I am sure there are easier methods, but this is what I did. Backup up your templates before any edits. This worked for me, and may not work for everyone.
Anyway, I had the same issue. I only wanted the sidebar displayed on Forumhome and Forumdisplay.
The only options available in the settings were "Index and "All Pages." However, I didn't want a sidebar on Showthread.
Here is how I am displaying the sidebar on Forumdisplay too with only "Index' checked in the Sidebar Column settings.
Open Forumdisplay and paste the following code directly BELOW $navbar.
Code:
<!-- Side Bar Top -->
<br />
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td>
<!-- / Side Bar Top -->
Next, Paste the following code directly ABOVE $footer in Forumdisplay.
Code:
<!-- Side Bar Bottom -->
<td width="10"> </td>
<td width="$vboptions[sc_width]">
$sc_user
$sc_ads
$sc_stats
$sc_latest_threads
$sc_poll
$sc_links
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />
<!-- / Side Bar Bottom -->
Save and check and see if it is fetching the side column templates. If not you will need to manually add each sc template that you want to display.
Open the template sc_user found under Sidebar Column Templates and copy the code inside the template. Replace $sc_user in Forumdisplay with the actual template code. You will need to do this for each template you want to show up on ForumDisplay.
For example.
Code:
<!-- Side Bar Bottom -->
<td width="10"> </td>
<td width="$vboptions[sc_width]">
<!-- sc_user template code here-->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
<tr>
<td class="tcat"><strong>$vbphrase[sc_user]</strong></td>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td style="padding: 10px 0px 10px 0px;" align="center">
$templates_hook[sc_avatar]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<if condition="$show['member']">
<div class="smallfont">
<strong><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]" 2="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$bbuserinfo[userid]">$vbphrase[welcome_x_link_y]</phrase></strong><br />
<phrase 1="$pmbox[lastvisitdate]" 2="$pmbox[lastvisittime]">$vbphrase[last_visited_x_at_y]</phrase>
<if condition="$show['notifications']">
<div><span id="notifications"><a href="usercp.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[your_notifications]:</a> <strong>$notifications_total</strong></span></div>
<if condition="$show['popups']">
<script type="text/javascript"> vBmenu.register("notifications"); </script>
<else />
<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_notifications_nopopups.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
<script type="text/javascript"> vBulletin.register_control("vB_Notifications_NoPopups", "notifications"); </script>
</if>
<else /><if condition="$show['pmstats']">
<div><phrase 1="$vbphrase[unread_x_nav_compiled]" 2="$vbphrase[total_x_nav_compiled]" 3="$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[private_messages_nav]</phrase></div>
</if></if>
<if condition="$show['pmwarning']"><div><strong><phrase 1="$vbphrase[pmpercent_nav_compiled]">$vbphrase[your_pm_box_is_x_full]</phrase></strong></div></if>
</div>
<else />
<!-- login form -->
<form action="login.php?do=login" method="post" onsubmit="md5hash(vb_login_password, vb_login_md5password, vb_login_md5password_utf, $show[nopasswordempty])">
<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_md5.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="smallfont" style="white-space: nowrap;"><label for="navbar_username">$vbphrase[username]</label></td>
<td><input type="text" class="bginput" style="font-size: 11px" name="vb_login_username" id="navbar_username" size="10" accesskey="u" tabindex="101" value="$vbphrase[username]" onfocus="if (this.value == '$vbphrase[username]') this.value = '';" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="smallfont"><label for="navbar_password">$vbphrase[password]</label></td>
<td><input type="password" class="bginput" style="font-size: 11px" name="vb_login_password" id="navbar_password" size="10" tabindex="102" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="smallfont" nowrap="nowrap"><label for="cb_cookieuser_navbar"><input type="checkbox" name="cookieuser" value="1" tabindex="103" id="cb_cookieuser_navbar" accesskey="c" />$vbphrase[remember_me]</label></td>
<td><input type="submit" class="button" value="$vbphrase[log_in]" tabindex="104" title="$vbphrase[enter_username_to_login_or_register]" accesskey="s" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" />
<input type="hidden" name="do" value="login" />
<input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password" />
<input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password_utf" />
</form>
<!-- / login form -->
</if>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br />
<!-- / sc_user template code here-->
<!-- sc_ads template code here-->
<!-- sc_ads template code here-->
$sc_stats
$sc_latest_threads
$sc_poll
$sc_links
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />
<!-- / Side Bar Bottom -->
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