Hi zorro_lee,
The left sidebar is a module position. You can put some module here.
And as in demo. You have to create a menu, then create a menu module and place to ‘sidebar’ position.
Please take a look on quickstart package. I will provide the step by step to create SOCIAL FEED module is below.
1. Create a new Menu named ‘Social Feed’
2. For each subcategories in the parent category, create a menu item and point to it. Remember, the new menu item should have the parent is ‘Social Feed’ Menu
3. Create a Menu type module by go to Module Manager
4. Select Social Feed Menu in new module
5. Select ‘sidebar’ position as module position.
Save clear cache and try again.
Hope it helps.
Regards
PS. Please provide your link and access information so I can take a look.