Genesis: Education 2.0 Child Theme -- Add widget support for the Education 2.0 homepage. If no widgets active, display the default loop.

education20-home-widgetized.php

<?php

/** Add support for widgetized home page */
remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );
add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'ddw_education_home_loop_helper' );
/**
 * Add widget support for the Education 2.0 homepage.
 * If no widgets active, display the default loop.
 *
 * @author David Decker - DECKERWEB
 * @link   http://twitter.com/deckerweb
 */
function ddw_education_home_loop_helper() {

  /** Homepage widget active */
	if ( is_active_sidebar( 'education-home-area' ) ) {

		dynamic_sidebar( 'education-home-area' );

	}

	/** If no active widget area fall back to default loop */
	else {
		
		genesis_standard_loop();
		
	}  // end if/else

}  // end of function

functions-additions.php

<?php

/**
 * Add widget area for a widgetized homepage in Education 2.0.
 *
 * @author David Decker - DECKERWEB
 * @link   http://twitter.com/deckerweb
 */
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'education-home-area',
	'name'        => __( 'Education Home', 'education' ),
	'description' => __( 'Widgetized homepage area.', 'education' ),
) );