Does your page template include this line?
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
I have a similar prob and am wondering if the !dynamic_sidebar is anything…. help!!! this is the sidebar php:
<div id="sidebar">
<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar')
|| !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>
<h3><?php _e('Main Menu'); ?></h3>
<ul>
<?php wp_list_pages('title_li='); ?>
</ul>
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-";
google_ad_width = 200;
google_ad_height = 200;
google_ad_format = "200x200_as";
google_ad_type = "text";
google_ad_channel = "";
google_color_border = "170d03";
google_color_bg = "170d03";
google_color_link = "d7cfb3";
google_color_text = "bc981e";
google_color_url = "bc981e";
//-->
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script><br /><br />
<h3>Categories</h3>
<ul>
<?php wp_list_cats('sort_column=name&optioncount=1&hierarchical=0'); ?>
</ul>
<h3>Archives</h3>
<ul>
<?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?>
</ul>
<h3>Recommended</h3>
<ul>
<?php wp_get_links('category=2&before=<li>&between=&after=</li>') ; ?>
</ul>
<?php /* If this is the frontpage */ if ( is_home() || is_page() ) { ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<h3>Meta</h3>
<ul>
<?php wp_register(); ?>
<li><?php wp_loginout(); ?></li>
<li><a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer" title="This page validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional">Valid <abbr title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</abbr></a></li>
<li><a href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/"><abbr title="XHTML Friends Network">XFN</abbr></a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/" title="Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.">WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wpskins.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Free WordPress Themes">Free WordPress Themes</a></li>
<?php wp_meta(); ?>
</ul>
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-";
google_ad_width = 200;
google_ad_height = 200;
google_ad_format = "200x200_as";
google_ad_type = "text";
google_ad_channel = "";
google_color_border = "32180b";
google_color_bg = "32180b";
google_color_link = "d7cfb3";
google_color_text = "bc981e";
google_color_url = "bc981e";
//-->
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>
<?php } ?>
</div>