Sideblog Sidenotes Miniblog Wordpress Plugin

Everytime I browse through the internet world, I found many fascinating stuffs which links I hate to miss. Hence I save them mostly in del.icio.us. As time goes by, I feel having saved many links in a third party service–instead of in your primary blog–is a bit ineffective and a waste of time. Come to think of it, I need a plugin to enable me to save links I found on the internet in the form of a blog post but doesn’t appear in the main page blog posts, the links should come up only in the sidebar.

After googling, I found a nice plugin called Sideblog. And since two days ago, you’ve seen SIDENOTES in the right sidebar which is a sort of miniblog (also called Asides, Sideblog, Sidenotes) which perform like an online bookmark such as del.icio.us etc. Only it’s a lot better as it’s integrated well within your own blog.

How to install

First, download the plugin from here and unzip it.

Second, if you’ve activated your sidebar widget, follow this instruction:

Upload sideblog.php to the /wp-content/plugins directory

Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

Create your asides category (usually, ‘asides’) if you haven’t created on yet

Go to ‘Setting’ menu then to ‘Sideblog’ submenu

From the list of categories, select the one you just created above and choose the number of entries to display

Click on ‘Update Sideblog Options’ button

Go to ‘Design’ menu, then to ‘Widget’ or just ‘Widgets’ for WP 2.2 and greater.

Drag and drop the Sideblog widget (’Sideblog 1) to your sidebar container.

Click on the icon and give it a title and select a category.

Save your changes.

Create a post and put it in your asides category

If you happen to like non-widget sidebar (anyone?), follow these steps, skip it if you use widget:

Upload sideblog.php to the /wp-content/plugins directory

Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

Create your asides category (usually, ‘asides’) if you haven’t created on yet

Open your themes’ sidebar.php file if you have one and add <?php sideblog('asides'); ?>

Create a post and put it in your asides category

How to Setting

There are several options on how you want this Sideblog to appear. I prefer only the title url link which will appear in the sidebar. So this is what I’d do:

1. Once the installation is done, I go to Setting -> Sideblog
2. On the “Display Format” menu, I put this code:
<li>%title_url% </li> 3. Click "Update Sideblog Options" (See picture 1 below)

Picture 1: Only URL Title shows in Sideblog, the content will show after you click the title link.

So, now when I am not in the mood to write a long post or article, I write in the Sidenotes or Sideblog with a link or two to other blogs or websites. Likewise, whenever I found a nice link which I don’t have time to read now yet it’s too important to miss or just to share the link with readers, I save it in the Sidenotes. There are times when I write a long article (more than three paragraph) but I just don’t want it to appear in the frontpage for a reason or two, so I use this method.

You may also comment in the sidenote as well, since the comment box is open.

Tags: Asides, miniblog, sideblog, sidenotes, wordpress plugin

This entry was posted on October 16, 2008 at October 16, 2008 and is filed under Blogger Indonesia. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

Greg
November 7, 2008 at 7:49 pm

it is very usefull, big big thanks

Jaz
November 9, 2008 at 9:09 am

Wow this is good I kind a can use it on my wordpress blog, cool plug in…, goot to try it…

Thanks.

Silo
November 12, 2008 at 4:30 pm

My blog already have it installed now, thanks for the tips

arga
November 19, 2008 at 4:20 pm

thank ilmunya….

amzabro
November 20, 2008 at 1:51 am

Sepertinya bagus, tapi sayang saya lagi males ngoprek. Dicatet dulu aja… thx

Aji Arch
November 24, 2008 at 12:52 pm

Thanks for your information, Nice Plugin..

Denny Tea
November 24, 2008 at 1:18 pm

I’ve had bad experience with wp-plugin. After I installed the plugin, my visual editor didn’t work (they didn’t showed up). So, I’ve to reinstall my wp, and lose all my work with it. I feel kind of scared to install a new plugin. Is it safe to install this plugin ??

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debu jalanan
December 4, 2008 at 11:44 pm

thx panduannya bos, sangat membantu bagi org awam kaya aku

Silo
December 30, 2008 at 9:19 pm

These were great plugin tips. Thanks a lot for taking the time mate.

Fans Bola
January 7, 2009 at 2:22 pm

wah tips yg ini n’tar2x deh dicobain. Smentara msh belon gitu paham

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March 17, 2009 at 5:28 pm

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