Static block on home page in Magento
In any layout file used by your theme add the following.
<cms_index_index> <reference name="content"> <block type="cms/block" name="home-page-block"> <action method="setBlockId"><block_id>home-page-block</block_id></action> </block> </reference></cms_index_index>cms_index_index is specific to the home page.