I’m putting together my first WordPress theme which requires three dynamic sidebars (don’t ask!!). For some reason I can’t figure out how to add the other two dynamic sidebars.. Could you help me please?

Adding in multiple sidebars is fairly straightforward and you can create as many as you need.

Locate your functions.php file in your theme and add the following code:

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<?php
     if(function_exists('register_sidebar'))
          register_sidebar(array(
          'name' => 'Sidebar One', // The sidebar name to register
          'before_widget' => '<div class="widget">',
          'after_widget' => '</div>',
          'before_title' => '<h3>',
          'after_title' => '</h3>',
     ));
?>

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