Show unique full content on front page How do you do this in Drupal 7?  I would like to place the following items that are unique to the home page:


A views_slideshow
A row of 3 large images
Some normal typed content
3 most recent Articles


I could manage this on a normal page, but I'm not sure how to put it on the home (front) page.
You may be interested in the Panels module.  You can create custom layouts, include views/custom content, and more.

From the project page:


  An Overview of Panels
  The Panels module allows a site administrator to
  create customized layouts for multiple uses. At its core it is a drag
  and drop content manager that lets you visually design a layout and
  place content within that layout. Integration with other systems
  allows you to create nodes that use this, landing pages that use this,
  and even override system pages such as taxonomy and the node page so
  that you can customize the layout of your site with very fine grained
  permissions.