<div id="primary" class="sidebar">
            <ul>
<?php if (!function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar() ) : // Begin Widgets; displays widgets or default contents below ?>

<?php if ( !is_home() || is_paged() ) { // Displays a home link everywhere except the home page ?>
                <li id="home-link">
                    <h3><a href="<?php bloginfo('home') ?>" title="<?php echo wp_specialchars(get_bloginfo('name'), 1) ?>"><?php _e('&lsaquo; Home', 'veryplaintxt') ?></a></h3>
                </li>
<?php } ?>

                <li id="search">
                    <h3><label for="s"><?php _e('Search', 'veryplaintxt') ?></label></h3>
                    <form id="searchform" method="get" action="<?php bloginfo('home') ?>">
                        <div>
                            <input id="s" name="s" type="text" value="<?php echo wp_specialchars(stripslashes($_GET['s']), true) ?>" size="10" />
                            <input id="searchsubmit" name="searchsubmit" type="submit" value="<?php _e('Find', 'veryplaintxt') ?>" />
                        </div>
                    </form>
                </li>
<?php wp_list_pages('title_li=<h3>'.__('Contents').'</h3>&sort_column=post_title' ) ?>

                <li id="categories">
                    <h3><?php _e('Categories', 'veryplaintxt'); ?></h3>
                    <ul>
<?php wp_list_categories('title_li=&orderby=name&use_desc_for_title=1&hierarchical=1') ?>

                    </ul>
                </li>

                <li id="tag-cloud">
                    <h3><?php _e('Tags', 'veryplaintxt'); ?></h3>
                    <p><?php wp_tag_cloud() ?></p>
                </li>

                <li id="archives">
                    <h3><?php _e('Archives', 'veryplaintxt') ?></h3>
                    <ul>
<?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly') ?>

                    </ul>
                </li>

<?php wp_list_bookmarks('title_before=<h3>&title_after=</h3>') ?>

                <li id="rss-links">
                    <h3><?php _e('RSS Feeds', 'veryplaintxt') ?></h3>
                    <ul>
                        <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url') ?>" title="<?php echo wp_specialchars(get_bloginfo('name'), 1) ?> RSS 2.0 Feed" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><?php _e('All posts', 'veryplaintxt') ?></a></li>
                        <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('comments_rss2_url') ?>" title="<?php echo wp_specialchars(bloginfo('name'), 1) ?> Comments RSS 2.0 Feed" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><?php _e('All comments', 'veryplaintxt') ?></a></li>
                    </ul>
                </li>

                <li id="meta">
                    <h3><?php _e('Meta', 'veryplaintxt') ?></h3>
                    <ul>
                        <?php wp_register() ?>
                        <li><?php wp_loginout() ?></li>
                        <?php wp_meta() // Do not remove; helps plugins work ?>
                    </ul>
                </li>
<?php endif; // End Widgets ?>

            </ul>
        </div><!-- #primary .sidebar -->