Adding Wiget Instance to Right Column from backend - magento

I'm new to Magento and working on customizing the Modern template, as its close to my ultimate design. However I noticed that for some reason the 3rd column in the 3 column template was commented out:
/frontend/default/modern/template/page/3columns.phtml
[lines 43-55]
<div class="main-container col2-left-layout">
<div class="main">
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('breadcrumbs') ?>
<?php /*<div class="col-wrapper">*/ ?>
<div class="col-main">
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('global_messages') ?>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('content') ?>
</div>
<div class="col-left sidebar"><?php echo $this->getChildHtml('left') ?></div>
</div>
<?php /*<div class="col-right sidebar"><?php echo $this->getChildHtml('right') ?></div>*/ ?>
<?php /*</div>*/ ?>
</div>
I copied this to my own theme, and modified it as such:
/frontend/my_package/my_theme/template/page/3columns.phtml
<div class="main-container col3-layout"> <-------
<div class="main">
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('breadcrumbs') ?>
<div class="col-wrapper"> <-------
<div class="col-main">
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('global_messages') ?>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('content') ?>
</div>
<div cla/ss="col-left sidebar"><?php echo $this->getChildHtml('left') ?></div>
</div>
<div class="col-right sidebar"><?php echo $this->getChildHtml('right') ?></div> <-------
</div> <-------
</div>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('footer') ?>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('before_body_end') ?>
</div>
In the backend, I created a static block with just plain text, and tried adding it to "All Pages", "Right Column"; but it does not show up. If I add it to "All Pages", "Left Column" it does show up.
I'm guessing that the Right Column reference somehow isn't in Magento correctly, but I don't know where to even begin looking to fix that.

You should have a reference to right column in your page.xml (or your custom local.xml) for it to work.
Check this Classyllama article to see how to implement it in correct way:
http://www.classyllama.com/development/magento-development/the-better-way-to-modify-magento-layout

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Adding Short Description to Long Description Tab in Magento 1.9

I currently have my short description being called in view.phtml
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I have recently started working in magento, and my boss has given me the task of displaying categories in the left column. I have the static html file which I pasted inside the .phtml file and called it from the xml block and it displays just the static stuff in the left column.
I want them to be dynamic so that the categories can be added or removed from the backend.
The html that I have is in table format and I want to insert the php code into that same html so that the design is not disturbed and it becomes dynamic.
This might be what you're looking for:
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