I wanted to feature four pages instead of three on my front page, so I added "four" in this little code sequece:
//set the areas array
$areas = array ( 'one' , 'two' , 'three', 'four' );
And to my surprise it worked! Another featured page bubble appears on the front page. However, I cannot figure out how to edit it, as the customize theme tool only lets you configure 3 featured pages. How wuld I go about configuring the fourth+ pages?