It sounds like your theme does not have widget-ready areas on the main posts or category pages. You would need to edit your theme’s template files (index.php & category.php or sidebar.php) to correct this.
Thank you, esmi, that made so much sense I knew you were right, and you were. Cheers!
Hello,
I have twenty ten with a child. i have the exact same issue. side bar widgets not displaying on my posts page. If I make it a normal page widgets show up.
I tested it in a stock twenty ten(no child) and it was the same. I have made no changes to anything but the child theme.
Any suggestions?
Thanks ahead of time.
My issue turns out to be an incompatibility between two plugins which I really like.
Simple Page Sidebars and the All In One Event Calendar
bummer!