On the search results page I really would like the ability to add blocks! I hope IPS adds this ability very soon as it is the only page that doesnt have blocks

There are many area's of this CMS that don't show the sidebars and could easily be turned on, but IPS in their wisdom decide for us which pages will get sidebars and which won't.

If you want sidebars on the search page, you can easily do this by editing a php file:

/applications/core/modules/front/search/search.php

Change line 34:

\IPS\Output::i()->sidebar['enabled'] = FALSE;

To:

\IPS\Output::i()->sidebar['enabled'] = true;