Home Page

is it possible with zen cart to have my home page display no products, but instead just be a page filled with content and just a link to the store? if so, can someone point me in the right direction to do this?

Make a copy for your template of tpl_main_page.php
Open and read all the commented entries
You can enable ones that will drop columns and make it for "this is home page"

I want to put a link to an online store in the header along with other links that go to 'non store' pages (contact us, general information, about, etc)...should i use ez pages or customize tpl_main_page to do this?

would it be better to just make a custom home page and have a link to the store in it?

other links that go to 'non store' pages (contact us, general information, about, etc
These pages are part of ZenCart
There are 3rd party modules for navigation in the header available in the free software downloads section