Your list names and values
Available names
right-#-list places the list in the right column.
left-#-list places the list in the left column.
bottom-#-list places the list below the main content.
Associated values
cat is the only mandatory parameter and is the ID number of the post category you want to display (see “Categories” below).
type indicates how much of each post to display and can take the value: full, excerpts or titles. If not specified, the default value is titles.
order indicates whether to list the posts by ascending or descending date order and takes the value: ASC or DESC. If not specified, the default value is DESC.
showposts indicates how many posts to list and takes an integer value (or -1, meaning display all). If not specified, the default value is 5.
heading specifies an <h2> heading to insert. If not specified, the default value is empty (no heading displayed). Special characters (eg: apostrophes) should be preceded with a backslash: heading=BSR’s History
format specifies various codes to modify how the post content is arranged. Eg: if if format contains the character d, then the date is not output.
status is used mainly for Events listings. By setting status=future, only fortcoming events will be shown.