Simple Recent Posts Widget For Blogger/Blogspot

The principal payoff on this Recent Posts widget is that it volition present non alone post service titles, but besides post service excerpts or snippets, as well as it's slow to customize or utilize unlike manner on it. To larn inwards stand upward for your ain design, yous volition necessitate to modify the CSS manner - yous tin ship away modify the link or background color, the size as well as color of text/links.

What yous tin ship away create alongside this widget:
- display post service titles alone
- modify the issue of posts
- modify the issue of characters of the post service snippet/excerpt
- present the post service dates

See the screenshot below:


How to add together Recent Posts Widget to Blogger

1. Log inwards to your Blogger Dashboard > larn to "Layout" as well as click the "Add a Gadget" link:


2. From the pop-up window, scroll downwards as well as pick out HTML/JavaScript from the list...


3. Select & re-create the code below the chosen widget as well as glue it into the HTML/JavaScript content box:

Recent Posts Widget alongside Snippets

<div id="hlrpsa">
<script type="text/javascript">
function showrecentposts(t){for(var e=0;e<numposts;e++){var n,r=t.feed.entry[e],i=r.title.$t;if(e==t.feed.entry.length)break;for(var s=0;s<r.link.length;s++)if("alternate"==r.link[s].rel){n=r.link[s].href;break}i=i.link(n);var a="...",d=r.published.$t,u=d.substring(0,4),o=d.substring(5,7),c=d.substring(8,10),l=new Array;if(l[1]="Jan",l[2]="Feb",l[3]="Mar",l[4]="Apr",l[5]="May",l[6]="Jun",l[7]="Jul",l[8]="Aug",l[9]="Sep",l[10]="Oct",l[11]="Nov",l[12]="Dec","content"in r)var m=r.content.$t;else if("summary"in r)var m=r.summary.$t;else var m="";var w=/<\S[^>]*>/g;if(m=m.replace(w,""),document.write('<div class="rctitle">'),standardstyling&&document.write("<br/>"),document.write(i),1==showpostdate&&document.write(" - "+l[parseInt(o,10)]+" "+c+" "+u),document.write('</div><div class="rcsumm">'),1==showpostsummary)if(standardstyling&&document.write(""),m.length<numchars)standardstyling&&document.write("<i>"),document.write(m),standardstyling&&document.write("</i>");else{standardstyling&&document.write(""),m=m.substring(0,numchars);var g=m.lastIndexOf(" ");m=m.substring(0,g),document.write(m+a),standardstyling&&document.write("")}document.write("</div>"),standardstyling&&document.write("")}standardstyling||document.write('<div class="bbwidgetfooter">'),standardstyling&&document.write(""),document.write(""),standardstyling||document.write("")}
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var numposts = 5;var showpostdate = true;var showpostsummary = true;var numchars = 100;var standardstyling = true;
</script>
<script src="http://blog-address.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?orderby=published&amp;alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=showrecentposts">
</script></div><a style="font-size: 9px; color: #CECECE; float: right; margin-top: 10px;" href=" " rel="nofollow" >Recent Posts Widget</a>
<noscript>Your browser does non back upward JavaScript!</noscript>
<style type="text/css">
.rctitle a{color:#000000;text-transform:capitalize;font-size:13px;}#hlrpsa {color: #999999; font-size: 12px;}.rcsumm {border-bottom:1px dotted #cccccc; padding-bottom:10px;margin-top:5px;}
</style>

Recent Posts Widget Showing Post Titles Only

<div id="hlrpsb">
<script type="text/javascript">
function showrecentposts(t){for(var e=0;e<numposts;e++){var n,r=t.feed.entry[e],i=r.title.$t;if(e==t.feed.entry.length)break;for(var d=0;d<r.link.length;d++)if("alternate"==r.link[d].rel){n=r.link[d].href;break}i=i.link(n);var s=r.published.$t,a=s.substring(0,4),o=s.substring(5,7),l=s.substring(8,10),u=new Array;u[1]="Jan",u[2]="Feb",u[3]="Mar",u[4]="Apr",u[5]="May",u[6]="Jun",u[7]="Jul",u[8]="Aug",u[9]="Sep",u[10]="Oct",u[11]="Nov",u[12]="Dec",standardstyling||document.write(""),document.write('<div class="rctitles2">'),standardstyling&&document.write(""),document.write(i),standardstyling&&document.write(""),1==showpostdate&&document.write(" - "+l+" "+u[parseInt(o,10)]+" "+a),standardstyling||document.write("</div>"),document.write("</div>"),standardstyling&&document.write("")}standardstyling||document.write('<div class="bbwidgetfooter">'),standardstyling&&document.write(""),document.write(""),standardstyling||document.write("/div")}
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">var numposts = 10;var showpostdate = false;var standardstyling = true;</script>
<script src="http://blog-address.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?orderby=published&alt=json-in-script&callback=showrecentposts"></script></div><a style="font-size: 9px; color: #CECECE; float: right; margin-top: 10px;" href=" " rel="nofollow" >Recent Posts Widget</a>
<noscript>Oops! Make certain JavaScript is enabled inwards your browser.</noscript>
<style type=text/css>
#hlrpsb a {color: #000000;font-size:13px;text-transform:capitalize;}.rctitles2 {padding-bottom:10px;margin-bottom:10px;border-bottom: 1px dotted #cccccc;}
</style>

How to customize the recent posts widget:

  • To gear upward how many posts to display, modify the 5 value for the recent posts widget alongside snippets as well as the 10 for the recent posts widget alongside post service titles only.
  • If yous desire to display the post service dates, modify "false" to "true".
  • The recent posts widget alongside summary volition display 100 characters; if yous desire simply about characters, modify the "100" value.
  • To modify the color of the links, modify the values inwards bluish as well as for the font size, the values violet.
  • To modify the color of the posts snippets modify the values inwards greenish as well as the values inwards orangish for the font size.
  • Replace the http://blog-address.blogspot.com text alongside your URL.
4. Save your widget... as well as that's it. Enjoy!

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