Hook Code Not Working

[kolbigray]

Hey there! I tried to add a hook on my page. Once I added the hook, I went to my widgets area to place some things in the hook. When I went to see if the widget showed up, it didn't. I moved the widget to multiple hook areas and still nothing showed up. Am I missing something in my code? Or is this a website problem?

Here is the code I used.

genesis_register_sidebar( array(
'id' => 'featured-posts',
'name' => __( 'Featured Post Slider', 'genesis' ),
'description' => __( 'This is where the slider for the featured posts goes', 'childtheme' ),
) );

add_action( 'genesis_before_content', 'add_genesis_widget_area' );
function add_genesis_widget_area() {
                genesis_widget_area( 'custom-widget', array(
		'before' => '<div class="custom-widget widget-area">',
		'after'  => '</div>',
    ) );

}

This widget was supposed to go show up in the genesis_before_entry but that didn't work so I tried a few more areas and the "genesis_before_content" was the last area I tried. No luck.

Basically what was going in this widget was a slider and a title for the slider.

I appreciate any and all help in advance!

http://http//www.kolbigray.com

[Tonya]

Hi,

In the hook genesis_widget_area, the first arg needs to be the widget's ID from when you registered it, i.e. 'featured-posts'.

Cheers,
Tonya

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[Brad Dalton]

@kolbigray Is this where the code comes from? http://wpsites.net/web-design/widget-genesis/

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[kolbigray]

@Braddalton - Yep! That's where the code came from. You explained it way better than I saw it explained in the Studiopress member area. I guess I was missing a minor thing.

@Tonya! Thanks so much! I'm going to try this code right now! I'll let you know how it goes!

[kolbigray]

@Tanya That worked! Thanks so much! You all have been so helpful!

[Tonya]

You're very welcome. 🙂

Enjoy your day

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