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I'm using AMS as my frontpage module. Why? So my visitors can see the news, I have no idea what spotlight is, what it does, but I do know you can't put that as your frontpage.
Btw, I'm talking about the frontpage module which you set in site preferences. I know you can put any module on it though.
Another btw, how did you setup for your AMS module page (.../module/AMS)to display a list of topics and their latest articles and not the ones you published on homepage?