To incorporate Minimum Pro’s Home Featured Widget Areas in eleven40 Pro. We are restricting the code to homepage and a couple of selected Pages (IDs 2 and 83).

functions.php

<?php
//* Start the engine
include_once( get_template_directory() . '/lib/init.php' );

//* Set Localization (do not remove)
load_child_theme_textdomain( 'eleven40', apply_filters( 'child_theme_textdomain', get_stylesheet_directory() . '/languages', 'eleven40' ) );

//* Child theme (do not remove)
define( 'CHILD_THEME_NAME', __( 'eleven40 Pro Theme', 'eleven40' ) );
define( 'CHILD_THEME_URL', 'http://my.studiopress.com/themes/eleven40/' );
define( 'CHILD_THEME_VERSION', '2.0' );

//* Add HTML5 markup structure
add_theme_support( 'html5' );

//* Add viewport meta tag for mobile browsers
add_theme_support( 'genesis-responsive-viewport' );

//* Load Lora and Oswald Google fonts
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'eleven40_google_fonts' );
function eleven40_google_fonts() {
  wp_enqueue_style( 'google-font', '//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lora:400,700|Oswald:400', array(), PARENT_THEME_VERSION );
}

//* Add new featured image size
add_image_size( 'grid-featured', 270, 100, TRUE );

//* Add support for custom header
add_theme_support( 'custom-header', array(
	'width'           => 320,
	'height'          => 65,
	'header-selector' => '.site-header .title-area',
	'header-text'     => false
) );

//* Add support for structural wraps
add_theme_support( 'genesis-structural-wraps', array(
	'header',
	'nav',
	'subnav',
	'site-inner',
	'footer-widgets',
	'footer',
	'featured'
) );

//* Add support for additional color styles
add_theme_support( 'genesis-style-selector', array(
	'eleven40-pro-blue'  => __( 'eleven40 Pro Blue', 'eleven40' ),
	'eleven40-pro-green' => __( 'eleven40 Pro Green', 'eleven40' ),
	'eleven40-pro-red'   => __( 'eleven40 Pro Red', 'eleven40' )
) );

//* Reposition the site description
remove_action( 'genesis_site_description', 'genesis_seo_site_description' );
add_action( 'genesis_before_content_sidebar_wrap', 'genesis_seo_site_description' );

//* Reposition the primary navigation menu
remove_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'genesis_do_nav' );
add_action( 'genesis_before_content_sidebar_wrap', 'genesis_do_nav' );

//* Reposition the secondary navigation menu
remove_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'genesis_do_subnav' );
add_action( 'genesis_before_content_sidebar_wrap', 'genesis_do_subnav' );

//* Add support for 3-column footer widgets
add_theme_support( 'genesis-footer-widgets', 3 );








genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'featured-1',
	'name'        => __( 'Featured 1', 'eleven40' ),
	'description' => __( 'This is the featured 1 section.', 'eleven40' ),
) );
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'featured-2',
	'name'        => __( 'Featured 2', 'eleven40' ),
	'description' => __( 'This is the featured 2 section.', 'eleven40' ),
) );
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'featured-3',
	'name'        => __( 'Featured 3', 'eleven40' ),
	'description' => __( 'This is the featured 3 section.', 'eleven40' ),
) );
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'featured-4',
	'name'        => __( 'Featured 4', 'eleven40' ),
	'description' => __( 'This is the featured 4 section.', 'eleven40' ),
) );


//* Add widget support if widgets are being used
add_action( 'genesis_meta', 'eleven40_pro_genesis_meta' );
function eleven40_pro_genesis_meta() {

	if ( is_home() || is_page( array(2, 83) ) && ( is_active_sidebar( 'featured-1' ) || is_active_sidebar( 'featured-2' ) || is_active_sidebar( 'featured-3' ) || is_active_sidebar( 'featured-4' ) ) ) {
		//* Add featured Widget areas
		add_action( 'genesis_before_content_sidebar_wrap', 'eleven40_pro_featured', 15 );
	}

}

//* Add markup for featured widgets
function eleven40_pro_featured() {

	printf( '<div %s>', genesis_attr( 'featured' ) );
	genesis_structural_wrap( 'featured' );

		genesis_widget_area( 'featured-1', array(
			'before'=> '<div class="featured-1 widget-area">',
			'after'	=> '</div>',
		) );

		genesis_widget_area( 'featured-2', array(
			'before'=> '<div class="featured-2 widget-area">',
			'after'	=> '</div>',
		) );

		genesis_widget_area( 'featured-3', array(
			'before'=> '<div class="featured-3 widget-area">',
			'after'	=> '</div>',
		) );

		genesis_widget_area( 'featured-4', array(
			'before'=> '<div class="featured-4 widget-area">',
			'after'	=> '</div>',
		) );

	genesis_structural_wrap( 'featured', 'close' );
	echo '</div>'; //* end .featured

}