Ok, I read the tutorial. I aimed for a lefthand sidebar. When i pasted the html in to the header and footer the sidebar actually came above the forums!
What did I do wrong?

Do you have a link to where the problem is? I can take a look at it for you if you do.

I got the same problem
no matter where i put the htmlcode
the side bar ends up in the wrong place

Links are helpful...

---Jamin

huh? I thought I posted this somewhere else?
anyway, i gave up and just opted for a top bar.
http://www.fordmondeo.org/cgi-local/forums/ultimatebb.cgi