Customizing simplepress forum home page width/sidebar etc

[crazy3rdgen]

Theme – Twenty Eleven

Child Theme – Yes has been created

Website URL – http://www.TheRacersLounge.Com

Objectives

-Moving the forum to the left and making it a little bigger width wise, I’d like to go with a fixed pixel width for the whole page

-Side bar on the right of the forum with the ability to post content for isntance advertising, up to date news with links.

-Custom header I’ll design across the whole page with the links to other pages built into the header (im not very sure how to do this)

-Custom footer

This is kind of what im looking for

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d196/crazy3rdgen/layout-1.jpg

I’m new to css & php, I’m trying to learn, I find the code I need but understanding it has been my downfall.. it hasn’t clicked yet, need some direction, someone willing to help I really appreciate it.

[duplicate: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-a-forum-page-with-twenty-eleven?replies=12 – please continue with your original topic and add more information there if neccessary – closed]