Using just Genesis (no child) how to make Resp. Slider on home page?

[speedmouse]

Hello, I want to use just the Genesis theme without a child theme but there is no place in the widgets area to put a Responsive slider widget for the home page. I can only see widget areas for: header right, sidebars and footer.

(I want to use only Genesis because it is much lighter looking and less fussy/clonky than the child themes, and has the simple setup that I want ...except for the lack of widget areas

How can I get round this please? Many thanks in advance!

EDIT: I have found some code that should make a widget at the start of the content area but nothing shows in widget area after doing this.

[timothyw]

I want to see what advise you get to this post so I can learn.
BTW: Have to seen Meta Slider ?

[emasai]

Never do that! If you update Genesis all your customization will be lost. Always use a child theme. If you don't want the bells and whistles, use the Sample Child Theme which is the same as the Genesis Framework.

The sample theme does not come with a widgetized home page. You will have to make one and then declare your widgets in the functions file.

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[speedmouse]

Ah thank you, Emasai, for that small but very important tip! Much appreciated 🙂
I think I will use another child theme and just change some css

[Genesis Developer]

You can try Genesis Responsive Slider once.

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