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/** step 3 - Styling the New Widget **/
.custom-widget {
background-color: grey;
margin: 5px 0 10px;
padding: 10px;
overflow: hidden;
}

/** Brad Dalton **/
/** step 1 - Register New Widget **/

genesis_register_sidebar( array(
'id' => 'custom-widget',
'name' => __( 'Custom Widget', 'genesis' ),
'description' => __( 'Custom Widget Area', 'childtheme' ),
) );

/** This code simply creates the new widget which is displayed in your Widgets page and includes:
/**  1.  A unique i.d – You can use this as the selector to style your new widget
/**  2.  A name for your new widget – Displayed in the Widget on the widgets page
/**  3.  A description for your widget – Displayed in the Widget on the widgets page


/** step 2 - Hooking in New Widget **/
add_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'add_genesis_widget_area' );
function add_genesis_widget_area() {
                genesis_widget_area( 'custom-widget', array(
		'before' => '<div class="custom-widget widget-area">',
		'after'  => '</div>',
    ) );

}