Today: July 4th, 2009

Sideblog

Update: Sideblog v3.0 is the current stable version

Sideblog is the plugin that I’ve been using here for quite a while. It is responsible for that snippets of information in the sidebar. I created Sideblog about two months ago but dropped development because I didn’t find any need for it. Then, just recently I get to use K2 which included an Aside by default. So got hooked on posting on Asides. Problem with K2’s Aside is that if you try to post more on your Aside category than your other categories, the number of posts displayed on your main content area lessen. And so I repaired my Sideblog plugin.

For those who are interested in using it you can download it from the download page. Installation instruction can be found in the readme.txt included in the zip file.

But for those who insist, here it is.

1. Download and extract sideblog.zip
2. Open sideblog.php in a text editor.
3. Change $cat_to_hide to the Category ID of your Aside category.
Example:
change this
/****** EDIT THIS FIRST *********/
$cat_to_hide = 1;
/********************************/

to this
/****** EDIT THIS FIRST *********/
$cat_to_hide = 10;
/********************************/

* where 10 is the Category Id of my Aside category. To view your aside category Id, go to Admin->Manage->Categories.

3. Upload sideblog.php to your wordpress’ plugin directory. Usually found in /wp-content/plugins.
4. Activate the plugin in Admin->Plugins
5. Open you sidebar.php file. Add the following line on where you want the content of your aside to appear.

<ul>
<?php sideblog(’title=true&permalinks=true&limit=5′); ?>
</ul>

OR

<ul>
<?php sideblog(’permalinks=true&limit=5′); ?>
</ul>
to display permalinks without the post title

OR simply

<ul>
<?php sideblog(); ?>
</ul>

* where 5 is the number of post you want to appear. Defaults to 3 if omitted.

To post to your Sideblog, post it under your asides category only. Do not post it under multiple categories as it will surely appear in our main content.

Suggestions are welcome.

comments

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  1. 401
    Sue Says:

    Somehow this plugin isn’t working in Internet Explorer 7.0. I’m using sideblog(’asides’);

  2. 402
    Sue Says:

    Somehow this plugin isn’t working in Internet Explorer 7.0. I’m using sideblog(’asides’); Could you email me if you have a solution?

  3. 403
    Robin Says:

    For a while I was using a widgetized theme but I just went back to my other theme without widgets and again I get:

    Aside category not selected. Please provide a category slug if you’re using non-dynamic sidebar.

    How do I fix this?

  4. 404
    Mike Carter Says:

    Hi! Some of my posts include pictures. Is it possible to show the post (in the sideblog) without the pictures? Thank you.

  5. 405
    Plainbox v2.0 Bata out now! at JsBlog Says:

    [...] Sideblog Wordpress Plugin (WP2.5) A simple aside plugin. Licensed under the GPL By Kates Gasis. [...]

  6. 406
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  7. 407
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  8. 408
    Joni Says:

    Beats me, Robin. I guess the plugin author isn’t going to answer the question. I get the same error. :(
    I guess I’ll stand pat with WP 2.0.11 (latest stable 2.0 version) so I can keep using Mini Blog.

  9. 409
    Nelson Says:

    Is there a way to invoke the plugin method more than once under different categories?

  10. 410
    knc Says:

    Nelson:

    I have it with several categories like this:

    ______

    I do this mainly because the 10 post limit which I wish was a lot higher. You need to create the categories blurb1 and blurb2 though.

  11. 411
    knc Says:

    Nelson:

    I have it with several categories like this:

    ______

    I do this mainly because the 10 post limit which I wish was a lot higher. You need to create the categories blurb1 and blurb2 though.

    Code didn’t make it through…

  12. 412
    knc Says:

    Nelson:

    I have it with several categories like this:

    php sideblog(’blurb2′);
    /br>______
    php sideblog(’blurb1′);

    I do this mainly because the 10 post limit which I wish was a lot higher. You need to create the categories blurb1 and blurb2 though.

    Code didn’t make it through…

  13. 413
    Max Weir Says:

    I cant get the excerpt to show the excerpts used with the posts.
    My line is like this: %title_url% %excerpt% but it displays the content instead of the excerpt from the post.

    Any help would be very appreciated.
    Thanks.

  14. 414
    Dale Says:

    This is a great plugin and I’m using it successfully on my site, but I do have two great suggestions which I think would be of great interest to others too…

    Just like you have an option to set the character length of excerpts to a specified number, perhaps you could also give this option for the Content?
    Or possibly display the “more” link if there is one in the content.

    Secondly, when my images resize, you should have an option to keep the ratio. so if I specify a width, the height will be scaled in proportion.

    I think these implementations would not complicate the tool from a user side, but allow for more flexibility and further creative uses.

  15. 415
    Benny Says:

    I installed Sideblog, and it works fine!

    But under every topic I post in Sideblog, i have an: “-#”

    How do I get rid of this?
    Because I only want to Post Pictures in my Sideblog, and the -# are annoiying :)

    Thx!

  16. 416
    Max Weir Says:

    @benny

    U have the %title% option selected. Just change that to the %title url% which will display the post title as a url

  17. 417
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  18. 418
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  19. 419
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  20. 420
    JSbox Readme at Enjoy-Shop* Says:

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  21. 421
    Néstor Says:

    Hi Kates, i wanna post in multiple categories. I need the post appears in the main, and the sidebar too. How i can do that?

    congrats for this plugin.

  22. 422
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  23. 423
    Sue Cifelli Says:

    Hi Kates!
    I would like to replace the # indicator for permalink with a word. What is the syntax for that?
    Thanks,
    Sue

  24. 424
    GlobeGet Says:

    Nice Information, Thanks!

  25. 425
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  26. 426
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  27. 427
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  28. 428
    medallion Says:

    Hi I love the plugin because our site always needs small flash news. I have it installed on the right. I have one annoying problem that I don’t know how to solve. The content does not always load for the first hit on the home page and it seems to disappear ever other hit. – Any suggestions?

  29. 429
    Nick Says:

    I would love to know how you created post thumbnails for your aside of this site?

  30. 430
    Lawrence Says:

    I tried implementing your plugin… and I admit I may have missed something, but when I activate it and then view the home page it reads as ‘not found’ deactivating it brings my posts on the page back ?

    Any idea why this problem may occur ?

    I am using the latest version of WP

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