Joomla Users please advise!

It's because you have not published any modules to those positions in the template.

You can view the module positions by going to template manager and selecting your template, then clicking "preview' button at the top.

This will show you the names and locations of your various module positions.

For example, the menu that is absent is probably because you have not published a menu module in the proper module position.

Most joomla templates have the menu in either "user3" or "menu" or "topmenu" positions.

So here's how to publish a module into the positition so it shows on the frontend:

Go to the module manager and see if there is a menu module anywhere. If not, click the "new" button to create a new module and select the menu module type.

Then open the menu module and select on the right which menu to show.

Select on the left to "publish", don't display the title, and select which module position to display the menu in using the dropdown.

Then click save and you will have published the menu module and it should be showing on the frontend.

Hope this helps!
Jason

p.s. you can PM me if you need further help! jasontheman07@yahoo.com

Many template makers for joomla put extra modules into the templates to fill them out, like a demo etc.

You will have to find out which slideshow module they used, or just use a different one and publish that module to the header position etc.

You are welcome my friend, glad I could help out! Contact me on yahoo mail or messenger if you need any more help! Cheers