New Plugin: Explicit Category Sort

When I activate the plugin, all my categories disappear from the front page. The list I’m using is:

$mylist = “spare-no-expense,extravagant,simply-gorgeous,quite-posh,stunning,very-impressive,thinking-of-you,cheers-mate,who-are-you-again,champagne,wine,gourmet,chocolate,coffee,tea,elegant-berry-gifts,candy-and-snack,cookies-cakes-pastries,breakfast-and-dinner,healthy,sugar-free,bath-and-beauty,sports,gardening”;

I didn’t touch anything else.

i’m type my category sorted bu alpha in $mylist but they don’t sort in my main page of site.
are you think i must insert any tag in template of WP?
my version of WP is 1.2.1 , are you think this plugin dont work on this version?