Hey Trish,
regarding the custom sidebar issue: please make sure that you’ve added at least one widget to the new sidebars in the “Appearance -> Widgets” admin section, and that you’ve chosen then desired sidebar from the “Sidebar” drop-down in the “Sidebars” settings box while in the editor mode for that particular page. If all of the above has been done, and the sidebars still aren’t showing, I will need to ask for access to your WordPress backend – you can send the admin login and password to support@satoristudio.net (no disclosure guaranteed).
Regarding the “link” project tile on portfolio page: could you please tell me which content you’ve added to the project and whether the project has a featured image (thumbnail) set?
Sincerely,
Andrii / Satori Studio