I want to add both custom html that advanced text widgets can't support and the standard sidebar widgets in the same sidebar. However, when I put a sidebar widget into the theme, it removes all the custom html and just displays the widgets in the sidebar. It shouldn't be a tough fix, but I am pretty big php noob who learned wordpress by trial and error. I have attached the code from my sidebar:
<div class="sidebar-blog">
<div class="widget-wrap">
<div class="widget">
<h4>Title goes here</h4>
<p>Content goes here<p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="widget-wrap">
<div class="widget">
<h4>Title goes here</h4>
<p>Content goes here<p>
</div>
</div>
</div><!--end .sidebar-blog div-->
Thanks for any help