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.
Whenever I speak at conferences, attend meetups, or even just causally mention WordPress in conversation, there’s one question that comes up in nearly every conversation I have: What WordPress plugins do you recommend? That list is constantly in flux – a new plugin will be developed that replaces an old one, or an old one…
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…
