The setup for the admin is the page layout, lets examine.
This is the framework for the page. It sets up the menu bar and the main content. I just added a container on the main content so it wont go wider than a bootstrap container.
<div class="page">
<div class="page-sidebar">
... sidebar
</div>
<div class="page-body">
<div class="page-main-bg container">
... content
</div>
</div>
</div>
An example for a sidebar, it has a couple of examples, a media object i juse for my user image. A default sidebar link and an open and closed sidebar menu.
<div class="sidebar navbar-toggleable-md navbar-inverse">
<a href="#" class="navbar-toggler navbar-toggler-right my-2 py-2" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#main-menu">
☰
</a>
<div class="text-lg-center py-3 px-3">
<a class="site-title" href="/fluent-bootstrap/">
... site title
</a>
</div>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="main-menu">
<div class="col-12 px-0">
<a class="sidebar-user" href="#profile">
<div class="media">
... media object
</div>
</a>
<ul id="menu" class="sidebar-menu">
<li class="active">
<a class="sidebar-link" href="#">... sidebar link</a>
</li>
<li class="sidebar-sub">
<a class="sidebar-link collapsed" href="#sub-menu-1" data-toggle="collapse">... toggable submenu</a>
<ul class="sidebar-sub collapse" id="sub-menu-1">
<li class="active">
<a class="sidebar-link" href="#">... sidebar link</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="sidebar-sub active">
<a class="sidebar-link" href="#sub-menu-1" data-toggle="collapse">... active toggable submenu</a>
<ul class="sidebar-sub collapse in" id="sub-menu-1">
<li class="active">
<a class="sidebar-link" href="#">... sidebar link</a>
</li>
... and so on
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>