Asides are a concept unique to blogging. When a blogger wants to say something, but there isn't enough content to constitute an entire post, they can put it in a special "Aside" category that is displayed in the sidebar, or use a plugin to assign posts as "asides".
You will need a theme that contains a sidebar.php
file, or else you can create one using earlier recipes in this book. We will be using a variation of the Classic WordPress theme in this recipe.
Download the Miniposts plugin from http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/miniposts/, and unzip the folder. Look for the miniposts
folder inside the wrapper folder, and upload it to the plugins
folder of your theme. Log into your WordPress administration panel, and then click on Plugins. Click on the Activate link to activate the Miniposts plugin.
Next, go to Appearance | Widgets and drag the Miniposts widget to the main sidebar. There is no additional...