[TWTCommish]

You'll want to, I think, open you global.php file and find this (around line 270):

PHP Code:

$header='';
$footer=''; 


Right after it, put this:

PHP Code:

eval("\$leftcolumn = \"".gettemplate('leftcolumn')."\";"); 


Then, create a template called leftcolumn, put whatever you want in it, and use the $leftcolumn variable as you please. I think that ought to work; though I haven't tried it myself. I might be missing something.