new widget area problem; Outreach pro theme

[Jack]

I have made a new widget area of the outreach pro theme but am having a hard time making it appear on the home page. It is to be displayed between the home-top and home-bottom this is what I have got so far:

in functions.php

genesis_register_sidebar( array(
'id'          => 'home-middle',
'name'        => __( 'Home - Middle', 'outreach' ),
'description' => __( 'This section will appear at above of the home Bottom  widget area.', 'outreach' ),
) );

and in the front page.php

add_action('genesis_home-middle', 'new_home_widget', 1);
function new_home_widget() {

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

}

Any idea’s as to why it wont show?

Any help it greatly appreciated,
Many Thanks,
Jack.

[Marcy]

Hi, Jack,
I just saw that you posted this again. I answered on the OP, but here it is again:

It looks like the part in the functions.php to create a new widget area is OK.

Open the front-page.php and add to the function outreach_home_top_widgets() {, so it looks like this:

function outreach_home_top_widgets() {

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

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

I edited the class that you had to be “home-middle”. It will be easier to know what it is for styling, since you call it Home – Middle for what appears in the widget area.

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Marcy | Amethyst Website Design | Twitter

[Jack]

Thank you Marcy for all your help today solving my issues with the widget its now working and just needs a bit of styling, It was greatly appreciated.

Have a good day,
Many thanks,
Jack.

[Marcy]

You're welcome, Jack!

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Marcy | Amethyst Website Design | Twitter

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