Hi John,
That is correct you have created a side bar, but now try and add to that sidebar something like a colour attribute widget and configure it. You will see when you add anything to do with adding filters or attributes that it just completely ignores that they are there, doesn’t even add white space, just ignores the fact you have tried to add them.
I have added some widgets to your sidebar to show you what i mean.
Have another look at your sidebar and what is being displayed :)
thanks,
Jordan