Blocks

You can get rid of blocks in

Administer -> structure -> Blocks

If you get rid of the login block, you can login using

http://edgarbv.com/testing/user

Create a Custom Region

(1) On your thems folder open the your_theme_name.info file and add a new region like this shown below;

regions[featured_slider] = Featured Slider

and save the .info file.

(2) Open your themes page.tpl.php file and add these code where you want your slide to be displayed as shown below;

  <?php if ($page['featured_slider']): ?>
    <div id="featured-slider">
      <?php print render($page['featured_slider']); ?>
    </div> <!-- End Featured Slider-->
  <?php endif; ?>

You can even create custom front page template like page--front.tpl.php so that you do't need to make any changes to the default page.tpl.php template.

Enable & configure the Block

Now this block will be visible in the blocks disabled area, so from the Dashboard menu go to Structure>Block and enable the block to a themes default region or the custom region we created (featured_slider). (Regions varies depends on the theme you are using.)

Block Configuration Settings After enabling the block you get a link to configure the block so click on the Configure link and on the settings section set as below;

 (1) Block title (if you don't want block title to be displayed just type <none>)

 (2) Again you get all enabled theme specific Region settings.

On visibility settings

 (3) Pages>Show block on specific page: choose Only the listed pages and type <front> so that this block will be displayed only on the front page.