Re: Modifying the home...
Maybe you can just use a wiki page. The menu will be in the left column, as in your table. You can make a customized menu instead of the default Tiki menu, and have only the links you need. Make the wiki section the "home" section of your site, and use modules and plugins in the wiki page to add news articles and other information. Does this help?
-- Gary
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}