Thanks for the response, but I still think I must be doing something wrong. If you set the front page as ‘don’t show posts/page’ then there is nothing (or very little) under the ‘Featured Pages’. However, with a static page, even one left blank, this leaves a lot of white space and the left sidebar is still appearing. Is there a way so the front page appears in much the same way it would if you selected ‘don’t show…’ while also having a separate posts page?
Thanks!