That sounds pretty interesting, can you give me a small example of what blocks you use?

Thanks, much appreciated terrion.
I have the homepage almost sorted but am still a little confused on some things that are probably quite simple. Still trying to figure out how to make the width of my shoutbox the same width as my forum. Also trying to figure out how someone adds comments?

One more thing on the homepage, is there a particular mod or block that would be good for the homepage. when I set the homepage to headlines it gave me Xoops, I kind of like the way its laid out but need something I can edit myself when ever needed.

Thanks for the speedy replies guys. I am not completely new to this type of thing just to Xoops. It seems to be pretty straight forward, kind of reminds me of Post Nuke in a way.
I was looking for a shoutbox for XOOPS and was only able to find 1. I have it installed and running but really dont like its demensions. I want it to be top center across my forums page. I can get it top center but the height of it is to big for my taste. I can see how to edit the iframe but that doesnt do anything for the entire block itself, just the content area. Is there a way to size this to my likeing? I want it to be as wide as the forums are.
Sorry, one other question, I cant seem to find how to add new users, is that possible or must they register on there own?
Im trying to transfer a lot of users over from another site of mine manually.

I know this is going to be a stupid question, however I have been in the admin menu for an hour now and just do not see how to edit the content of the homepage. I have all the links to my left and the rest is just a white page with the XOOPS logo in the top left and there banner at top center. What am I overlooking here?