My design / template has blank areas in the right column?
These areas are reserved for the cmsimple news box function. Depending on the template you have downloaded, you will need to make a News box page that is used for that location of the site. Make a new page called News, or News2, News3, News4, News5 or News6. It will depend on how many news box pages are in that particular design. Once you make the page, add some content & that information will then show in that area of your site once you save and logout of your site. All you need to do then, is to HIDE the page name from the menu. Find out how to do that here.