Genesis Homepage Slider Widget Area for child theme functions.php

genesis-homepage-slider.php

// Homepage Slider
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'	=> 'homepage-slider',
	'name'	=> __('Homepage Slider'),
	'description'	=> __('This is the homepage slider'),
));


add_action('genesis_after_header', 'homepage_slider_area');

function homepage_slider_area() {
	if (is_home() || is_front_page()) {
		echo '<div class="homepage_slider_area">';
			echo '<div class="wrap">';
				genesis_widget_area('homepage-slider', array('before' => '<div class="homepage-slider widget-area">'));
			echo '</div>';
		echo '</div>';
	}
}