Plugin & Sidebar Suggestions
Posted by Bryan on September 24, 2008 under Theme Help | 
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The tabbed areas at the top of the sidebar can be used for a variety of things. Communicate to different audiences (as shown in the first box) or consolidate basic information (as shown in the second box). The third box on this demo outpus a list based on the WPListCal plugin.
Please know in advance that the tabbed area doesn’t work very well in IE6, but it does degrade. The tabs turn into h2 headings. The drawback is you lose the white background and it stretches the sidebar further down the page. We’re following in the path of 37 Signals in not spending hours and hours of time trying to fix every little detail for IE6. We want IE6 users to be able to read the content, but we’re not concerned with every visual effect going well. It’s time we grew beyond the old and busted browser.
You could also add an email subscription form using code generated by FeedBurner or FeedBlitz or another email and feed list manager.
You could also show recent photos as clickable thumbnails using Flickr and the Flickr plugin from Tan Tan Noodles.