Adding, deleting and repositioning sidebar elements

Design-wise, the skinnier column is called a sidebar – and generally houses elements like:

• About
• Ads
• Archive
• Blogroll
• Greatest hits
• Suscription box
• Syndicated content via RSS feeds (headlines, tweets, and so on)
• Widgets, aka "gadgets" (embedded programlets – often interactive – like clocks, calendars, Flickr slideshows, etc.)

Bloggers can manipulate these elements easily without knowing a scrap of code. We'll walk you through some basic options this week.