Make sure you created the needed page into this section:
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CMS > Pages |
Then, the main part, the section where you can set a page as the homepage is located into:
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System > Configuration > Web [left menu] > Default Pages [section] > CMS Home Page |
Don't forget, if you have a multi store check the values for the appropriate configuration scope (store) [top left menu]