Sidebar mod?

[precharge]

Is there a mod like this?

http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/index.php?

That will give you the categories on the right or left and either the newest or most popular topics on the home page of rhte forums?

[Princeton]

you can try adding a left/right column (do a search there are a couple of mods that do this.

if that's not what you are looking for try ... vBadvanced