Adding Sidebars

Hi There:

Hoping somebody might be able to help troubleshoot adding sidebars to my site. Using the Themetrust Hardy theme.

https://74.205.124.17/~centerrocks/?page_id=972

I’d like to be able to customize a sidebar for each navbar category, i.e. “ABOUT” and “AWARDS & GRANTS” and so on.

I started with “ABOUT,” adding a new php page template called “page-about.php.”

<?php
/*
Template Name: About
*/
?>

<?php get_header(); ?>	

		<?php if(!is_front_page()):?>
		<div id="pageHead">
			<div class="inside">
			<h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
			<?php $page_description = get_post_meta($post->ID, "_ttrust_page_description", true); ?>
			<?php if ($page_description) : ?>
				<p><?php echo $page_description; ?></p>
			<?php endif; ?>
			</div>
		</div>
		<?php endif; ?>
		<div class="wrap">
		<div class="middle clearfix">
		<div id="content" class="twoThirds clearfix">
			<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
			    <div <?php post_class('clearfix'); ?>>
					<?php the_content(); ?>
				</div>
				<?php comments_template('', true); ?>
			<?php endwhile; ?>
		</div>

		<?php get_sidebar('sidebar_2'); ?>
		</div>
		</div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Then I duplicated the sidebar template, calling it “sidebar_2.php.”

<div id="sidebar_2" class="clearfix">

	<?php if(is_author()) : ?>
		<div class="widgetBox sidebarBox clearfix">
			<h3><?php _e('Author Info', 'themetrust'); ?></h3>
			<?php global $wp_query; $current_author = $wp_query->get_queried_object(); ?>
	    	<?php echo get_avatar( $current_author->user_email, '80' ); ?>
	    	<p><?php echo $current_author->description; ?></p>
	    </div>
	<?php endif; ?>

    <?php
	    if(is_archive() && is_active_sidebar('sidebar_posts')) : dynamic_sidebar('sidebar_posts');
		elseif(is_home() && is_active_sidebar('sidebar_posts')) : dynamic_sidebar('sidebar_posts');
	    elseif(is_single() && is_active_sidebar('sidebar_posts')) : dynamic_sidebar('sidebar_posts');
	    elseif(is_page() && is_active_sidebar('sidebar_pages')) : dynamic_sidebar('sidebar_pages');
		elseif(is_search() && is_active_sidebar('sidebar_posts')) : dynamic_sidebar('sidebar_pages');
		elseif(is_front_page() && is_active_sidebar('sidebar_home')) : dynamic_sidebar('sidebar_home');
	else : ?>

		<?php if (!dynamic_sidebar('sidebar_2')) ;?>  		

	<?php endif; ?>
</div><!-- end sidebar -->

These were each modified based on my theme’s files.

On the back end, I’ve been able to nest pages under the About template. And in the widgets menu, I see the Sidebar 2 and I can drag and drop widgets beneath it. However, those widgets do not appear on the page after reloading.

Anyone have any tips? Thanks so much for your time.