New Widget Areas

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So I have a new question...
> I am trying to get 6 widgets aligned like this site...
> http://www.keeperofthehome.org/
>
> I am using the blissful theme. I tried adding 3 new widget areas. I registered them using this code.... {which I borrowed from the inspired theme}
>
> /** Register widget areas */
> genesis_register_sidebar( array(
> 'id' => 'home-middle-1',
> 'name' => __( 'Home Middle #1', 'blissful' ),
> 'description' => __( 'This is the first column of the home middle section.', 'blissful' ),
> ) );
> genesis_register_sidebar( array(
> 'id' => 'home-middle-2',
> 'name' => __( 'Home Middle #2', 'blissful' ),
> 'description' => __( 'This is the second column of the home middle section.', 'blissful' ),
> ) );
> genesis_register_sidebar( array(
> 'id' => 'home-middle-3',
> 'name' => __( 'Home Middle #3', 'blissful' ),
> 'description' => __( 'This is the third column of the home middle section.', 'blissful' ),
> ) );
>
> and then using this css...
>
> /* Home Middle
> ------------------------------------------------------------ */
>
> .home-middle {
> margin: 0 auto;
> overflow: hidden;
> padding: 25px 25px 5px;
> width: 910px;
> }
>
> .home-middle-1 {
> float: left;
> margin: 0 24px 0 0;
> width: 287px;
> }
>
> .home-middle-2 {
> float: left;
> width: 287px;
> }
>
> .home-middle-3 {
> float: right;
> width: 287px;
> }
> But now nothing is showing up???
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> URL
> http://www.client.keylimedigitaldesigns.com/

[AnitaC]

You still need to add their respective placement in the home.php file.

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Okay so now I got the 3 new widget areas to show up but I can't figure out how to make them align horizontally. I added float: left; to them but still can't figure it out....

Here is what is in my css..

/* Home Middle
------------------------------------------------------------ */
.home-middle {
margin: 0 auto;
overflow: hidden;
padding: 25px 25px 5px;
width: 570px;
}
.home-middle-1 {
float: left;
margin: 0 24px 0 0;
width: 120px;
}

.home-middle-2 {
float: left;
width: 120px;
}

.home-middle-3 {
float: left;
width: 120px;
}

[AnitaC]

The last one should be RIGHT. And then the should line up.

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[AnitaC]

You don't have the 3 widgets in the Home.php file - at least from my computer you don't. You need to have the HOME MIDDLE coded into the home.php.

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Thanks so much for helping me figure this out. I changed the last one in the css to float: right; and still not lining up horizontal....

Okay so here is the css I have...

/* Home Middle
------------------------------------------------------------ */
.home-middle {
margin: 0 auto;
overflow: hidden;
padding: 25px 25px 5px;
width: 570px;
}
.home-middle-1 {
float: left;
margin: 0 24px 0 0;
width: 120px;
}

.home-middle-2 {
float: left;
width: 120px;
}

.home-middle-3 {
float: right;
width: 120px;
}

 

Here is the home.php I have...

/** Add home middle 1 widget area */
add_action( 'genesis_before_loop', 'blissful_home_middle_1' );
function blissful_home_middle_1() {
dynamic_sidebar( 'home-middle-1' );
}

/** Add home middle 2 widget area */
add_action( 'genesis_before_loop', 'blissful_home_middle_2' );
function blissful_home_middle_2() {
dynamic_sidebar( 'home-middle-2' );
}

/** Add home middle 3 widget area */
add_action( 'genesis_before_loop', 'blissful_home_middle_3' );
function blissful_home_middle_3() {
dynamic_sidebar( 'home-middle-3' );
}

and here is the functions php I have...

/** Register widget areas */
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
'id' => 'home-middle-1',
'name' => __( 'Home Middle #1', 'blissful' ),
'description' => __( 'This is the first column of the home middle section.', 'blissful' ),
) );
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
'id' => 'home-middle-2',
'name' => __( 'Home Middle #2', 'blissful' ),
'description' => __( 'This is the second column of the home middle section.', 'blissful' ),
) );
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
'id' => 'home-middle-3',
'name' => __( 'Home Middle #3', 'blissful' ),
'description' => __( 'This is the third column of the home middle section.', 'blissful' ),
) );

 

[AnitaC]

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[lizbarber05]

Hi I'm trying to figure this out too.  Were there any specific changes to the coding above you made to get everything to work for you?

Thanks!

-Liz

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I couldn't ever get it figured out. At least not with the Blissful theme. So I switched to the adorable theme and made it work! 🙂 And John was really helpful and helped me make a few tweaks. It is on another forum post right here > http://www.studiopress.community/topic/aligning-widgets/#post-4972

Kendra

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