First off. Thank you so much for responding. With a little more detail you will be able to replicate the problem.
This issue only occurs in Production.. Does not show up in development with localhost and subdirectory..
If we set mainmenu item 1 to a static page, and com_frontpage is item 2, when you go to
www.domain.com the default page brings your to the 2nd item..
Seems that in production com_frontpage trumps all others when going to the domain root.
I can provide you with a live example if this helps?
Again, I greatly appreciate you responding back to me. Using sh404sef is just killing us and want to switch back to Artio asap..