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@Altermann

I’m currently working on a theme package with widgetized front page;
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/new-theme-sneak-preview/

Here’s a good tutorial on how to widgetize any page:
http://wpmu.org/how-to-widgetize-a-page-post-header-or-any-other-template-in-wordpress/

Hope this helps!