I have successfully created a widget area in the header area and have been able to enhance the CSS for each of the widget areas that make it up. See thread on widget area in header.

Can I limit this widget area to only be seen on home page? How?

Should I put it above the loop instead?

I tried doing that editing the index.php file as mentioned (see below) adding "Wedding Slides", it doesn't show up in dashboard.

# include 'bfa://content_above_loop';
// Uses the following static code instead: ?>
<?php bfa_next_previous_page_links('Top'); // For MULTI post pages if activated at ATO -> Next/Previous Navigation: ?>
<?php if( is_category() AND function_exists('page2cat_output')) { page2cat_output($cat); } // For the plugin Page2Cat http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/page2cat/ ?>
<?php bfa_widget_area('name=Wedding Slides'); ?>

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why not use the 'dynamics widgets' or 'widget logic' plugins?