When you code a WordPress theme one of the most important features of your theme will be the Widget Areas. Thanks to this amazing CMS this procedure could not be easier, in just two simple steps you can add as many widget areas as you want. You will have to add the first piece of code to your functions.php file which will register your widget areas and then the second piece of code which will generate the necessary html code of the widget used in that specific widget area. Also I will try to cast a light on which is happening inside the function that creates the widget area. Read more