In the codex example of displaying sidebars, what is the significance of the conditional wrapping around the call to dynamic_sidebar? Why do this:
<?php if ( dynamic_sidebar('example_widget_area_name') ) : else : endif; ?>
this seems to work ok:
<?php dynamic_sidebar('example_widget_area_name'); ?>
Thanks,
Toby
To quote the Codex
So essentially you can use is to display other content if the user has not activated any widgets in the sidebar.