			<?php 
            echo $html->select($elementCat);
            ?>
			</label></p>

			<p>
				<label for="<?php 
            echo $this->get_field_id('excerpt');
            ?>
">Display title only or title &amp; excerpt</label>
				<select class="widefat" id="<?php 
            echo $this->get_field_id('excerpt');
            ?>
" name="<?php 
            echo $this->get_field_name('excerpt');
            ?>
">
					<?php 
            $list = "";
            $answers = array('show title only', 'display title and excerpt');
            foreach ($answers as $answer) {
                $selected = "";
                if ($answer == $excerpt) {
                    $selected = 'selected="selected"';
                }
                $list .= "<option {$selected} value='{$answer}'>{$answer}</option>";
            }
            $list .= "</select>";
            echo $list;
            ?>


			</p>


	<?php 
        }