After one month of intermitent coding, Sideblog Plugin v3.0 is out.

WHAT IS THIS SIDEBLOG THING?
Sideblog is a plugin for Wordpress Blog Platform. It is one way of
implementing “Asides” - a series of “short” posts, 1-2 sentences in
length. Sideblog is now in version 3.

Sideblog v3 differs from previous version in that it is Sidebar
Widgets enabled. For those whose theme do not support Sidebar Widgets
Sideblog v3 can still be use. In Sideblog v3, multiple categories can
be published in the sidebar.

HOW DO I INSTALL IT?
Installing Sideblog was never easy. If you’re theme supports Sidebar
Widgets, it is even easier.

Installing Sideblog in themes WITHOUT Sidebar Widgets support

1. Download Sideblog Plugin v3 - http://katesgasis.com/download-page/.
2. Unzip and upload sideblog.php to your wp-content/plugins directory.
3. Login to your Wordpress blog.
4. Activate in your Admin -> Plugins panel.
5. Go to Admin -> Options -> Sideblog panel.
6. Select the category(ies) you want to publish in the sidebar.
7. Take note of the “category slug(s)”. Update your Sideblog Options.
8. Open your sidebar.php in a text editor.
9. Add the sideblog function.
   Example:
   <ul>
   <?php sideblog(’your_aside_category_slug’); ?>
   </ul>
10. Repeat #9 for each category you marked as aside in sideblog options panel.

Installing Sideblog in themes that support Sidebar Widgets

1. Download Sideblog Plugin v3 - http://katesgasis.com/download-page/.
2. Unzip and upload sideblog.php to your wp-content/plugins directory.
3. Login to your Wordpress blog.
4. Activate in your Admin -> Plugins panel.
5. Go to Admin -> Options -> Sideblog panel.
6. Select the category(ies) you want to publish in the sidebar.
7. Take not of the “category slug(s)”. Update your Sideblog Options.
8. Go to Admin -> Presentation -> Sidebar Widgets.
9. Drag and Drop Sideblog Widget Control to the desired location.
10. Edit options by clicking on the Configure icon.
11. Put in the title of your aside and select the category in the dropdown box.
12. Save Changes.

Changing the layout of your Sideblog

1. Go to Admin -> Options -> Sideblog.
2. Look below the Display Format column.
3. Change the format. The default is <li>%content% - %permalink%</li>.

   The available tags can be found after the table. Just scroll all the way down.
   You can style your Sideblog. If you want to display the title of the post
   as a URL and style your list, put this in your display format:

   <li class=”asidepost”>%title_url%<br/>%content% - %permalink%</li>

4. Each aside category can have different layout.
5. Update Sideblog Options.

To exclude an aside category from feeds

1. Go to Admin -> Options -> Sideblog
2. Check Exclude from Feeds for each aside categories you don’t want plublished.
3. Update Sideblog Options

Download Sideblog Plugin v3.0 here