Custom Page Template in Genesis

[EZEarache]

Hi All,

I'm brand new to Genesis, but have made quite a few custom child themes based off of Twentytwelve. I'm having some trouble wrapping my head around Hooks. This is a pretty new concept to me.

I'm trying to make a custom page where I can place a slideshow above the entry-header and entry-content. Then below entry-content I want to add three widget areas. It seems simple enough, and I've even read a few tutorials that explain the framework.php, but after eight hours, I still haven't gotten it to work.

I have been able to get the following to work, sort of, but it seems to strip out a lot of the responsiveness functionality. I haven't bothered to try and put the widgets into it just yet since the responsiveness isn't working.

<?php /*
Template Name: Home Page Template
*/ ?>

<?php get_header(); ?>

<?php genesis_before_content_sidebar_wrap(); ?>
<div id="content-sidebar-wrap">

<?php genesis_before_content(); ?>
<div id="content" class="hfeed">

<?php do_action('slideshow_deploy', '20'); ?>
<?php genesis_before_loop(); ?>
<?php genesis_loop(); ?>
<?php genesis_after_loop(); ?>

</div><!-- end #content -->
<?php genesis_after_content(); ?>

</div><!-- end #content-sidebar-wrap -->
<?php genesis_after_content_sidebar_wrap(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Any help or insight that you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

Also, does a URL I enter get indexed by search engines in this forum?

[Brad Dalton]

No need to use that code because the genesis(); function already outputs the default page hooks and markup elements.

I assume you want something like this:

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Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

[EZEarache]

Hi Braddalton,

Thanks soooo much for getting back to me.

More like this, no sidebar with two of the widgets on the bottom stacked on top of each other.

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd110/ortnergr/genesis-page-template.png

Also, do links to URLs get indexed here?

[EZEarache]

Hi,

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction here. I found two of your blog posts extremely helpful in understanding the functions and hooks!

I was able to get widget areas to display on my site following these directions.

http://wpsites.net/web-design/widget-genesis/
http://wpsites.net/web-design/add-widget-area-before-content/
http://genesistutorials.com/visual-hook-guide/

I still would love to know if these links get indexed?

[Brad Dalton]

Sorry which links exactly?

If you're referring to the links within the body of replies on these forums i think the answers is no because they're all no follow links.

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Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

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