Condensed code to register 4 widget areas (Simplifying the code for displaying multiple widget areas in Genesis)
// Register front-page widget areas
for ( $i = 1; $i <= 4; $i++ ) {
genesis_register_widget_area(
array(
'id' => "front-page-{$i}",
'name' => __( "Front Page {$i}", 'my-theme-text-domain' ),
'description' => __( "This is the front page {$i} section.", 'my-theme-text-domain' ),
)
);
}
<!-- goes in child theme's functions.php -->
<!-- The above is the same as -->
genesis_register_widget_area(
array(
'id' => "front-page-1",
'name' => __( "Front Page 1", 'my-theme-text-domain' ),
'description' => __( "This is the front page 1 section.", 'my-theme-text-domain' ),
)
);
genesis_register_widget_area(
array(
'id' => "front-page-2",
'name' => __( "Front Page 2", 'my-theme-text-domain' ),
'description' => __( "This is the front page 2 section.", 'my-theme-text-domain' ),
)
);
genesis_register_widget_area(
array(
'id' => "front-page-3",
'name' => __( "Front Page 3", 'my-theme-text-domain' ),
'description' => __( "This is the front page 3 section.", 'my-theme-text-domain' ),
)
);
genesis_register_widget_area(
array(
'id' => "front-page-4",
'name' => __( "Front Page 4", 'my-theme-text-domain' ),
'description' => __( "This is the front page 4 section.", 'my-theme-text-domain' ),
)
);