Ok, so this works and all is well. But I can't understand why it works:
In my functions.php i have:
register_sidebar( array(
'name' => 'Welcome',
'id' => 'Welcome',
'before_widget' => '',
'after_widget' => '',
'before_title' => '<h1>',
'after_title' => '</h1>',
) );
No weird stuff there. But in my loop file I have this, and I can't understand why it outputs a widget:
<div class="large-4 columns welcomeText sidebar">
<?php if ( dynamic_sidebar('Welcome') ) : ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
The if-statment says if there is a dynamic sidebar "Welcome" do nothing???
You call dynamic_sidebar( $index ) to displays the registered sidebar. What gets displayed is the content of that registered sidebar widget located at DashBoard > Appearance > Widgets and the function returns true on success and false on failure.
From WordPress Codex:
The return value should be used to determine whether to display a static sidebar. This ensures that your theme will look good even when the Widgets plug-in is not active.
So your code should actually be
<?php if ( !dynamic_sidebar('Welcome') ) : ?>