Many young bloggers out there usually find it difficult to design and Add some Important widgets on there blog
(Related post) widget being at the top of that list,because lets face it, Many readers of your blog will spend more time on our blog after reading a post,
If they see more related posts.This will not only increase your page views but it'll make your readers spend more time on your blog.
The realated post widget will show a specific number of post's having the same same label as the current post below your blog posts.
To add Related post widget to your blog,Kindl follow the steps below
===> Log into your blogger dashboard
===> From there goto Layout > Edit HTML and tick the expand your widget templates box (option on the right). If you are using new Blogger dashboard, go to Template > Edit HTML
==> Click inside the HTML and use CTRL+ F to find
</head>
Right above
</head> paste the code below.
<!--Related Posts Scripts and Styles Start-->
<style>
#related-posts {
float : left;
width : 350px;
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 : 20px;
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/AVvXsEhFzoE04T0dV6UATJOMBvWSjRxXq4UGiotcp9RAXnaXBKySz_Hy17CDDPArWfS9f1bjydRpqjL5vjc3F2EQNI7lWwjpCAsxC1P4wJ-BzwXEhLvBjuKmMuE8av_wi7As1SDn4u9lR_Vxdys/s200/greentickbullet.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 #cccccc;
}
</style>
<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
var relatedTitles = new Array();
var relatedTitlesNum = 0;
var relatedUrls = new Array();
function related_results_labels(json) {
for (var i = 0; i < json.feed.entry.length; i++) {
var entry = json.feed.entry[i];
relatedTitles[relatedTitlesNum] = entry.title.$t;
for (var k = 0; k < entry.link.length; k++) {
if (entry.link[k].rel == 'alternate') {
relatedUrls[relatedTitlesNum] = entry.link[k].href;
relatedTitlesNum++;
break;
}
}
}
}
function removeRelatedDuplicates() {
var tmp = new Array(0);
var tmp2 = new Array(0);
for(var i = 0; i < relatedUrls.length; i++) {
if(!contains(tmp, relatedUrls[i])) {
tmp.length += 1;
tmp[tmp.length - 1] = relatedUrls[i];
tmp2.length += 1;
tmp2[tmp2.length - 1] = relatedTitles[i];
}
}
relatedTitles = tmp2;
relatedUrls = tmp;
}
function contains(a, e) {
for(var j = 0; j < a.length; j++) if (a[j]==e) return true;
return false;
}
function printRelatedLabels() {
var r = Math.floor((relatedTitles.length - 1) * Math.random());
var i = 0;
document.write('<ul>');
while (i < relatedTitles.length && i < 20) {
document.write('<li><a href="' + relatedUrls[r] + '">' + relatedTitles[r] + '</a></li>');
if (r < relatedTitles.length - 1) {
r++;
} else {
r = 0;
}
i++;
}
document.write('</ul>');
document.write('<a href="http://www.ogbongeblog.com/2012/01/how-i-added-related-posts-widget-to.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><font size="1" color="black">[Get Related Posts Widget for Your Blog]</font></a>');
}
//]]>
</script>
<!--Related Posts Scripts and Styles End-->
Click on Save template
Click on save template
Now use CTRL+F to find this line of code
<div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'>
OR
<p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'>
Now paste the code below immediately after any of these lines (whichever you could find):
<!-- Related Posts with Thumbnails Code Start-->
<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 != "true"'>,</b:if><b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
<script expr:src='"/feeds/posts/default/-/" + data:label.name + "?alt=json-in-script&callback=related_results_labels&max-results=5"' type='text/javascript'/></b:if></b:loop> </font>
<script type='text/javascript'> removeRelatedDuplicates(); printRelatedLabels();
</script>
</div>
</b:if>
<!-- Related Posts with Thumbnails Code End-->
Click on Save Template.
Now, go ahead to view one of your blog posts. You should see the Related posts below it.
NOTE: If you did not add a label (category) to a post, you might not see the related posts below it.
You can alter the CSS rules if you want to customize the look and feel
Feel free to share your recommendations or or questions via the comment box
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