Static Content Above Blog Homepage – Lifestyle Theme

[livelife7]

Hello,

I read this article, http://wpsites.net/web-design/adding-new-widget-areas-in-studiopress-themes/, and have tried to input static content above my blog on my homepage by creating a widget. I must be doing something wrong as it does not work. Please let me know if you have any ideas?

Thank you!!!

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[Brad Dalton]

In which hook position http://genesistutorials.com/visual-hook-guide/

What the code does is create a new widget area under Appearance > Widgets where you can add any widget or text/html content.

Your front page and your home page are different. Your home page is always your posts page which can be your blog page or front page according to your Reading Settings.

Your front page is always the front page of your site unlike the home page.

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[livelife7]

Hi Brad,

Thank you for the response. I have tried switching to the front page blog page and just to my latest posts under reading settings and I still am not able to have any static content (a few sentences) show above my blog. Any suggestions? What am I missing?

Thank you!!!

[Brad Dalton]

You can change the hook in the code to genesis_before_loop or genesis_after_header

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[livelife7]

Hi Brad,

Thank you for your thoughts. Below is the code I have added to my functions.php file. I tried changing the two hooks as well as my reading settings between latest posts and static pages (which are set to the blog template) and I still cannot seem to add any content above the blog. However, I am able to create the new widget area, but the content I add never shows up. Do you have any other suggestions?

) );
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
'id' => 'text before blog',
'name' => __( 'Text Before Blog', 'domain' ),
'description' => __( 'Add Content Here', 'domain' ),
) );

add_action( 'genesis_before_loop', 'your_widget' );

function your_widget() {

if ( is_front_page() && is_active_sidebar('new-widget') ) {

genesis_widget_area( 'new-widget', array(

'before' => '<div class="new-widget widget-area">',

'after' => '</div>',

) );

}

}

Thank you so much for your time!!

[Brad Dalton]

Hello @livelife7

The reason it doesn't work is because you have modified it incorrectly.

Please use the original code which i have linked to as it is tested and works.

Are you using Lifestyle or Lifestyle Pro?

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[livelife7]

Hi Brad,

Thank you for the suggestion. Okay, I copied the exact code from the above posting and it still is not working?

genesis_register_sidebar( array(
'id' => 'new-widget',
'name' => __( 'New Widget', 'domain' ),
'description' => __( 'Add Content Here', 'domain' ),
) );

add_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'your_widget' );

function your_widget() {

if ( is_front_page() && is_active_sidebar('new-widget') ) {

genesis_widget_area( 'new-widget', array(

'before' => '<div class="new-widget widget-area">',

'after' => '</div>',

) );

I am using Lifestyle Pro. Let me know if you have any other ideas?

Thank you!!!

[Brad Dalton]

And what content did you put into the new widget area?

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[livelife7]

Hi Brad,

Yay, I now have static content above my blog! Thank you so much for all of your time and efforts!

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