Hello,

1) Please Go to Theme Settings >> Products Archive >> Sidebar and make sure that you have enabled it.

Screenshot for Clarification: https://gyazo.com/14dbb6f5788d9777f91cf5074e6d18e0

2) The difference between the links you sent me is the category banner.

You can add content to the category above as mentioned in our detailed documentation:
https://xtemos.com/docs/woodmart/html-blocks-2/#cat_att_tag

Best Regards