Display custom sidebar in custom template

Hey!

I’m using the twentyeleven theme, if that makes a difference.

I’ve read few some posts about using a custom sidebar but I’m a little unclear as to what I need to do.

I have created a new sidebar (I think) using this code in the functions.php file:

register_sidebar( array(
		'name' => __( 'Project Sidebar', 'twentyeleven' ),
		'id' => 'sidebar-6',
		'description' => __( 'Sidebar for projects template', 'twentyeleven' ),
		'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
		'after_widget' => "</aside>",
		'before_title' => '<h3 class="widget-title">',
		'after_title' => '</h3>',

Basically, I just copied this code from an existing register_sidebar() already in functions.php and modified the name, id, and description array elements.

However, this new sidebar doesn’t show up in the list of sidebars on the Appearance -> Widgets in the Admin page. I’m not sure why this is happening.

To use this sidebar in my ‘Projects” template instead of the default sidebar, do I use the dynamic_sidebar() function in some way? Or should I create a new .php file called called project-sidebar.php and use the get_sidebar() function?

I’m a little confused ??

Any help is much appreciated!