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Add a Login Box to your Sidebar

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I wrote a post a while back detailing how easy it was to add a Login Box to your template.  But, it’s even easier, it turns out, to add one to your sidebar.

Sidebar Login is a plugin that will let you throw a quick sidebar login box onto your site.  And, it’s AJAX compatable, which means that it logs the user in seamlessly and then displays typical “user” account options (profile, logout, etc).

Install the plugin and then drag the widget to your sidebar to install it.

  • WordPress MU: Promoting Posts from User Blogs

    WordPress MU: Promoting Posts from User Blogs

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    A long point of contention with WordPress MU users is the inability to “promote” posts from the user pages to the main blog feed.  This causes a disjoint between the bloggers and the site administrators who want to share the content their users are creating.  Other content management systems have this feature built-in, but WordPress…

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  • WordPress 2.6 Review

    WordPress 2.6 Review

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    First of all, I updated WordPress to its new version as soon as I was able.  I’ve been very excited to see some of the new features they’ve added, and I have my list of the top ones to look foward to.  There aren’t any major interface changes this time, but (just like any great…

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