I’d like to add drop downs to the tabs for ‘pages’ is there any simple way to do this? When a user clicks on one of the dropdown options, I’d like it to display just as page would.

Menu is drop down. When you create a page, select Page Attributes – Parent.

Doh! Thanks!

Is there a way to disable commenting on the home page?

Settings -> Discussion -> “Allow people to post comments on new articles”