sidebar depending on custom template

I’m trying to follow the instructions in [this “How to show different sidebars for posts and pages in WordPress” tutorial](https://getflywheel.com/layout/show-different-sidebars-posts-pages-wordpress-how-to/) to use different sidebars for different types of pages. In particular, I’m using a pretty simple child theme for the Woocommerce Storefront theme, and I want to use the regular sidebar for all shop pages that have products (so the default template), and I want to use my own sidebar (showing blog categories instead of product categories) for a “News” page that has my blog posts. I figured using the “Template-driven approach” in the tutorial would be my best option, but I’m definitely open to other ways. I’m not working on a live site (using Local software instead), so I don’t have a link.

I registered my sidebar (as ‘blog-sidebar’) by adding this at the end of the functions.php in my child theme:

function sf_child_theme_widgets_init() { 
register_sidebar( 
array( 
'name'       => __( 'Blog Sidebar', 'sf_child_theme' ), 
'id'         => 'blog-sidebar', 
'description'   => __( 'Widgets in the blog sidebar', 'sf_child_theme' ), 
'before_widget' => '<section id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">', 
'after_widget'  => '</section>', 
'before_title'  => '<h2 class="widget-title">', 
'after_title'   => '</h2>', 
) 
); 
} 
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'sf_child_theme_widgets_init' );

The default sidebar comes from the parent theme.`

Then I configured its widgets and created a blog-page.php with Template Name: News & Events, and edited my page to use that template. At the end of my custom template, just before the footer, I included get_sidebar('blog-sidebar'); The rest of that template comes from page.php in the parent theme, so now I have this:

<?php
/**
 * Template Name: News & Events
 *
 * The template for displaying blog pages.
 *
 *
 * @package storefront-child
 */
get_header(); ?>

	<div id="primary" class="content-area">
		<main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">

			<?php
			while ( have_posts() ) :
				the_post();

				do_action( 'storefront_page_before' );

				get_template_part( 'content', 'page' );

				/**
				 * Functions hooked in to storefront_page_after action
				 *
				 * @hooked storefront_display_comments - 10
				 */
				do_action( 'storefront_page_after' );

			endwhile; // End of the loop.
			?>

		</main><!-- #main -->
	</div><!-- #primary -->

<?php
get_sidebar('blog-sidebar');

get_footer();
?>

Then I copied sidebar.php into my child theme folder and started by replacing ‘sidebar-1’ with ‘blog-sidebar’ like this:

if ( ! is_active_sidebar( 'blog-sidebar' ) ) {
	return;
}
?>

<div id="secondary" class="widget-area" role="complementary">
	<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'blog-sidebar' ); ?>
</div><!-- #secondary -->

This makes my custom sidebar show up correctly, but of course it’s also replacing the Woocommerce sidebar on the shop pages (which I’m guessing is ‘sidebar-1’). So I tried this, adapting the instructions in the tutorial:

if ( (is_page_template('blog-page.php') ) && ( is_active_sidebar( 'blog-sidebar' ))) {    
    ?>
       <div id="secondary" class="widget-area" role="complementary">
    	<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'blog-sidebar' ); ?>
       </div><!-- #secondary -->    
    <?php
}
elseif ( is_active_sidebar( 'sidebar-1' )) {
        ?>    
       <div id="secondary" class="widget-area" role="complementary">
    	<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'sidebar-1' ); ?>
       </div><!-- #secondary -->    
    <?php
    }

That just shows the default shop sidebar on every page though, so I guess my is_page_template('blog-page.php') isn’t working. I’ve researched this for days now and couldn’t find a solution that applied to what I’m trying to do (or maybe I just didn’t know how to apply it correctly – still learning!). I would really, really appreciate it if you could help me figure this out!

Everything is updated, and I’ve tried disabling all plugins besides Woocommerce, but that doesn’t change anything. Here is the status report:

### WordPress Environment ###

WordPress address (URL): https://dbibclone.local
Site address (URL): https://dbibclone.local
WC Version: 5.1.0
REST API Version: ? 5.1.0
WC Blocks Version: ? 4.4.3
Action Scheduler Version: ? 3.1.6
WC Admin Version: ? 2.0.2
Log Directory Writable: ?
WP Version: 5.7
WP Multisite: –
WP Memory Limit: 256 MB
WP Debug Mode: –
WP Cron: ?
Language: en_US
External object cache: –

### Server Environment ###

Server Info: nginx/1.16.0
PHP Version: 7.4.1
PHP Post Max Size: 1,000 MB
PHP Time Limit: 1200
PHP Max Input Vars: 4000
cURL Version: 7.67.0
OpenSSL/1.1.1d

SUHOSIN Installed: –
MySQL Version: 8.0.16
Max Upload Size: 300 MB
Default Timezone is UTC: ?
fsockopen/cURL: ?
SoapClient: ?
DOMDocument: ?
GZip: ?
Multibyte String: ?
Remote Post: ?
Remote Get: ?

### Database ###

WC Database Version: 5.0.0
WC Database Prefix: wp_
Total Database Size: 9.66MB
Database Data Size: 6.27MB
Database Index Size: 3.39MB
wp_woocommerce_sessions: Data: 0.02MB + Index: 0.02MB + Engine InnoDB
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### Post Type Counts ###

amn_mi-lite: 1
attachment: 66
customize_changeset: 5
jetpack_migration: 2
jp_img_sitemap: 1
jp_sitemap: 1
jp_sitemap_master: 1
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wpsc_cart_orders: 538

### Security ###

Secure connection (HTTPS): ?
					Your store is not using HTTPS. Learn more about HTTPS and SSL Certificates.
Hide errors from visitors: ?

### Active Plugins (5) ###

Mailchimp for WooCommerce: by Mailchimp – 2.5.1
The Events Calendar: by The Events Calendar – 5.5.0.1
WooCommerce Shipping & Tax: by Automattic – 1.25.10
WooCommerce: by Automattic – 5.1.0
WP Super Cache: by Automattic – 1.7.2

### Inactive Plugins (10) ###

Akismet Anti-Spam: by Automattic – 4.1.9
All-in-One WP Migration: by ServMask – 7.40
Contact Page: by Marek Bosman – 1.0
Facebook for WooCommerce: by Facebook – 2.3.5
Google Ads & Marketing by Kliken: by Kliken – 1.0.7
Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights: by MonsterInsights – 7.17.0
Hello Dolly: by Matt Mullenweg – 1.7.2
Jetpack by WordPress.com: by Automattic – 9.5
MOJO Marketplace: by Mike Hansen – 0.5.9
Smash Balloon Instagram Feed: by Smash Balloon – 2.9

### Settings ###

API Enabled: –
Force SSL: –
Currency: USD ($)
Currency Position: left
Thousand Separator: ,
Decimal Separator: .
Number of Decimals: 2
Taxonomies: Product Types: external (external)
grouped (grouped)
simple (simple)
variable (variable)

Taxonomies: Product Visibility: exclude-from-catalog (exclude-from-catalog)
exclude-from-search (exclude-from-search)
featured (featured)
outofstock (outofstock)
rated-1 (rated-1)
rated-2 (rated-2)
rated-3 (rated-3)
rated-4 (rated-4)
rated-5 (rated-5)

Connected to WooCommerce.com: –

### WC Pages ###

Shop base: #1956 - /shop/
Cart: #1957 - /cart/
Checkout: #1958 - /checkout/
My account: #1959 - /my-account/
Terms and conditions: ? Page not set

### Theme ###

Name: Storefront Child
Version: 1.0
Author URL: 
Child Theme: ?
Parent Theme Name: Storefront
Parent Theme Version: 3.5.1
Parent Theme Author URL: https://woocommerce.com/
WooCommerce Support: ?

### Templates ###

Overrides: –

### Action Scheduler ###

Complete: 35
Oldest: 2021-04-03 03:24:23 +0000
Newest: 2021-04-05 09:00:40 +0000

### Status report information ###

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