How to code in a static home page on a newly purchased commercial forum theme on wordpress?? ADVANCE

My commercial theme 'forumengine' has a predefined homepage as 'threads index'; of which, displays all the recent posts in the forum.

While that is fine, I want to add additional plugins to the home page (such as a image gallery) but for some reason any modifications to this 'threads index' page do not work. I can't insert text, any plugin, etc.

So I figured I would just change the home page to a different page (because I am able to add plug ins on any other page that is not 'threads index.' To do so I went to options > reading > change front page to x. Whenever I try to change the front page away from 'threads index' it just automatically reverts back to 'threads index'. I can't seem to do anything about it.

The theme creators won't help me but that I can do it myself. I just have no idea where to begin. Help!!

 

Do you have a link to the theme creators website? Also, do you have any links to documentation for the theme?

 

Also, does the theme say what version of Wordpress it's supported to? If so, are you using a newer version than what is supported?

 

That's a weird name for the index, but what do you mean when you say you can't modify it? Does anything load? Are there any error messages?

I recommend opening these files in a text-editor and not using the WP interface. And make sure you're dealing with the right files. There is nothing you can't add.