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Related Posts Widget for Blogger (Blogspot)


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As mentioned in the HOSTUX page that it has a Related Articles Widget that is an alternative to Related Posts, in this post we show you how to add a Related Posts Widget for Blogger template.

In order to add a Related Posts Widget for Blogger, follow the steps below!

  1. Log into your Blogger account and go to Dashboard > Design > Edit HTML.

  2. Click the Expand Widget Templates check box.
  3. Copy and paste this code between HEAD tag:
    code:
    <style>#related-posts {float:left; width : 475px; margin-top:20px; margin-left : 5px; margin-bottom:20px; font : 11px Verdana; margin-bottom:10px; } #related-posts .widget { list-style-type : none; margin : 5px 0 5px 0; padding : 0; } #related-posts .widget h2, #related-posts h2 { font-size : 13px; font-weight : normal; margin : 5px 7px 0; padding : 0 0 5px; } #related-posts a { text-decoration : none; } #related-posts a:hover { text-decoration : none; } #related-posts ul { border : medium none; margin : 10px; padding : 0; } #related-posts ul li { display : block; background : url("https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1A9cwhxKtdKLdSuGRYuZJ8bjkpkl-tHIvIvhoUbGPKxcUOyPQxmEHy2mCyjmgLYFM6J_dAZR4RUPn26QF-Kx1wYraO53d6iAZ0n_uKsL7T-6MMkbwVOuo-FjCUrxbEKnVYG19r0QLF7c/s320/gohotsearch.png") no-repeat 0 0; margin : 0; padding-top : 0; padding-right : 0; padding-bottom : 1px; padding-left : 21px; margin-bottom : 5px; line-height : 2em; border-bottom:1px dotted #333; } </style> 
<script src='http://chocodot.googlecode.com/files/related_posts.js' type='text/javascript'></script>

    <HEAD>
    paste code here
    </HEAD>
  4. Copy this second code and paste after post body tag:
    code:
    <b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
<div id="related-posts">
<font face='Arial' size='3'><b>Related Posts : </b></font><font color='#FFFFFF'><b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'><data:label.name/><b:if cond='data:label.isLast !=
&quot;true&quot;'>,</b:if><b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<script expr:src='&quot;/feeds/posts/default/-/&quot; + data:label.name + &quot;?alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=related_results_labels&amp;max-results=5&quot;' type='text/javascript'/></b:if></b:loop> </font>
<script type='text/javascript'> removeRelatedDuplicates(); printRelatedLabels();
</script>
</div></b:if>

    Use Ctrl+F for quick search to find this code:

    <div class='post-body'>
    paste code here

    or

    <data:post.body/>
    paste code here
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See also How to add a Related Posts with Thumbnails widget into Blogger template.


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