Add Before Footer widget area in a WordPress site built with the Genesis Framework

functions.php

<?php
//* Add this to your functions.php file. Do NOT include the opening php tag

//* Add a Before Footer widget area
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'before-footer',
	'name'        => __( 'Before Footer' ),
	'description' => __( 'This is the area just above the footer', 'genesis' ),
) );

add_action( 'genesis_before_footer', 'before_footer_widget_area', 5 );
function before_footer_widget_area() {
 
	genesis_widget_area( 'before-footer', array(
		'before' => '<div class="before-footer">',
		'after'  => '</div>',
	) );
 
}