Widgets mess up my sidebar…!?

Okay, I’m running two different blogs, using two different themes, both allegedly widget-compatible…one is Barthelme, the other is Cutline…

The sidebar code seems alright to me, so widgets should actually work — but what do I know…?! Here’s what the sidebar code of one of them looks like:

<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_front_page() || 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('Home', 'barthelme'); ?></a></h3>
			</li>
<?php } ?>

<?php wp_list_pages('title_li=<h3>'.__('Pages').'</h3>&sort_column=menu_order' ) ?>

			<li id="categories">
				<h3><?php _e('Categories', 'barthelme'); ?></h3>
				<ul>
<?php wp_list_cats('sort_column=name&hierarchical=1') ?>

				</ul>
			</li>

Anyway, whenever I add some widget — any widget — that actual widget then shows up in the sidebar — but all the regular content is gone…!?! Shouldn’t the widget be added on top or so…?! What am I missing here…?!

From what I understand that’s the purpose of a dynamic sidebar — that you can add widgets to the ones you already have running in the sidebar…?!

Can someone please clear that up for me…? Thanks!!

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