Ok, so I’ve added code to the sidebar (second.php) to make it look like this
<div id="midCol">
<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar')
|| !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>
.....SIDEBAR CONTENT
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
And added this to the top of functions.php in the wp-include folder:
<?php
if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
register_sidebar(array(
'before_widget' => '',
'after_widget' => '',
'before_title' => '<div class="title">',
'after_title' => '</div>',
));
?>
But in the admin panel it’s still not recognising the sidebar, although it looks ok.
Any ideas people?