Let's first take a closer look at the elements of the default Joomla example site home page. This will give you a good overview of the different modules that Joomla features out of the box.
In the preceding screenshot, you see what the home page looks like after you've installed Joomla with the Learn Joomla sample data. As you can see, the example is focused on presenting quite a lot of information, the home page pulling the reader towards the content through intro texts and several menus. There's one main image, the header image that stays unchanged on all pages.
The previous screenshot of the home page shows the following elements:
(1) Search box: The search results are shown in the main content area
(2) Top menu: A menu at the top of the page
(3) Header image: Displays a selected image on one or more pages
(4) Mainbody of the home page: Contains introductory texts of selected articles
(5) Breadcrumbs: Shows the pathway to the current page...