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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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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
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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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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.
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Nice tips Brad. I’ll try this soon on my blog. Thanks.
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@ 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!
great post brad! Great tips. I have my own website started up and you should check it out!http://www.brockblogging.blogspot.com
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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Lot of great tips!!! Lots of food for thought!!! very encouraging!!!