How to override the side-menu in bootstrap - Yii - php

Question

I've configure blackboot (i.e. bootstrap) on yii and I've been using it for the past couple of weeks to develop my website. However, at this point I'm running into a slight problem. Generally, the pages that are generated have a top menu, a side menu (on the left side that says something like "Create XXXX" "Manage XXXXX"_ and the content displayed in the center. I'd like to be able to delete the current menu and instead use that space to display my own form/field. The current code in the index view is
<?php
/* #var $this RecipientController */
/* #var $dataProvider CActiveDataProvider */
$this->breadcrumbs=array(
'Recipients',
);
$this->menu=array(
array('label'=>'List Recipient', 'url'=>array('index')),
array('label'=>'Create Recipient', 'url'=>Yii::app()->createUrl('recipient/create', array('id'=>$id))),
);
?>
<h1> Recipients </h1>
<div class="row">
<div class="span8 offset6">
<a class="btn btn-primary" href=
"<?php echo Yii::app()->createUrl('recipient/processpayment', array('id'=>$id)); ?>"> Pay All </a>
<a class="btn btn-inverse" href="<?php echo Yii::app()->createUrl('recipient/create', array('id'=>$id)); ?>" >Add User</a>
<div class ="span4">
</div>
</div>
</div>
<?php $this->widget('zii.widgets.grid.CGridView', array(
'id'=>'recipient-grid',
'dataProvider'=>$dataProvider,
'filter'=>$model,
'columns'=>array(
'name',
'position',
'msisdn',
'balance',
/*
* this is to implement the checklist
array(
'id'=>'autoId',
'class'=>'CCheckBoxColumn',
'selectableRows' => '50',
),
*/
),
)); ?>
<?
/*
php $this->widget('zii.widgets.CListView', array(
'dataProvider'=>$dataProvider,
'itemView'=>'_view',
));
*/
?>
In which $this->menu() defines the area that I would like to be using. In its place I would like to put this html.
<div class="row">
<div class="span3">
<table class="table table-bordered">
<form action="<?php echo Yii::app()->createUrl('recipient/processpayment', array('id'=>$id)) ?>" method="post" >
<tr class="primary"><td> List Summary</td></tr>
<tr ><td>
<?php echo $numpeople; ?> Recipients
</td></tr>
<tr ><td>
Total Due: <?php echo $totaldue ?> rwf
</td></tr>
<tr> <td>
<?php
$accounts= CHtml::listData(Account::model()->findAll(array("condition"=>"user_id = $user_id")),'id', 'name');
echo CHtml::dropDownList("listF",'id', $accounts);
?>
</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>
<button class="btn btn-block btn-primary " type="submit">Pay Now</button> </td> </tr>
</td></tr>
</form>
</table>
</div>
<div class="span9"></div>
</div>
But, whenever I try to place this small box inside of my web page - I am forced to place it inside of the main blank page in the center. How can I override this menu/html so that I can place my own form on the left side of the page?