how to change home page

how do I make the home page look like the other pages... no slide show, no message.. etc.
when I deactivate the slide show and the message modules it all just goes up into the menu.
I have tried just redoing the menu but I don't see any styling settings?? to switch the view on home

Open index.php of template and locate following:

<body<?php if ($menu->getActive() == $menu->getDefault()) { echo ' class="sparky_home"'; }else{ echo ' class="sparky_inner"'; } ?>>

replace sparky_home with sparky_inner:

<body<?php if ($menu->getActive() == $menu->getDefault()) { echo ' class="sparky_inner"'; }else{ echo ' class="sparky_inner"'; } ?>>