Thanks for the advice Johnny – very kind of you and I very much appreciate it!
I think I’ve discovered the main problem I’m having. Despite changing the default appearance back to the template you recommended I don’t have the “Featured Top Left, Right or Bottom” options in my widget page that you outlined. All a bit baffling, but I only seem to have Header Right, Primary Sidebar, Secondary Sidebar (even though it’s not active), Sidebar Bottom Left, Sidebar Bottom Right, Home, Home Left, Home Right, Portfolio, Footer 1, Footer 2 and Footer 3.
I’ve double checked the template setting and saved a few times but still no luck. Am I missing something obvious?
Cheers again,
Sam