Can't get custom home template to work

[thoughtwell]

I have built a home.php file using the code below. For some reason, it doesn't seem like the action hook is working for genesis_after_header()... all the other widget areas are working for the 'mrqee' container. I'm stumped. You can see this on my homepage at summithmeinc.com

If anyone w/ some php chops can take a look at this and let me know why, it would be greatly appreciated. The page isn't broken, but the hook isn't outputting. I did use a conditional " if(is_home() || is(front_page)); " in the simple hooks plugin for the related action and that seemed to work, but it output it on not only my home page but also my blog/news page (pages I have set in the reading menu under my WP settings.)

I feel like I've looked over this a hundred times and I can't see what I am doing wrong. Any input is appreciated. Thanks!

<?php
/*
Template Name: Home
*/

get_header();

function smt_homeslide_cta_combo(){
	?>
	<div class="slideshow-wrapitup">
			<div class="wrap">
	            <div class="flexslider">
					<ul class="slides">
					<?php

					$loop = new WP_Query(array('post_type' => 'smt_hm_slide', 'posts_per_page' => -1, 'orderby'=> 'ASC')); 

						while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?>

						<li>
							<div class="slide">
								<?php $url = get_post_meta($post->ID, "url", true);
								if($url!='') { 
									echo '<a href="'.$url.'">';
									echo the_post_thumbnail('full');
									echo '</a>';
								} else {
									echo the_post_thumbnail('full');
								} ?>
								<div class="caption">
									<h5><?php the_title(); ?></h5>	
									<?php the_content();?>
								</div>
							</div>
						</li>

						<?php endwhile; ?>
						
						<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>

					</ul>
	            </div><!-- end flexslider -->
			</div><!-- end wrap -->
		</div><!-- end slideshow-wrapitup -->

		<?php 

		genesis_widget_area( 'cta-1', array(
					'before' => '<div class="ctawrap"><div class="wrap"><div id="cta1">',
					'after' => '</div></div></div>',
				) );
}

add_action('genesis_after_header' , 'smt_homeslide_cta_combo');

?>

<div id="mrqee-area">
	<div class="wrap">
<?php
genesis_widget_area( 'marquee1', array(
			'before' => '<div class="marquee1 widget-area">',
			'after' => '</div>',
		) );

genesis_widget_area( 'marquee2', array(
			'before' => '<div class="marquee2 widget-area">',
			'after' => '</div>',
		) );

genesis_widget_area( 'marquee3', array(
			'before' => '<div class="marquee3 widget-area">',
			'after' => '</div>',
		) );
?>
</div><!-- end wrap -->
</div><!-- end mrqee-area -->
<?php

//* genesis();
get_footer();

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[thoughtwell]

I suspect it may have something to do w/ the way I have the site's settings to display the home page. In the settings, I have the front page set to a page titled, 'home' in my pages. I then used a template file simply labeled 'home.php' but looking back, I probably should have named the file 'page-home.php' or 'front-page.php' and it would probably work as I originally intended.

Ultimately, I just used a conditional in the genesis simple hooks plugin under the genesis_after_header Hook for to get this to work by inserting:

<?php
if( is_front_page() ) { ?>	
<div class="slideshow-wrapitup">
			<div class="wrap">
	            <div class="flexslider">
					<ul class="slides">
					<?php

					$loop = new WP_Query(array('post_type' => 'smt_hm_slide', 'posts_per_page' => -1, 'orderby'=> 'ASC')); 

						while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?>

						<li>
							<div class="slide">
								<?php
								$url = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'url', true);
								if( ! empty($url)) { ?>
									<a href="<?php echo $url ?>">
									<?php
									the_post_thumbnail('full');
									?>
									</a>
									<?php
								} else {
									echo the_post_thumbnail('full');
								} ?>
								<div class="caption"><?php
								if( ! empty($url)) {
									?>
									<a href="<?php echo $url ?>"><h5><?php the_title(); ?></h5></a>
									<?php
								} else { ?>
									<h5><?php the_title(); ?></h5><?php
								}
									the_content();?>
								</div>
							</div>
						</li>

						<?php endwhile; 
						
						wp_reset_query(); ?>

					</ul>
	            </div><!-- end flexslider -->
			</div><!-- end wrap -->
		</div><!-- end slideshow-wrapitup -->

		<?php 

		genesis_widget_area( 'cta-1', array(
					'before' => '<div class="ctawrap"><div class="wrap"><div id="cta1">',
					'after' => '</div></div></div>',
				) );
}

?>

... and then the rest of my 'home.php' template file kicks in. The 'home' page in my pages is just left blank. Probably a more efficient way to do this would be to combine everything into one file, renamed 'front-page.php' but at this point, I've moved on... so I will mark as resolved.

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