I can't seem to be able to really figure it out! I like that I was able to "remove" the login screen, but thats about all I could figure out how to do. I wanted to make my site like the one in this artlice below:

https://xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1421

I can't figure out how to edit the main page before you login so that I can the "guest" type users can see stuff like "home", "links", "forum", "testimonials", etc. I thought I looked everywhere but obviously I didn't. Thank you very much for your help in advance.

I think that you need to go through this section of the XOOPS Faq reading about groups, permissions and blocks.

Also a beginner publication XOOPS for Dummies has some excellent information for beginners.

HTH.