Add Widget Area to Home Page Only – Code Needed

[TonySan1]

Hi to you all, I hope you are all doing well. I would like to know if someone could supply the correct code I would need to insert into my Genisis home page .php to call my registerd widget to the home page only.  I know how to register the new wigdet in the functions .php but I am stuck with what code I should use and exactly where to insert it in my home page .php.  Also the basic css. for a 600x400 widget area. Any help would be really appreciated. 🙂

Thnk you

TonySan1

[Brad Dalton]

Try this: http://www.briangardner.com/home-widget-area-eleven40/

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[TonySan1]

Thank you for the information. I tried to use the code in the article and substituted some of the code with what I thought was needed. Unfortunately I got a Syntax error message. So I gusse I did something wrong. Could you give me an example of what the code would look like?  I would like the widgetized area to be 600 x 400 pix above the posts excerpts and below the nav bar. Here is the site URLhttp://internetbusinessmastery.info

By the way Here is the code that i used . See anything wrong?

/** Add the home above content slideshow */ add_action( 'genesis_before_loop', 'lifestyle' ); function lifestyle() {

/** Do nothing on page 2 or greater */     if ( get_query_var( 'paged' ) >= 2 )         return;

genesis_widget_area( 'home-above-content-slideshow', array(     'before' => '<div class="home-above-content-slideshow-widget-area">',     ) );

[TonySan1]

Hi Guys I am still searching and looking for an answer to my question, so far I have been hitting brick walls. Maybe if I show you the code that I used to register my widget in the "functions .php" you can help me with the code to put in my Genisis "home page .php" so here it is:

genesis_register_sidebar( array(
'id'   => 'home-above-content-slideshow',
'name'   => __( 'Home Above Content Slideshow', 'lifestyle' ),
'description' => __( 'This is the sidebar above the content.', 'lifestyle' ),
) );

Can anyone show me what code I need now to put in my home page .php to call my widget to the page?  I tried this but it did.'t work:

/** Add the home above content slideshow */ add_action( ‘genesis_before_loop’, ‘lifestyle’ ); function lifestyle() {

/** Do nothing on page 2 or greater */     if ( get_query_var( ‘paged’ ) >= 2 )         return;

genesis_widget_area( ‘home-above-content-slideshow’, array(     ‘before’ => ‘<div class=”home-above-content-slideshow-widget-area”>’,     ) );

[Brad Dalton]

Try this: http://pastebin.com/u/braddalton

You can change the location to display the widget area content on the home page by changing the genesis hook

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