Hi Rey,

would I be right in thinking that the two modules in question are set up just on the front page (i.e. Latest Articles and the slide show) ?

If so, I think you could put in a MetaMod and rule for each of those modules that causes it to ONLY show on the proper front page, not on any other pages including articles/sections/categories that are not part of the menu selection.

Something like:

if ( $option == "com_content" && $view == "frontpage") return XXX; /* replace XXX with the module id to place on the front page only */

What happens is that sometimes articles that are attached to the front page or to ALL pages also show up for content that doesn't have a menu link. The rule above does a double-check on the front page -- it ensures that it really is the front-page component that they are viewing, before including the module.

Hope that gets you started,
Stephen