# Livejournal question - links in sidebar? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 16, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/livejournal-question-links-in-sidebar/275055 "2004-11-16T14:02:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/livejournal-question-links-in-sidebar/275055/1 "2004-11-16T14:02:15Z")
I’ve been actually updating my livejournal lately and would like to include links on the sidebar to various things. I know how to put links in the text, but any sort of HTML in the sidebar gets parsed and shows up as plain text, not a link. Does anyone know how to put links in the sidebars? Is it even possible? I’ve scoured the livejournal documentation, and don’t see anything addressing this. For what it’s worth, I have a paid account, not the freebie. I know you can do more with that. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/livejournal-question-links-in-sidebar/275055/2 "2004-11-16T16:40:27Z")
The people I know who are doing it are using [Style System 2](http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqcat=s2), which has a great deal of flexibility. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/livejournal-question-links-in-sidebar/275055/3 "2004-11-16T17:47:26Z")
I’m confused, you seem to have links in the sidebar, under “Links”.