I am wanting to create a faq page to help new users understand how to use the forum but cannot figure out how to do it.  I tried to use the download page in the announcements>>tips>>download page discussion but it is a 404 error page.  I could just create a new discussion and pin it but I thought a page in the sidebar would be better.  Any ideas?

The quickest solution is to create a discussion and add the link to it in your navigation menu sidebar.
Or wait Flatboard Pro, which will have the plugin "Page" that allows you to create as many manageable pages as you want, but for the moment I still
work on it.