Creating and managing you sidebar can be a bit confusing till you have actually done it, so follow along.

Sidebars contain important information you want to appear on every page of your website.

Were a sidebar appears and how many sidebars are allowed depend on the theme. A few themes do not allow any side bars.

Side bars contain things like a search capability, Ways a visitor can contact the site owner, banners and almost anything that is important enough to be duplicated on multiple pages.