How can I add a Widget just to my Blog Page?

[Philbeaux]

I just created a Footer Header Widget. How can I set it so it only appears on my Blog Page?

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[Susan]

This guide should help: https://www.nutsandboltsmedia.com/how-to-add-a-widget-area-to-a-page-using-genesis/

[Philbeaux]

The only problem with that guide is it doesn't cover adding a widget to my Homepage, which is what I'm trying to do.

The code I originally used is

//Extra Widget Area
function genesischild_footerwidgetheader() {
	genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id' => 'footerwidgetheader',
	'name' => __( 'Footer Widget Header', 'genesis' ),
	'description' => __( 'This is for the Footer Widget Headline', 'genesis' ),
	) );

}

add_action ('widgets_init','genesischild_footerwidgetheader');

//Position Widget Header
function genesischild_footerwidgetheader_position ()  {
        echo '<div class="footerwidgetheader-container"><div class="wrap">';
	genesis_widget_area ('footerwidgetheader');
	echo '</div></div>';

}

add_action ('genesis_before_footer','genesischild_footerwidgetheader_position', 5 );

The above code worked just fine, but it put the Footer Header everything.
How can it be edited to put the widget on just my Home Page? What would the ID of my Home Page?

[Susan]

I apologize for the confusion - in your first post, you requested it be added to your blog page; now you're requesting home page? Is your home page using front-page.php (or do you have a static home page?

[Philbeaux]

Maybe I'm not clarifying them correctly. I'm still pretty new to WordPress.

My Home Page is a page of my latest posts and that is what I want to add the widget to.

[Susan]

No problem. Do you have a front-page.php file? Is so, create a widget, and then hook it into the front-page.php file: http://my.studiopress.com/tutorials/register-widget-area/

[Philbeaux]

Susan, sorry just now getting back to this.

No, I do not see a front-page.php. I am using the Genesis-Sample theme

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