4 Dissimilar Styles For The Pop Posts Widget

Blogger allows us to easily add together a "Popular Posts" widget, that nosotros select from its listing of gadgets, together with nosotros tin practice that past times going to the "Layout" of our Blog.

This gadget, equally the hollo implies, shows which are the nigh visited spider web log posts, together with yous tin laid it to display the information yous desire inwards four possible combinations: (1) solely the championship of the post, (2) a thumbnail of the icon together with the post title, (3) post championship alongside a summary, together with (4) post championship alongside a thumbnail together with a post snippet.

This is an chemical component that yous shouldn't missy inwards your spider web log because it encourages your visitors to navigate through your content together with that tin trial inwards higher income if you're monetizing your spider web log because it would generate an growth inwards the publish of pages visited, together with inwards turn, tin attract the users' involvement to subscribe to the spider web log together with to read interesting content.

Preliminary steps: Add the gadget, if yous haven't done it yet.

1. Select the "Layout" tab together with add together the "Popular Posts" gadget inwards that business office of your spider web log yous desire to appear, such equally inwards your sidebar, past times clicking on "Add a Gadget".

2. Configure the widget to exhibit solely the post titles. You tin practice this past times clicking on the "image thumbnail" together with "snippet" checkboxes, equally shown inwards the next image.

3. After configuring the widget, salve the changes past times clicking on Save, together with and then Save arrangement.

How to add together the CSS to create the mode of the Popular Posts widget

1. Choose a style, together with then re-create the CSS that appears below the icon that shows the style.

2. Select the "Template" tab, together with then click on Customize > Advanced > Add CSS and together with then glue the CSS mode that yous similar the most.

3. Once yous add together the CSS, Save changes past times clicking on the "Apply to Blog" button.

Note: Some Blogger templates mightiness non let adding CSS inwards that location. In that case, for adding the CSS mode yous request to access the Template's HTML - from your Blogger Dashboard, larn to Template > Edit HTML together with glue the code simply to a higher house the ]]></b:skin> tag (press the CTRL + F keys to discovery it - yous mightiness request to click on the arrow to expand the code together with subsequently that search it again)

And that's it! You've already customized the pop posts widget when it shows solely post titles.

Styles

Here is the CSS of each style, simply pick out the ane yous similar the best together with position it on your blog. You tin run into each of these styles inwards activeness inwards the next demo blog:

http://demo-blog343.blogspot.com

Style 1:

#PopularPosts1 h2{
padding:7px 0 3px 0;
width:100%;
margin-bottom:10px;
font-size:1.3em;
text-indent:-12px;
font-size:18px;
text-align:center;
color: #757575; /* Color of the widget's championship */
}
#PopularPosts1 ul{
list-style:none;
counter-reset:li;
padding:8px 0px 1px;
left:-7px;
width:290px;
}
#PopularPosts1 li{
position:relative;
margin:0 0 10px 0;
padding: 3px 2px 0 17px;
left:-5px;
width:285px;
}
#PopularPosts1 ul li{
background: #eee;
position: relative;
display: block;
padding: .4em .2em .4em 2em;
*padding: .2em;
margin: .5em 0;
background: #ddd;
text-decoration: none;
border-radius: .3em;
transition: all .3s ease-out;  
}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:before{
content: counter(li);
counter-increment: li;
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
margin: -1.3em;
height: 2em;
width: 2em;
line-height: 2em;
font-size: 15px;
color: #fff; /* text color of numbers */
background: #FB8835; /* background color of numbers */
border: .2em venture #fff; /* edge color */
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 8px 5px -7px #888;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 8px 5px -7px #888;
box-shadow: 0 8px 5px -7px #888;
text-align: center;
font-weight: bold;
border-radius: 2em;
position: absolute;  
left: 0;
transition: all .3s ease-out;
}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:hover{
background: #eee;
}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:hover:before{
transform: rotate(360deg);  
}
#PopularPosts1 ul li a{
font: 14px Georgia, serif; /* font size of post titles */
text-shadow: 0 -1px 2px #fff;
color: #444;
display:block;
min-height:25px;
text-decoration:none;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
#PopularPosts1 ul li a:hover{
color: #444;
}

Style 2:

#PopularPosts1 h2{
position:relative;
padding:8px 10px 6px 10px;
width:100%;
margin-bottom: 5px;
font-size:17px;
color:#757575; /* Color of the widget's championship */
text-align:left;
}
#PopularPosts1 ul{
list-style:none;
counter-reset:li;
padding:10px;
left:-8px;
width:100%;
}
#PopularPosts1 li{ /* Styles of each chemical component */
width:100%;
position:relative;
left:0;
margin:0 0 1px 12px;
padding:4px 5px;
}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:before{
content: counter(li);
counter-increment: li;
position: absolute;
left: -30px;
top: 50%;
margin-top: -13px;
background: #8E8E8E; /* background color of the numbers */
height: 1.9em;
width: 2em;
line-height: 2em;
text-align: center;
font-weight: bold;
color: #fff;
font-size: 14px;
}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:after{
position: absolute;
content: '';
left: -2px;
margin-top: -.7em;
top: 50%;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 8px venture transparent;
border-bottom: 8px venture transparent;
border-left:10px venture #8E8E8E; /* background color of the correct arrow*/
}
#PopularPosts1 ul li a{
color: #444;
text-decoration: none;  
font-size:15px;
}
#PopularPosts1 ul li {
position: relative;
display: block;
padding: .4em .4em .4em .8em;
*padding: .4em;
margin: .5em 0 .5em 0.4em;
background: #ddd;
transition: all .3s ease-out;
text-decoration:none;
transition: all .1s ease-in-out;
}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:hover{
background: #eee; /* Background color on mouseover */
}  
#PopularPosts1 ul li a:hover{
color:#444; /* Link color on mouseover */
margin-left:3px;
}

Style 3:

#PopularPosts1 h2{
position:relative;
right:-2px;
padding:8px 63px 6px 17px;
width:100%;
margin:0;
font-size:16px;
background:#4F4F4F; /* Background color */
color:#f2f2f2; /* Color of the widget's championship */
text-align:left;
text-indent:18px;
}
#PopularPosts1 h2:before{
position:absolute;
content:"";
top:36px;
right:0px;
width: 0px;
height: 0px;
border-bottom:12px kickoff transparent;
border-left:12px venture #000000;
}
#PopularPosts1 h2:after{
position:absolute;
content:"";
top:-6px;
left:-5px;
width: 0px;
height: 0px;
border-bottom:24px kickoff transparent;
border-top:24px kickoff transparent;
border-left:24px venture #ffffff; /* Arrow background color on the left */
}
#PopularPosts1 ul{
list-style:none;
counter-reset:li;
padding:10px;
left:-8px;
width:100%;
}
#PopularPosts1 li{
width:100%;
position:relative;
left:0;
margin:7px 0 16px 12px;
padding:10px  4px 0 5px;
}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:before{
content:counter(li);
counter-increment:li;
position:absolute;
top:-2px;
left:-20px;
font-size:35px;
width:20px;
color:#888888;
}

#PopularPosts1 ul li a{
display:block;
font-size:16px; /* Font size of the links */
color: #666; /* Color of the links */
text-decoration:none;
transition: all .1s ease-in-out;font-weight: bold;
}
#PopularPosts1 ul li a:hover{
color:#3366FF;
margin-left:3px;
}

Style 4:

#PopularPosts1 h2{
padding:8px 10px 3px 0;
width:100%;
margin:0;
font-size:16px;
position:relative;
left:-20px;
display:block;
border-bottom:2px venture #ccc;
}
#PopularPosts1 ul{
list-style:none;
counter-reset:li;
padding:10px;
width:100%;
}
#PopularPosts1 li{ /* Styles of each chemical component */
width:100%;
position:relative;
left:0;
margin:0 0 6px 10px;
padding:4px 5px;
}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:before{ /* Style of the numbers */
content:counter(li);
counter-increment:li;
position:absolute;
top:3px;
left:-39px;
font-size:21px;
width:28px;
height:28px;
border-radius: 50%;
color:#777; /* Text color */
border: 2px venture #ddd; /* Rounded edge color */
padding:0;
text-indent:9px;
}
#PopularPosts1 ul li a{
display:block;
position:relative;
left:-45px;
width:100%;
margin:0;
min-height:28px;
padding: 5px 3px 3px 39px;
color:#333; /* color of the links */
text-decoration:none;
font-size:14px; /* Font size of the links */
font-style: italic;

}
#PopularPosts1 ul li a:hover{
color:#3366ff;
margin-left:3px;
}

Final Notes

All the CSS is valid. I simply convey to cite that the numbering is non visible inwards Internet Explorer 7, since that version of the browser does non back upwards properties that brand the numbers appear. For instance inwards the quaternary style, the circles await squared inwards IE8 together with before versions since, these versions practice non back upwards a belongings that makes them await equally circles.