Theme not widget ready

Okay, I am lost. I am using a theme (daydreams) that is not widget-ready and I can’t seem to edit my sidebar without widgetizing it. I’ve looked over this page and I’m just lost. I know next to nothing about PHP.

I put this into my sidebar.php file:

<?php if ( !function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’)
|| !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>

And then this in my functions.php file:

<?php
if ( function_exists(‘register_sidebar’) )
register_sidebar();
?>

And nothing changed. I have no idea what to do from here. Can anyone help?