Okay, so from what I gathered from that post was that Studiopress pulls off the CMS/Magazine style front page through a Category page? Not the actual index.php? I’ve tried what you’ve suggested before, but it basically inserts a copy of index.php (with Featured Content Gallery and other plugins) on the blog page I’ve setup. But I think I see how you’re doing it and will give it a shot on my from scratch theme.
Thanks!