Jessica,
I had the same problem with my Mantra…I’m new to WordPress, but have quite a bit of web building experience with Adobe GoLive (no help there though).
The Slider issue was driving me nuts. I checked folder paths, folder names, image size, file size, then I checked the “Source Code”….I could see the problem…the ‘href’ next the the source reference ‘src’ for the Sliders was MISSING for all of my Slider images. I knew What the problem was, but couldn’t get the problem solved.
I accidentally came across your question about the slider problem, and was delighted that you had the amazing insight to solve the problem. Simply and Easily. Wow.
I too thought that if I wanted the Home/Presentation Page “Static”…I must set the “Setting/Home Page” to static….Silly me.
Bless you and the ground that you walk on for solving this problem.
I can’t tell you how grateful I am to you Jessica….your solution worked GREAT.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart….rmarks-CA
