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I seem to have fixed this issue by calling <?php get_sidebar(); ?> before the loop as opposed to after which seems to have fixed the issue. Not sure if this is technically the correct way to do things however this seems to have fixed my issue.

Sounds like you could use page templates for this. You’d create a file in your theme called ‘page-services.php’ (for instance). When users create new pages, they’d select the “Services” template, rather than the “Services” sidebar, but it’s basically the same thing for your purposes. Here’s how to set up templates: http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Page_Templates And here’s the conditional … Read more

An alternative method to what @Tanmoy gave above is to make an additional navigation menu (Appearance – Menus) and call it something like Sidebar-Pages. Then you can add the headers with a “link” like #. Add the sub-pages you want and save when you’re done. Then go to widgets (Appearance – Widgets) and there you … Read more

I would recommend the plugin Widget Logic. It adds a text field under each widget in the appearance -> widgets menu that lets you add conditional filters. For example if you wanted a widget to only display on your blog page you would add, is_home() to the field under the widget. Also, check the Conditional … Read more