Can I put the Genesis Featured Posts Widget in a page using shortcode or php?

[notfarnow]

I'm trying to put the Genesis Featured Posts Widget OR Nick the Geek's Amplified version in a page using shortcode or php?
Basically I'm using a tab setup (zozo tabs) and I want one of the tabs to show the top 5 posts with a featured image thumbnail.

The code for the tabs is:

<div id="tabbed-nav" data-role="z-tabs" data-options="{"theme": "silver", "animation": {"duration": 800, "effects": "slideH"}}">

• Recent Posts *
• Specs
• Price
• Release Date

<div>
<div>Genesis Featured Posts Here *</div>
<div>Specs</div>
<div>Price</div>
<div>Release Date</div>
</div>
</div>

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[nutsandbolts]

I have a tutorial for adding a widget area to a page - you could probably put the entire code for all the tabs in it: http://www.nutsandboltsmedia.com/how-to-add-a-widget-area-to-a-page-using-genesis/

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Andrea Whitmer, Owner/Developer, Nuts and Bolts Media
I provide development and training services for designers • Find me on Twitter and Google+

[nutsandbolts]

Oh, and you probably need this in your functions.php to allow shortcodes and PHP in widgets:

// Enable shortcodes in widgets
add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode');

// Enable PHP in widgets
add_filter('widget_text','execute_php',100);
function execute_php($html){
     if(strpos($html,"<"."?php")!==false){
          ob_start();
          eval("?".">".$html);
          $html=ob_get_contents();
          ob_end_clean();
     }
     return $html;
}

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Andrea Whitmer, Owner/Developer, Nuts and Bolts Media
I provide development and training services for designers • Find me on Twitter and Google+

[notfarnow]

Dynamite support thank you I'm working on it now. Is the the manual process of doing it with Genesis Simple Sidebars?

[notfarnow]

Ok I followed your great tutorial and got the widget area dialed in but I'm stuck on what to place inside the tab code.

So if each tab has a separate div for its content:
<div>
<div>Genesis Featured Posts Here *</div>
<div>Specs</div>
<div>Price</div>
<div>Release Date</div>

What do I put in the div for it to show the Genesis Featured Posts Widget?

For example:
<div>
<div>[Genesis Featured Posts shortcode Here]</div>

or
<div>
<div><php Genesis Featured Posts PHP Here></div>

Thanks!

[nutsandbolts]

Ah, I see what you're saying. This tutorial might help: http://petercoughlin.com/tweaking-the-genesis-featured-posts-widget/

Personally, I think it would be easier to put in the posts yourself with column classes versus using the Featured Posts widget - that way you can control things more easily. So you could do something like this:

<div class="one-fifth first">
<center><a href="LINK-TO-POST"><img src="LINK-TO-THUMBNAIL"></a><br /><br />
<a href="LINK-TO-POST"><h4>Title of Post</h4></a></center></div>

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Andrea Whitmer, Owner/Developer, Nuts and Bolts Media
I provide development and training services for designers • Find me on Twitter and Google+

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