[chrishajer]

WordPress sidebar code will not work straight away.

You can find themes that use sidebars here and maybe find something you can copy from:

http://bbshowcase.org/forums/view/available-themes

Or, you can find professional help with programming for bbPress here:

http://bbshowcase.org/forums/topic/bbpress-professionals-advertise-in-this-topic

Or, anyone familiar with modifying WordPress should be able to help as well since they’re very similar.