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I am trying to insert a widget on the static home page

http://www.bradburyinsurance.com

I want the widget to be to the right of the gallery.

I am new to working with WordPress and the current content on the front page is coded in the page (front-page.php) with html inside the Featured-content div. I want the information to the right of the images to be editable through a widget.
I have installed Widget on page, made a sidebar in my Admin panel and added a text widget to the sidepanel.
Reading through instructions and threads, I cannot use the shortcode in a post as ‘Edit this page’ takes me to a post that does not display on the front page.
I have tried calling the widget with the php <?php widgets_on_template(“wop_1”); ?>
inside the div but it doesn’t show up.

I must not be finding the right places for the code. I looked in Sidebar.php but the sidebar I made ‘news’ does not show up as registering there.

I am using a Sidebar left – content layout for the rest of my pages.

What steps am I missing?

http://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/widgets-on-pages/