Here's a plugin tutorial about creating you own landing page: http://learn.elgg.org/en/1.9/tutorials/indexpage.html

@S.R.Music Project 1, 2, 3

Hi , will this work on the latest version 1.9?

Thanks

Widgets on that page? You are referring to the Dashboard right? You can drag them whenever you want.

You can manage widgets with the "Widget Manager" plugin.