Custom home page for Genesis Framework

home.php

<?php

add_action( 'genesis_before_loop', 'childtheme_welcome_widget' );
function childtheme_welcome_widget() {
  dynamic_sidebar( 'Home Welcome' );
}




add_action( 'genesis_before_loop', 'childtheme_featured_artist' );
function childtheme_featured_artist() {

echo '<div class="home-top">';
echo '<h4 class="widgettitle">Featured Artist</h4>';


$args = array(
  	'cat' => '5',
		'posts_per_page' => '1',
	);
	$tips = new WP_Query( $args );
	if( $tips->have_posts() ):
		echo '<div class="posts entry">';
		while ( $tips->have_posts() ) : $tips->the_post();
			echo '<a class="alignleft" href="' . get_permalink() .'" title="' . the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) . '">';
      echo get_the_post_thumbnail($thumbnail->ID, 'featured-artist', array('class' => 'alignleft'));
      echo '</a>';
			echo '<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="' . get_permalink() . '">' . get_the_title() . '</a></h2>';
			echo '<div class="entry-content">';
			the_content();
			echo '</div>';
		endwhile;
		echo '</div>';
	endif;
	wp_reset_postdata();

echo '</div><!-- .home-top -->';

}




/* Modify the default loop
------------------------------------------------------------ */

remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );
add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'custom_loop' );
function custom_loop() {

echo '<div class="home-middle">';
echo '<h4 class="widgettitle">Up and Coming</h4>';


global $paged;

	 $args = (array(
		'category_name' => 'Events',
		'category__not_in' => 5,
		'order' => 'asc',
		'order_by'=> 'title',
	 	'paged' => $paged,
	 	'posts_per_page' => 10
	));

genesis_custom_loop( $args );


echo '</div><!-- .home-middle -->';


}


/* Add the featured image after post title
------------------------------------------------------------ */

add_action( 'genesis_before_post_title', 'childtheme_post_thumbnail' );
function childtheme_post_thumbnail() {
    if ( has_post_thumbnail() ){
        echo '<a class="alignleft" href="' . get_permalink() .'" title="' . the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) . '">';
        echo get_the_post_thumbnail($thumbnail->ID, 'thumbnail', array('class' => 'alignleft'));
        echo '</a>';
    }
}



/* Read More changed
------------------------------------------------------------ */

add_filter( 'excerpt_more', 'child_read_more_link' );
add_filter( 'get_the_content_more_link', 'child_read_more_link' );
add_filter( 'the_content_more_link', 'child_read_more_link' );
function child_read_more_link() {
  return '...<a class="more-link" href="' .
  get_permalink() .
  '" rel="nofollow">Read more</a>';
}




genesis();