Outreach Pro: Additional Widget before Footer Widgets

[Bren Pace]

Hi.

I'd like to add a widget to contain an instagram feed code BEFORE the 4-footer images. I thought I could do this using Genesis Simple Hooks but I'm not sure where to put the coding.

Can anyone help?

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[Victor Font]

Genesis Simple Hooks won't get you there because of where you want the widget area to display. The process detailed here can be applied to any Studio Press theme: https://victorfont.com/add-widget-areas-to-news-pro-theme/

The widget area itself needs to registered in functions.php. Because you want the widget to be above the footer widgets, you need to place your display code in the same hook as the footer widgets, but with a lower priority so the new area executes first:

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

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[Bren Pace]

Hi Victor and thank you for your reply.

So add the code:
add_action( 'genesis_before_footer', 'my_new_widget_area', 5 );

to the bottom of my function.php and that's it?

[Victor Font]

No, that's not it. You have to add a lot of code. Read the article I pointed you to, but here's all the code you need anyway.

genesis_register_sidebar( array(
    'id'          => 'before-footer-widgets',
    'name'        => __( 'Before Footer Widgets', 'outreach' ),
    'description' => __( 'This is the before footer widget area.', 'outreach' ),
) );

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

function my_new_widget_area() {
    genesis_widget_area( 'before-footer-widgets', array(
        'before' => '<div class="before-footer-widgets widget-area">',
        'after'  => '</div>',
    ) );
}

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Regards,

Victor
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[Bren Pace]

Ok, thanks so much

[Victor Font]

I edited the previous reply to add the code you need.

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Victor
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[Bren Pace]

Victor,

That is so sweet of you. I know some coding but anytime I get in the editors, I get a little freaked. 🙂 I really appreciate you sharing the entire coding! You're making someone very happy! 😉

Bren

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