Add Before Sidebar 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 Before Sidebar widget area
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'            => 'before-sidebar',
	'name'          => __( 'Before Sidebar', 'themename' ),
	'description'   => __( 'This is a widget area that can be placed above the sidebar', 'themename' ),
) );

//* Hook Before Sidebar widget area before sidebar
add_action( 'genesis_before_content', 'ab_before_sidebar_widget' );
	function ab_before_sidebar_widget() {
		genesis_widget_area( 'before-sidebar', array(
			'before' => '<div class="before-sidebar widget-area">',
			'after' => '</div>',
	) );
}