THE JOURNAL (FOR WEBSITE HOMEPAGE)

1 ) Drag a “Genesis Featured Posts” widget to the “Latest Posts” widget area.

2 ) Configure its settings just like the demo below.

To add the background color to this section, please paste the following code in the Appearance > Customise > Additional CSS.

.ingrid-full-3 {
background: linear-gradient(to bottom,#f6f0f0 60%,#fff 20%);
padding: 100px 0;
}