There are several ways to brand posts appear this way. An selection would live on to purpose the Read to a greater extent than script to display a summary of the posts too add together a conditional tag to add together a dissimilar agency on the inaugural off post hence that it volition accept a larger width than the older posts. So, this tutorial volition present y'all how to exercise a journal agency for a Blogger Template. By next this tutorial, y'all tin flame brand your tedious too elementary Blogger template accept an attractive magazine agency layout.
To run across how it looks, delight view this demo blog.
Adding the Magazine/Newspaper agency to a Blogger Template
Step 1. Before proceeding further, delight brand a backup of your electrical flow template to brand certain that y'all won't lose anything of import - log into your Blogger Dashboard too become to Template, hence click on the Backup/Restore button. After you've got a re-create of the xml template, click on the Edit HTML button:
Step 2. Click anywhere within the code expanse too search past times using CTRL + F keys for this line:
<data:post.body/>Note: You'll uncovering it to a greater extent than than i time, but terminate at the minute i inwards gild to run across the changes.
Step 3. Remove that business too instead of it add together this code:
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != "item"'>Note: y'all tin flame supersede the Read More text, past times changing the code inwards red.
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != "static_page"'>
<span class='post-comment-link'><b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != "item"'><b:if cond='data:post.allowComments'><a class='comment-link' expr:href='data:post.addCommentUrl' expr:onclick='data:post.addCommentOnclick'><data:post.numComments/></a></b:if></b:if></span>
<div expr:id='"summary" + data:post.id'><data:post.body/></div>
<script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb("summary<data:post.id/>");</script>
<span class='readmorebutton' style='float:right'><a expr:href='data:post.url'>Read More »</a></span></b:if></b:if>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'><data:post.body/></b:if>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "static_page"'><data:post.body/></b:if>
Step 4. Now uncovering (CTRL + F) this line:
<b:include data='post' name='post'/>Step 5. Remove this every bit good too instead of it add together this:
<b:if cond='data:post.isFirstPost'>Note: y'all tin flame alter the Read More text hither also, only supersede the code inwards ruddy alongside the text that y'all desire to show.
<b:if cond='data:blog.homepageUrl == data:blog.url'>
<div id='first'>
<b:if cond='data:post.title'>
<h3 class='post-title entry-title'>
<b:if cond='data:post.link'>
<a expr:href='data:post.link'><data:post.title/></a>
<b:else/>
<b:if cond='data:post.url'>
<a expr:href='data:post.url'><data:post.title/></a>
<b:else/>
<data:post.title/>
</b:if>
</b:if>
</h3>
</b:if>
<div class='first-body'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != "item"'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != "static_page"'>
<div expr:id='"summary1" + data:post.id'><data:post.body/></div>
<script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb1("summary1<data:post.id/>");</script>
<span class='post-comment-link'><b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != "item"'><b:if cond='data:post.allowComments'><a class='comment-link' expr:href='data:post.addCommentUrl' expr:onclick='data:post.addCommentOnclick'><data:post.numComments/></a></b:if></b:if></span>
<span class='readmorebutton' style='float:right'><a expr:href='data:post.url'>Read More »</a></span>
</b:if></b:if>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'><data:post.body/></b:if>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "static_page"'><data:post.body/></b:if>
</div>
</div>
<b:else/>
<b:include data='post' name='post'/>
</b:if>
<b:else/>
<b:include data='post' name='post'/>
</b:if>
Step 6. Find the </head> tag too glue the next script before/above it:
<script type='text/javascript'>Step 7. And below the script inwards a higher identify add together the CSS styles:
posts_no_thumb_sum = 290;
posts_thumb_sum = 240;
img_thumb_height = 80;
img_thumb_width = 80;
first_no_thumb_sum = 580;
first_thumb_sum = 450;
img_thumb_height1 = 145;
img_thumb_width1 = 165;
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
component division removeHtmlTag(strx,chop){
if(strx.indexOf("<")!=-1)
{
var s = strx.split("<");
for(var i=0;i<s.length;i++){
if(s[i].indexOf(">")!=-1){
s[i] = s[i].substring(s[i].indexOf(">")+1,s[i].length);
}
}
strx = s.join("");
}
chop = (chop < strx.length-1) ? chop : strx.length-2;
while(strx.charAt(chop-1)!=' ' && strx.indexOf(' ',chop)!=-1) chop++;
strx = strx.substring(0,chop-1);
provide strx+'...';
}
component division createSummaryAndThumb(pID){
var div = document.getElementById(pID);
var imgtag = "";
var img = div.getElementsByTagName("img");
var summ = posts_no_thumb_sum;
if(img.length>=1) {
imgtag = '<span class="posts-thumb" style="float:left;"><img src="'+img[0].src+'" width="'+img_thumb_width+'px" height="'+img_thumb_height+'px"/></span>';
summ = posts_thumb_sum;
}
var summary = imgtag + '<div class="summary">' + removeHtmlTag(div.innerHTML,summ) + '</div>';
div.innerHTML = summary;
}
component division createSummaryAndThumb1(pID){
var div = document.getElementById(pID);
var imgtag = "";
var img = div.getElementsByTagName("img");
var summ = first_no_thumb_sum;
if(img.length>=1) {
imgtag = '<span class="first-post-thumb" style="float:left;"><img src="'+img[0].src+'" width="'+img_thumb_width1+'px" height="'+img_thumb_height1+'px"/></span>';
summ = first_thumb_sum;
}
var summary1 = imgtag + '<div class="summary">' + removeHtmlTag(div.innerHTML,summ) + '</div>';
div.innerHTML = summary1;
}
//]]>
</script>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != "static_page"'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != "item"'>
<style type='text/css'>
.first-post-thumb {
margin-right: 10px;
}
.summary {
height: 100%;
}
#first { /* Styles for the First Post Container */
width: auto;
height: 250px;
float: left;
margin-bottom: 10px;
background-color: #F4F4F4; /* background color for the inaugural off post */
border: 1px company #E5E5E5; /* edge for the inaugural off post */}
.first-body { /* Style for the First Post summary */
color: #545454;
font-size: 13px;
text-align: justify;
padding: 5px 10px;
line-height: 1.5em;
}
#first h3 a, #first h3 a:visited { /* Style for the First Post Title*/
border-bottom: 2px company #DFDFDF;
color: #515151;
font-size: 20px;
display: block;
margin: 10px auto;
width: 95%;
font-size: 20px;
padding: 0px 0px 4px 0px;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: left;
line-height: 1.4em;
background: none;
}
#first h3 a:hover { /* Color on mouseover for the First Post Title */
color: #1061A1;
}
.post { /* Styles for the pocket-sized posts container */
float: left;
margin: 0px 6px 2% 5px;
width: 46%;
height: 230px;
padding: 0px 5px 5px 5px;
background: #FCFCFC; /* background color for the pocket-sized posts */
border: 1px company #E5E5E5; /* edge for the pocket-sized posts */
overflow: hidden;
}
.posts-thumb { /* Style for the pocket-sized posts thumbnails */
margin-right: 10px;
}
.post-body img, .post-body .tr-caption-container, .Profile img, .Image img, .BlogList .item-thumbnail img {
background: none;
border: none;
box-shadow: none;
padding: 0;
}
h3.post-title a{ /* Style for the pocket-sized posts titles */
font-size: 14px;
color: #747474;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
h2.date-header { /* Hide the post appointment */
display: none;
}
.post-footer {
display: none;
}
h3.post-title {
margin: 0px;
}
.readmorebutton {
margin-top: 5px;
}
.readmorebutton a { /* Styles for the Read More link */
color: #767676;
border: 1px company #E1E1E1;
background: #EAEAEA; /* Background color for the Read More link */
text-decoration: none;
padding: 3px 5px;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 11px;
float: right;
position: relative;
}
.post-comment-link { /* Style for the comment bubble of posts below */
position: absolute;
top: -35px;
right: -10px;
display: block;
border: 1px company #E1E1E1; /* edge for the comment bubble */
background: #EAEAEA; /* background color for the comment bubble */
font-size: 11px;
position: absolute;
}
#first .post-comment-link { /* Style for the comment bubble of inaugural off post */
position: absolute;
top: 10px;
right: 0px;
}
.post-comment-link a { /* Link color for the comments bubble*/
padding: 10px;
color: #6A6A6A;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
}
#blog-pager {
clear: both;
}
</style>
</b:if>
</b:if>
Customizing the Magazine Layout
1. At the commencement of the script from measuring 6, nosotros accept this section:posts_no_thumb_sum = 290;
posts_thumb_sum = 240;
img_thumb_height = 80;
img_thumb_width = 80;
first_no_thumb_sum = 580;
first_thumb_sum = 450;
img_thumb_height1 = 145;
img_thumb_width1 = 165;
- the inaugural off pose out is the pose out of characters for the pocket-sized posts when in that place volition live on no icon available
- the 2d pose out is the pose out of characters that volition present when the pocket-sized posts volition accept an image
- the tertiary too the fourth business is for the superlative too width of the pocket-sized posts thumbnails (images).
- the same goes for what is inwards blue, but this affects exclusively the inaugural off post. Since the inaugural off post is wider, it may comprise a larger pose out of characters too we'll live on able to brand the thumbnail size larger.
To alter the width too height, respectively the size for the inaugural off post container, hold off for these lines:
width: auto;Underneath the inaugural off post are the values for the other posts, only hold off for this part:
height: 250px;
width: 46%;The width volition ocuppy 46% of the chief column width too superlative is railroad train to 230px. Here y'all may postulate to experiment a chip alongside the sizes inwards gild to brand them appear correctly.
height: 230px;
Finally, railroad train the pose out of posts to present on the homepage, hence that in that place won't live on whatever empty space. Go to Settings > Posts too comments > Show at most too choose the pose out of posts that y'all desire to appear.
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