now the featured products don't show on the main page. They do when i set Categories - Always Show on Main Page 1 to "no" If i switch it to Categories - Always Show on Main Page 1 yes, the home page text shows but no featured products. I guess thats a corrupt/missing file maybe? but what files should i check now?

Actually if i set Categories - Always Show on Main Page 1 to"no" i get the text but the footer and rh colunm are gone!