Step 4: Creating the Sidebar.
The coding behind every site design is different, within yours locate the HTML coding that makes up your sidebar and paste it into the sidebar.php file we created earlier.
You will most likely wish to list the blog categories within the sidebar of your site, to do this paste the code below exactly where you want this to appear.
<h2>Categories</h2>
<ul>
<?php wp_list_cats('sort_column=menu_order&depth=1&title_li=&show_count=1′); ?>
</ul>
Most blogs also include a Blogroll, this is a collection of links to other sites which are handpicked by the website owner. You can embed a blogroll into your side bar using the coding below.
<h3>Blogroll</h3>
<ul>
<?php get_linksbyname(", '<li>', '</li>', "); ?>
</ul>
