By default, Chameleon gives you the option to add three content areas to the homepage directly under the slider and quote. This tweak adds three more content area boxes directly under the first three for a total of six.

PHP

Locate the home.php file in /themes/chameleon/

Save an exact copy of this file to /themes/chameleon-child/

Locate the following code near line 24:

<?php for ($i=1; $i <= 3; $i++) { ?>

Change it to this:

<?php for ($i=1; $i <= 6; $i++) { ?>

Locate the folowing code near line 29:

<div class="service<?php if ($i==3) echo ' last'; ?>">

Change it to this:

<div class="service<?php if ($i%3==0) echo ' last';?>">

Save and close the home.php file

Locate the options_chameleon.php file in /themes/chameleon/epanel/

Copying this file to our child theme folder and editing it will not work. We will have to edit the original and make note of what we change for future reference in case it is overwritten by a theme update. For more information about editing theme files, read our article on creating a child theme.

Now back to the code you will change in the options_chameleon.php file which you are going to edit and save in its original location:

Locate the following code near line 302:

array( "name" => "Content Area 3 Page",
"id" => $shortname."_home_page_3",
"std" => "",
"type" => "select",
"desc" => "Here you can select the page you would like to display in the Content Area of the homepage.",
"options" => $site_pages,
'et_array_for' => 'pages'),

At the end of this code, add the following:

array( "name" => "Content Area 4 Page",
"id" => $shortname."_home_page_4",
"std" => "",
"type" => "select",
"desc" => "desc.",
"options" => $site_pages),

array( "name" => "Content Area 5 Page",
"id" => $shortname."_home_page_5",
"std" => "",
"type" => "select",
"desc" => "desc.",
"options" => $site_pages),

array( "name" => "Content Area 6 Page",
"id" => $shortname."_home_page_6",
"std" => "",
"type" => "select",
"desc" => "desc.",
"options" => $site_pages),

Now open the Elegant Themes epanel located in your WordPress dashboard under 'Appearance->Chameleon Theme Options'. Under 'General Setting' click on the 'Homepage' tab. Disable the 'Display Content Area' and scroll down and click the save button. Once saved, re-enable it and click save again. Refresh the page . You should now have the option to select pages for three more content areas. Your homepage should now have six content areas. You may have to refresh the homepage and clear your browser cache. If it doesn't look quite right, try disabling and re-enabling the 'Display Content Area' one more time.