quoted:<<<Create or Update a Frontpage Blog Layout Override
You can create a layout override to affect the way your Frontpage Blog content renders. In your Joomla! site, go to \templates\{your template}\html\com_content\frontpage. If that directory does not exist, create the necessary directories.
If no files exist in that directory, you should copy the Joomla! Core files as a starting point. Take the files that end with ".php" from \components\com_content\views\frontpage\tmpl and copy them into \templates\{your template}\html\com_content\frontpage.
Once the files are there, you can edit the files to create specialized or different HTML and/or styling information. Knowledge of PHP, HTML, and CSS are required for this more advanced technique. Joomla! will automatically see your updated files and use them in place of the default layout included with Joomla!.>>>
But, it is not working. In Joomla 1.5.9, is there a different place or file that can give the front page unique instructions?