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<?php
/**
 * This file adds widgetized Home Page.
 *
 */

add_action( 'get_header', 'prefix_home_genesis_meta' );
/**
 * Add widget support for homepage. If no widgets active, display the default loop.
 *
 */
function prefix_home_genesis_meta() {

	if ( is_active_sidebar( 'home-top' ) || is_active_sidebar( 'home-middle' ) || is_active_sidebar( 'home-bottom' ) ) {

		//* Force full-width-content layout setting
		add_filter( 'genesis_pre_get_option_site_layout', '__genesis_return_full_width_content' );

		//* Remove breadcrumbs
		remove_action( 'genesis_before_loop', 'genesis_do_breadcrumbs' );

		//* Remove the default Genesis loop
		remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );

		//* Remove .site-inner
		add_filter( 'genesis_markup_site-inner', '__return_null' );
		add_filter( 'genesis_markup_content-sidebar-wrap_output', '__return_false' );
		add_filter( 'genesis_markup_content', '__return_null' );

		//* Add home widget areas
		add_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'prefix_home_widget_areas' );

	}

}

function prefix_home_widget_areas() {

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

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

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

}

genesis();

/* Widgetized Homepage
--------------------------------------------- */

.home-widget-area {
	margin-top: 40px;
}
.home-widget-area:last-child {
	margin-bottom: 40px;
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 1023px) {

	.home-widget-area {
		padding-left: 5%;
		padding-right: 5%;
	}

}

//* Register widget areas
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'home-top',
	'name'        => __( 'Home - Top', 'your-theme' ),
	'description' => __( 'This is the top section of the Home page.', 'your-theme' ),
) );

genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'home-middle',
	'name'        => __( 'Home - Middle', 'your-theme' ),
	'description' => __( 'This is the middle section of the Home page.', 'your-theme' ),
) );

genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'home-bottom',
	'name'        => __( 'Home - Bottom', 'your-theme' ),
	'description' => __( 'This is the bottom section of the Home page.', 'your-theme' ),
) );

In this article I share the code for basic front page template that displays Home Top, Home Middle and Home Bottom widget sections in Genesis. If none of these widget areas are populated, blog posts will appear automatically.