I'm having a WordPress or News Magazine Theme 640 theme issue that's effecting one of my sidebars and won't allow widgets to be placed. It's a conflict somewhere but way out of my ability to determine what it is. I've been trying for months. If you have any suggestions to remedy, you'd help restore my sanity and I'd appreciate it greatly.

The sidebar in question is "Sidebar Other" on the widget page ("Sidebar2″ on the WordPress editor). Redundant code involving these, possibly also the Stylesheet. On the page, it's the first sidebar to the right of the post area. It defaults to a Recent Topics box on top and a Tag Cloud below. Add a widget and it will replace the tag cloud. In News Magazine Theme 640 Options, the choice can be made to show or hide the Custom Sidebar elements. Next option, "Position for sidebar 2 widgets" allows to choose 1 to put the added widget on top or 2 for bottom.

Here's what happens …

Hide Custom Sidebar elements with no widgets added, the Tag Cloud still appears. It should be blank. Add any widget and the widget appears twice.

Show Custom Sidebar elements with no widgets added: A) If set to 1, you'll see the Recent Topics and nothing below. We should see the widget above the topics box. B). If set to 2, you'll see the topics box above the tag cloud (default).

Add any widget: A) If set to 1, you'll see the Recent Topics and nothing below. We should see the widget above the topics box. B). If set to 2, you'll see the widget first, the topics box below and then the widget repeats. What should happen is we see the topics box with the widget below.

This is Poltergeist to me. I have no idea what's forcing it to happen. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.