Adding New Widget Areas to Metric

[wp guy]

First, let me say that this place has been invaluable to me - the free advice is insane. I try to give back where I can but I can do more with CSS than PHP. I know...I know...there are tutorials on how to register widget areas and style them but I'm looking for a tad bit more hand holding.

Using Metric, I need 4 widget areas (in a row) below Home Top Right and Left. Basically, I need to add 1 widget area there. Then below those 4 widget areas I need one more widget area that will be full site width.

Hand holding greatly appreciated.

[Brad Dalton]

Find a child theme does already uses this layout and copy the PHP into your home.php file. You'll also need to modify the CSS for the classes generated by that code based on your themes width.

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Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

[wp guy]

I looked through StudioPress but couldn't find any theme with 4 content areas in a row.

[Brad Dalton]

You could use content column classes as another option. http://www.billerickson.net/using-column-classes/

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Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

[wp guy]

Great idea! However, that solves my issue for the 4 widget areas but I still just need to add one widget area in Metric below the three content areas. If I can get that accomplished I'll be set.

[Brad Dalton]

Which hook location? Which conditional tag? Home page only?

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Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

[Brad Dalton]

You can use any of these code snippets and modify them http://designsbynickthegeek.com/tutorials/add-widgeted-sidebar

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Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

[wp guy]

The location on Metric would be a new content area below Home Middle 1, 2 and 3 and above the footer. And yes, only on the home page.

[Brad Dalton]

Using this map, what hook location? http://genesistutorials.com/visual-hook-guide/

How to Add a Widgeted Area (a.k.a. Sidebar)

Use the code from this snippet
After Post Subscribe Box

add_action( 'genesis_after_post_content', 'child_after_post_box' );
/** Loads a new sidebar after the post on single pages*/
function child_after_post_box() {     if( is_home() ) {        
echo '<div class="after-post-box">';            
dynamic_sidebar( 'after-post-box' );        
echo '</div>';    
}}

Change the hook if needed.

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[wp guy]

Ok, I installed the visual hook plugin...wow - fantastic tool. For Metric, I want the new content area to be below the three content areas: Home Middle 1, 2, 3 and before the footer. Based on the visual guide I guess it would go genesis_before_footer?

[Brad Dalton]

Ok. Simply change the hook in the above code snippet and also register a widget. Grab the code using the link above to Nicks site.

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Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

[wp guy]

Thank you!

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