4 col Gpanel not displaying in footer

Thanks for the great theme. I have created a subtheme of Genesis and have been happily styling it out. However, I wanted to add the 4 column Gpanels to the footer region. I read the documentation and here are the steps I have done to try to place the GPanels in the footer:

1. Pasted the 4 column GPanel code from 4col-4x25.php into MyTheme/templates/page.tpl.php. Here is the code in my page.tpl.php:
   

   <?php if ($page['footer'] || $feed_icons): ?>
         <div id="footer">
        
         <!-- Four column Gpanel -->
         <?php if ($page['four_first'] || $page['four_second'] || $page['four_third'] || $page['four_fourth']): ?>
           <div class="four-4x25 gpanel clearfix">
             <?php print render($page['four_first']); ?>
             <?php print render($page['four_second']); ?>
             <?php print render($page['four_third']); ?>
             <?php print render($page['four_fourth']); ?>
           </div>
         <?php endif; ?>   
       
           <?php print render($page['footer']); ?>     
           <?php print $feed_icons; ?>
         </div>
       <?php endif; ?>

2. Uncommented the 4 col Gpanel in MyTheme.info file
   

     ; 4 col 4 x 25
     regions[four_first]  = GP 4 x 25% - First
     regions[four_second] = GP 4 x 25% - Second
     regions[four_third]  = GP 4 x 25% - Third
     regions[four_fourth] = GP 4 x 25% - Fourth

3. Also uncommented the following in MyTheme.info
   

   ; Uncomment if using Gpanels.
     stylesheets[all][] = css/gpanels/gpanels-fluid.css

4. Cleared the cache
5. I could see the GPanels in my blocks configuration, so I moved four blocks that had previously been in the footer into each of the 4 Gpanels blocks (see screenshot)

The blocks that I moved from the footer into the GPanel regions just disappeared - they aren't being displayed on the page anywhere, and when I view the source of the page the blocks are nowhere to be found. I have cleared my cache as well to no avail. Am I missing something?