Alternative sidebar to go with “static” page template?

Setting up a page and positioning it is not the same as creating a new template. The difference is that a template can include the php functionality you need. Best consult codex on creating a template. HTH.

Many thanks. That was the hint I needed ?? Cooool.

Hint? Heck that was the best I could do………..

There are two ways to do this, first is the noob, hack way (sadly that is all I was able to do) and the second is the neat way.

1. There is already a template for posts and one for pages (which both call the same sidebar) so to have a different side bar on a page you just need to create a new sidebar.php (i called mine pagesidebar.php, which includes the stuff you want) and then edit the page.php and change…
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
to
<?php include (‘pagesidebar.php’); ?>
Note: sidebar.php is a core WP file which is why it is included using get_sidebar. That won’t work with a custom page so you need to use include instead.

2. The much neater way of doing it is to use Conditional Tags (see https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Conditional_Tags) in your sidebar.php so that if the page is a post the sidebar includes items D, E and X but if it is a page it uses C, X and Z.

I shall leave it to you to choose between the light side and the dark side.