Create A “Sidenotes” Section On Your Sidebar

Hope you all had a great weekend. This post is dedicated to Teknopsis for asking the question on a post that I did a couple weeks ago (We Want Your Questions).

He asked:

I want to make a ’sidenotes’ section to my blog, is there a wordpress plugin that does this? Or should I just code it myself?

My Answer:

There are numerous ways you can do this. Depending on how good you are with CSS, I will list the easiest ways to do this at the start.

  1. Twitter Updates. Simply sign up for a free account and insert the widget. Any updates you give will appear on your sidebar. If you’re a C.S.S whiz, you can style it to match your blog.
  2. Wordpress Widget. – I personally don’t use them on my blog and my custom theme doesn’t support them. Nevertheless, I believe you can add a “Text” widget. Whenever you wanted to update it with a new note, you could just edit it in your Wordpress Admin.
  3. Wordpress Plugin. – A simple Google search revealed a plugin that syndicates feeds. Perhaps if you only want to show links, this would be the way to go.
  4. Coding Your Own Plugin. – Never tried this… Imagine how much traffic you would get to your site if you made a type of thing like that had a WYSIWYG editor and would update whenever you want :)

Hopefully this has helped Nottin’s problem. If you have a Wordpress/Blogging question, feel free to ask me via email or on the post in a comment.

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7 Comments

  1. Posted August 25, 2008 at 7:53 pm | Permalink

    Great post as usual, Brad! I just signed up for a twitter account, I really want to test that out.

    P.S. – Thanks for the “dedication” and link back :)

    tek’s last blog post..Suspected next iPod Nano redesign leaked

  2. Posted August 26, 2008 at 3:43 am | Permalink

    Twitter update, assuming you have an account dedicated just for the sidebar, seems like a great way to go.  Add a note on your blog from anywhere then.

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  3. Posted August 26, 2008 at 6:10 am | Permalink

    There is wordpress widget for showing RSS feed as well. I use it for displaying custom RSS feed with software updates – works nice and no plugin needed.

    Rarst’s last blog post..K-Lite Codec Pack – complete solution for video playback

  4. Posted August 26, 2008 at 5:27 pm | Permalink

    Nice tips Brad. I’ll try this soon on my blog. Thanks. :)

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  5. Posted August 26, 2008 at 6:22 pm | Permalink

    @ tek – Great! Glad you decided to go with Twitter.. Love the new design BTW.

    @ Peter – Yea, signing up for a new account takes about a minute, so I thought why not?

    @ Rarst – Thanks for that. I simply didn’t think of an R.S.S feed to syndicate content!

    @ IndoContest – Hope it works well for you! :)

  6. Posted August 27, 2008 at 6:15 am | Permalink

    great post brad!  Great tips.  I have my own website started up and you should check it out!http://www.brockblogging.blogspot.com

  7. Posted November 2, 2008 at 3:05 pm | Permalink

    Hi Brad,
    I prefer to use Twitter. I’ve recently installed a new ‘tweet my blog’ plugin so I could do this immediately. Thanks.
    -Peter

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