I've read a few threads about people not being able to find the sidebar on the main forums page.  The arrow that is supposed to be on the left-hand side does not appear on my forums and there is nothing about blocks, sidebars, pages or anything else to do with this in the AdminCP.  The only changes to the forum have been made in the CSS i.e. colours, background image.

Is there something missing that I need to get or upgrade?

16 minutes ago, Brand Administrator said:

I've read a few threads about people not being able to find the sidebar on the main forums page.  The arrow that is supposed to be on the left-hand side does not appear on my forums and there is nothing about blocks, sidebars, pages or anything else to do with this in the AdminCP.  The only changes to the forum have been made in the CSS i.e. colours, background image.

Is there something missing that I need to get or upgrade?

Depends what version you are running

If running 3.x then no there will not be that 'arrow'

If running latest version then it should be there .... as long as logged in as admin and viewing the forum and not your admincp

9 minutes ago, steve00 said:

If running latest version then it should be there .... as long as logged in as admin and viewing the forum and not your admincp

… and “Can manage sidebar” is set as moderator option. 

I have the latest upgrade and I am logged in as an admin - not seeing anything on the Forum view.

The "Can Manage Sidebar" is set as a moderator option.

Open a support ticket so someone can check it out on your site. 

Thanks for all the help.

I managed to get the sidebar back through using Support in the AdminCP.  A new theme called IPS Support was created by the troubleshooter and this has allowed me to add the sidebar and add the blocks I wanted.  I can use this theme when I need to by switching it on in my profile.