Register a home widget in Genesis and unregister unused areas and layouts

register-widgets-genesis

//* Unregister widgets areas & layouts

unregister_sidebar( 'sidebar-alt' );
genesis_unregister_layout( 'content-sidebar-sidebar' );
genesis_unregister_layout( 'sidebar-sidebar-content' );
genesis_unregister_layout( 'sidebar-content-sidebar' );

//* Register Home Slider widget area
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'			=> 'home-slider',
	'name'			=> 'Home Slider',
	'description'	=> 'This is the home slider section'
) );

add_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'sk_home_featured' );
function sk_home_featured() {

		genesis_widget_area( 'home-slider', array(
			'before'	=> '<div class="home-slider widget-area">',
			'after'		=> '</div>',
		) );
}