Designing the home page template

We have to create a file named home.php inside the templates folder. At the beginning of the widget creation process, we planned the structure of the home page using a wireframe. Now we need to adhere to the structure while designing the home page, as shown in the following code:

<?php get_header(); ?>
<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('Home Widgets') ) :
endif;

?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

These three lines of code make the complete design and the data for the home page. Usually, every page template contains a WordPress header and footer by using the get_header and get_footer functions. The code used between the header and footer checks for the existence of the dynamic_sidebar function ...

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