Education Pro new widget area

[Tim Squires]

Hi,
I have created a new widget area in the Education Pro theme.

The nearest hook to where I need it to be seems to be 'after-header'

But I need it to appear on the front page between the home top widget area and the home middle widget area.

I have placed a calendar in the widget area that I have created so you can see it easily.

The code that I placed in functions.php is this:

//* Register after header widget area
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
'id' => 'after-header',
'name' => __( 'After Header', 'education' ),
'description' => __( 'This is the after header widget area.', 'education' ),
) );

//* Hook after header widget area before content
add_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'bg_after_header_widget_area' );
function bg_after_header_widget_area() {
genesis_widget_area( 'after-header', array(
'before' => '<div class="after-header widget-area"><div class="wrap">',
'after' => '</div></div>',
) );
} 

Does anyone know how to make my new widget area display between home top and home middle? Is there a hook that I have missed?

Many thanks,
Tim

My site is here;
http://www.timsquires.com.au/sandbox/

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[Carlo]

Hi Tim. Remove the hook from your theme functions and move the call to genesis_widget_area into the template front-page.php, between the calls to genesis_widget_area for 'home-top and 'home-middle' (I think it's line 63?)

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[Tim Squires]

Hi Carlo,
Thanks for your reply.

I've found the correct place to place the code in frontpage.php, but I must be pasting the wrong code as it isn't working.

Do I remove the whole block of code from functions.php, or just a section of it? (sorry, I'm not sure of the difference between the 'hook' and the 'call')

I've tried a few combinations, but no luck.

Many thanks for your help!
Tim

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[Tim Squires]

Hi again Carlo,
Thanks for your help — I've figured it out now and it works perfectly.

For anyone following, in my functions.php I have this;

//* Register after header widget area
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
'id' => 'after-header',
'name' => __( 'After Header', 'education' ),
'description' => __( 'This is the after header widget area.', 'education' ),
) );

...and in my front-page.php I have this:

function education_home_top_widgets() {

	genesis_widget_area( 'home-featured', array(
		'before' => '<div class="home-featured widget-area">',
		'after'  => '</div>',
	) );
	
	genesis_widget_area( 'home-top', array(
		'before' => '<div class="home-top widget-area"><div class="wrap">',
		'after'  => '</div></div>',
	) );
	
	genesis_widget_area( 'after-header', array(
        'before' => '<div class="after-header widget-area"><div class="wrap">',
        'after' => '</div></div>',
    ) );
	
	genesis_widget_area( 'home-middle', array(
		'before' => '<div class="home-middle widget-area"><div class="wrap">',
		'after'  => '</div></div>',
	) );

}

Thanks again, Carlo
Tim

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[Tim Squires]

PS: Just noticed that my indents are a bit sloppy, and I will change the name of the widget to better reflect where it appears on the page. But at least it's working 🙂
Tim

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