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Adding announcements, site updates, etc. to the sidebar
 
   
  
 
 
This should be a good feature for askbot sites - Serves for - Site announcements, NEWS, META and site-maintenance updates. 
 
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Related: http://askbot.org/en/question/7440/integrating-a-cms-into-an-askbot-powered-site/
 
 
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There is already a way to customize sidebar on most pages on the site; look under "Static Content, URLS & UI" in the Askbot settings module (requires administrator login):
 
Screenshot of navigation for sidebar customization in Askbot settings.
 
For example, I have added a simple box to my Askbot-powered site:
 
Screenshot of markup for main page sidebar for expats.askbot.com
 
It's not the most user-friendly interface, and this probably is not an ideal situation for e.g., displaying a list of the most recent posts on a blog or meta site (you'd have to remember to manually update the list in the sidebar every time you made a new post).
 
But it might be a good workaround until a more fleshed-out widget admin interface is implemented.
 
 
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yes agreed, we need widgets or a standard to generalize. :) May be a separate Django app to handle and manage this? 
Awaiting others thoughts and opinions in its implementation and behavior. @Evgeny
 
 
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