How to show Recent articles in sidebar 1

[ata.online]

Since yesterday, i have been trying to embed html code so that 'Recent Articles' is shown in sidebar 1:
http://www.ataarticles.com/

I referred to the sidebar html code shown at:
http://articlesss.com/article-directory-wordpress-theme/

but no joy there. Everytime i try to include it in sidebar 1, all the content disappears. I know there is a small code which is missing but not sure what it is exactly: When i try to embed the below code it does not show up at all.

<?php } ?>
</ul>
</div>
<?php } ?>

<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('Sidebar 1') ) : ?>
<h2>Recent Articles</h2>
<?php
$myposts = get_posts('numberposts=5');
foreach($myposts as $post) : setup_postdata($post);
?>
<div class="post">
<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
<div class="postmetadata"><?php the_time('m.d.y') ?> @ <?php the_category(', ') ?></div>
<div class="entry">
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<?php endif; ?>

</div><!-- end #l-sidebar -->

 

[cheezo]

this is wordpress turned into a directory right?
go to the dashboard as click widgets under the appearance and then select recent post. drag it to the sidebar.

 

[ata.online]

this is wordpress turned into a directory right?
go to the dashboard as click widgets under the appearance and then select recent post. drag it to the sidebar.

If only it was that easy. There is no widgets related to that. There is one 'Recent Articles' widgets which i just added to sidebar 1 yesterday. But the main recent articles seems to be linked under sidebar.php and not the widgets. I tried to bring it sidebar 1 in sidebar.php but didn't work.

thanks.

 

[cheezo]

see if there is recent posts.
i'm sure wordpress has it.