Sidebar & Widgets editing

Confused about how/where to manage and update widgets.

If I go to the main WordPress dashboard > Appearance > Widgets, I see a “Main Sidebar” with 3 widgets – 2 text widgets and recent entries widget, a “RubberSoul: Below Entries Title” widget area (which has the same widgets as “Main Sidebar” but I don’t think I added these in both places) and RubberSoul: End of Entries” widget area. If I go to the RubberSoul customize menu > Widgets or from the WordPress dashboard > Appearance > Customize > Widgets, I only have the Main Sidebar entry, with one text widget.

I have had some success getting my MailChimp signup form and an Amazon widget set up (I added these to the main sidebar widget area I found from the WordPress Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets), but I’m having to struggle with getting edits to show. Tried entering a clickable image into the same text widget where my amazon widget is and it just will not display. For a while I was struggling with the Amazon widget showing up twice in the sidebar even though the code was only there once. Also had a helluva time getting a change in the theme color to take on the live blog, though the preview was showing the color I wanted (green).

Am I just missing something?

I would appreciate any feedback, if anyone has any suggestions.

Thanks!