Using a static home and removing redundant nav

[RainCity]

Hi,

We're currently using the enhanced layout, but we have removed the featured properties and posts from the code. Rather than hard code the desired content into 'enhanced.php' is there a work around?

We setup a category to display the homepage post, except it displays an excerpt and we would rather have more of a traditional layout. Would we need to create a new template just for home page posts?

We also tried creating a 'home' page and selecting a static layout, but that creates 2 versions of 'Home' in the navbar and applies the normal page styling to our newly create home page.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated!

Cheers,
RC