Default blog sidebar not displaying

Hi,

I’m having trouble getting the widgets I want to display in my posts’ sidebar – whatever I do it only display the post’s ‘excerpt’.

Under Appearance > Widgets I have chosen the widgets I want to appear in the ‘Default Blog Sidebar’. Then on a post edit form, I have left the Sidebar # blank so that it chooses the default, however on viewing the page only the post’s excerpt is displayed. I can successfully hide the sidebar, and move it from left to right, but it seems to ignore my choice of sidebar (or widgets in sidebar).

I’ve tried setting up an ‘alternative’ sidebar and selecting this in the post edit form, but same again – just the excerpt. I have also tried removing and re-adding the widgets – doesn’t work.

I have managed to get the widgets I want displaying in the Default Pages Sidebar without a problem.

Interestingly, if I click Customize when on a page and navigate to widgets I can change which widgets appear in the Default Page Sidebar. But if I click Customize while viewing a post and navigate to widgets this area isn’t available to edit – only widgets in the header and footer. The sidebar widget area seems to be missing. Is this a bug? Or something I need to change in the sidebar.php?

The site is currently in construction mode so I won’t post a link, but any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks
Frances