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Related Posts: Add Own Created Related Posts Widget With Thumbnail

By Muhammad Aseel at July 20, 2013 Labels: JavaScript, Unique, Widget

السلام عليكم

Today's topic is very interesting that how to add related posts widget with thumbnail to blog, this is a very important widget of a blog. You saw related posts widget on many blogs and also on my blog. There are many sites who provided you related posts widget but I created this related posts widget with my own.

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Which template can I use for my blog?

Adding Related Posts Widget To Blog.

Go to your blog dashboard.
Go to template >> edit HTML.
Now paste the below code just above </head> tag.

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
<style type='text/css'>
#related-posts {
float:center;
text-transform:none;
height:100%;
min-height:100%;
padding-top:5px;
padding-left:5px;

}

#related-posts h2{
margin: 10px 0px!important;
padding: 15px 15px!important;
font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
font-size: 16px;
color: white;
font-weight: 700;
line-height: 14px;
text-transform: capitalize;
background: #2B3338;
border: 2px solid #2C3336;
border-top-right-radius: 5px;
border-top-left-radius: 5px;
box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px #666;

}

#related-posts a{
border-right: 1px dotted #DDDDDD;
color:#5D5D5D;
}
#related-posts a:hover{
color:black;
background-color:#EDEDEF;
}
</style>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var defaultnoimage="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzhm4oODpgm5IA-gJm_H3NVLoAg4icOgNCha2hJnDaUuD31gWveiFGFo_wfgyVky60n5OUHAeN82MGBDo8C6EUcFH5qxEy5Ksa7S6S6aORVgM8Fexl0F8Xr3PByGiT31EKaj6J2dRTFjS/s1600/no_image.jpg";
var maxresults=5;
var splittercolor="#DDDDDD";
var relatedpoststitle="Related Posts";
</script>
<script src='http://yourjavascript.com/82176150534/obt-related-post-widget.js' type='text/javascript'/>
</b:if>

Customization:

If you want to change related posts results just change the value of var maxresults=5; with your choice results.

Now find:

<data:post.body/>

OR!!!

<div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'>

Now paste the below code just above the following code.

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
<div id='related-posts'>
<b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'>
<b:if cond='data:label.isLast != "true"'>
</b:if>
<script expr:src='"/feeds/posts/default/-/" + data:label.name + "?alt=json-in-script&callback=related_results_labels_thumbs&max-results=6"' type='text/javascript'/></b:loop>
<script type='text/javascript'>
removeRelatedDuplicates_thumbs();
printRelatedLabels_thumbs("<data:post.url/>");
</script>
</div><div style='clear:both'/>
</b:if>
<b:if cond='data:blog.url == data:blog.homepageUrl'><b:if cond='data:post.isFirstPost'>
</b:if></b:if>