Widget problem and a question.

OK I didn't want to make two topics, so I threw them both here.

First: There's a problem with my forum widgets. I have the left side of the forum properly displaying widgets, but the ones on the right do not appear at all. Help please with that?

Screenshots:

Now the next: I found something on another forum that I would like to have. How do I put this up?
http://pokemonworldrpg.net
It starts off as "Welcome to Pokemon World RPG," then it slides to the next is what caught me. That's the thing I wish to have.

{I had to put up the link because the image is to fuzzy to be elgible}

For problem 1: Go to modules> Forum widgets management> then as you can see in the screen shot below, type 180 in the width column 3.


Then add your widgets and it should come out.




For problem #2 : Go to general in the admin panel and select announcements


Then, fill out everything as seen in the photo below and your messages should appear how you like them to.

Ah, many thanks. That really helped.