Thanks Margowsky. The button problem is now solved!!
The problem with the landing page is this, the page is not listed when I select view all pages. If I select to make the landing page a static page it takes away the awesomeness that is the landing page. It forces me to choose one of the pages I have made which is just data and a small header.
The landing page does have options in the same manner as the rest of the pages on the site, those options are only controlled by the customize my site page., I will link a pic so that maybe I can explain my self more effectively.
All of the options on the post tab have been unselected. .
Ultimately I have taken the discussion area out of the of pages I have created. But I have stared at the source code and cannot figure out where it is pulling the source code from.
3if navigating to the site where the text below the pictures states, “Nothing Found” – that is where the posts would be if there were any.