Full Width Widgetized Front Page in Genesis Sample

This tutorial provides the steps to add a widgetized frontpage in Genesis Sample theme.

While the tutorial has been written for Genesis Sample 2.6.0, it should work with a few adjustments in any Genesis Starter theme or Genesis child theme.

Make sure You have a static page for the front page is set on Your Reading Setting. If not, Create a static Page titled say, 'Home' and set it as static "homepage" at Settings >> Reading

If you wish to have the list of blog posts appear at /blog/, create a static Page titled 'Blog' and select it as the "Posts page".

Save Changes.

To know more about Reading setting, take a look at conditional tags and Front Page widgets in Genesis.

Now, we are ready to go. The steps are

1. Register Front Page Widgets
2. Display Front Page Widgets
3. Sprinkle Some Love