I don’t seem to have a sidebar.
“I dont seem to have a sidebar.”
Oh my gosh, I hope you didn’t lose it. Seriously though, the “sidebar” is a group of lists that were originally on the right hand side of my main forum page (before I started changing the content, arrangement, quantity, and color to my own preferences).
Check out this page to personalize your FR experience (My Page Layout)...
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/manage-blocks