Help in modifying sidebar

[Jason Schuller]

Not sure what you are asking with your second question, but to pull specific post titles for specific categories within the sidebar you would use the code below, changing the category name for every category:

<div class="block">
    <h3>Sample Category:</h3>
	<?php query_posts('category_name=sample-category&showposts=5'); ?>
    <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
    <ul>
      &quot;">Read More[/list]	<?php endwhile; else: ?>
    <?php endif; ?>            
</div>