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| Simple Recent Posts Widget for Blogger/Blogspot |
A couple days a go i wanted my blog appears good and simple. I just thought that i changed the archives widget with recent posts wiget instead.
So then look what i found.
How to add Recent Posts Widget to Blogger?
What you can do with this widget:
* display post titles only
* change the number of posts
* change the number of characters of the post snippet/excerpt
* show the post dates
See the screenshot below:
1.
Log in to your Blogger Dashboard >> go to Design >> Add a Gadget >> choose HTML/JavaScript
2.
Choose & Copy the code of one of the options below and paste it into the new HTML/JavaScript:
Option 1: Recent posts widget with snippets <div id="hlrpsa">
<script src="http://helplogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/recent-posts-with-snippets.js">
</script>
<script>
var numposts = 5;var showpostdate = false;var showpostsummary = true;var numchars = 100;var standardstyling = true;
</script>
<script src="http://your-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?orderby=published&alt=json-in-script&callback=showrecentposts">
</script></div>
<div id="rpdr" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;">
<a href="http://helplogger.blogspot.com/2012/04/recent-posts-widget-for-bloggerblogspot.html" target="_blank" title="Grab this Recent Posts Widget">Recent Posts Widget</a> by <a href="http://helplogger.blogspot.com" title="Recent Posts Widget">Helplogger</a></div>
<noscript>Your browser does not support JavaScript!</noscript>
<style type="text/css">
#rpdr {background: url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHCWZFg3VQW7fOEK5lPzYUQdqMJjjK-4prtO-0wBUI88ZWEV6srmDs_BfTJ2v4EKTCaHusLuMtqpgPQII4DGANfwBa2YUcZkrAYAOQPjxO1jkBZtw3mPchTbSahgK2F8Kb_Mh5XIWRKOR/s1600/blogger.png) 0px 0px no-repeat; padding: 1px 0px 0px 19px; height:14px; margin: 5px 0px 0px 0px;line-height:14px;}
#rpdr, #rpdr a {color:#808080;}
#hlrpsa { border-bottom:1px #cccccc dotted; margin-top:-10px; padding-bottom:10px;}
.hlrps a {font-weight:bold; }
.hlrpssumm {}
</style>
Option 2: Recent Posts Widget Showing Post Titles Only
<div id="hlrpsb">
<script style="text/javascript" src="http://helplogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/recent-posts-with-titles-only.js"></script>
<script style="text/javascript">var numposts =
10;var showpostdate = false;var showpostsummary =
false;var numchars = 100;var standardstyling = true;</script>
<script src="http://
your-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?orderby=published&alt=json-in-script&callback=showrecentposts"></script></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;" id="rpdr"><a href="http://helplogger.blogspot.com/2012/04/recent-posts-widget-for-bloggerblogspot.html" title="Grab this Recent Posts Widget" target="_blank">Recent Posts Widget</a> by <a href="http://helplogger.blogspot.com" title="Recent Posts Widget">Helplogger</a></div><noscript>Oops! Make sure JavaScript is enabled in your browser.</noscript>
<style type=text/css>
#rpdr {background: url( https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHCWZFg3VQW7fOEK5lPzYUQdqMJjjK-4prtO-0wBUI88ZWEV6srmDs_BfTJ2v4EKTCaHusLuMtqpgPQII4DGANfwBa2YUcZkrAYAOQPjxO1jkBZtw3mPchTbSahgK2F8Kb_Mh5XIWRKOR/s1600/blogger.png ) 0px 0px no-repeat; padding: 1px 0px 0px 19px; height:14px; margin: 5px 0px 0px 0px;line-height:14px;}
#rpdr, #rpdr a {color:#808080;}
#hlrpsb { }
.bbrecpost2 {
padding-top:6px;
padding-bottom:6px;
border-bottom: 1px #cccccc dotted; }
</style>
Here they're the options :
#Change 5 (option 1) and 10 (option 2) with the number of posts you want to show.
#Change false to true if you want the posts dates to appear.
#And change 100 (option 1) if you want more characters to be displayed.
#Don't forget to change your-blog text with the name of your blog or if you have a custom domain change all the bolded line with your address like in this example:
http://www.your-site.com/feeds/posts/default....
3.
Save your widget and done! Enjoy!
