Here is a wonderful hack for displaying related posts beneath each of your blog posts, along with thumbnails. The related articles are chosen from other posts in that same category/label/tag. With this hack many of your readers will remain on your site for longer periods of time when they see related posts of interest.
Adding the Related Posts Widget to Blogger
Step 1. Log in to your Blogger account and go to Template > Edit HTML
Step 2. Click anywhere inside the code area and press the CTRL + F keys:
Step 3. Search for this piece of code adding it inside the search box (hit Enter to find it)
Step 2. Click anywhere inside the code area and press the CTRL + F keys:
Step 3. Search for this piece of code adding it inside the search box (hit Enter to find it)
</head>
Step 4. Copy and paste the below code just before/above the </head> tag:
<!--Related Posts with thumbnails ScriptsnStart-->
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
<style type='text/css'>
#related-posts {
float:left;
width:auto;
}
#related-posts h2 {
margin-top: 10px;
background:none;padding:3px;
}
#related-posts .related_img {
margin:5px;
border:4px solid #B2B2B2;
width:200px;height:120px;
transition:all 300ms ease-in-out;
-webkit-transition:all 300ms ease-in-out;
-moz-transition:all 300ms ease-in-out;
-o-transition:all 300ms ease-in-out;
-ms-transition:all 300ms ease-in-out;
}
#related-title {
color: #222;
line-height: 16px;
padding: 0 24px;
text-align: center;
text-shadow: 0 2px 2px #fff;
width: 100px;
}
#related-posts .related_img:hover{
opacity:.7;
filter:alpha(opacity=70);
-moz-opacity:.7;
-khtml-opacity:.7
}
#related-title:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
}
</style>
<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
imgr=new Array();imgr[0]="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rTpWKzlHo9r0_kiomvfAIjhVj_XiiiVwxSJbC8L6vEfOP71cHEf-ivrZpQu0qc-lloOdD6o1Q4oGUdjaczGtp5oMxxd3kFUDckt9b-JVEmq4Zd4teR21jJofYnUUuVpE-2_nwusG4MnU/s1600/no-thumbnail.png";showRandomImg=true;aBold=true;summaryPost=400;summaryTitle=20;numposts1=12;numposts2=4;function removeHtmlTag(strx,chop){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)}}s=s.join("");s=s.substring(0,chop-1);return s}
function showrecentposts1(json){j=(showRandomImg)?Math.floor((imgr.length+1)*Math.random()):0;img=new Array();if(numposts2<=json.feed.entry.length){maxpost=numposts2}else{maxpost=json.feed.entry.length}for(var i=0;i<maxpost;i++){var entry=json.feed.entry[i];var posttitle=entry.title.$t;var pcm;var posturl;if(i==json.feed.entry.length)break;for(var k=0;k<entry.link.length;k++){if(entry.link[k].rel=='alternate'){posturl=entry.link[k].href;break}}for(var k=0;k<entry.link.length;k++){if(entry.link[k].rel=='replies'&&entry.link[k].type=='text/html'){pcm=entry.link[k].title.split(" ")[0];break}}if("content"in entry){var postcontent=entry.content.$t}else if("summary"in entry){var postcontent=entry.summary.$t}else var postcontent="";postdate=entry.published.$t;if(j>imgr.length-1)j=0;img[i]=imgr[j];s=postcontent;a=s.indexOf("<img");b=s.indexOf("src=\"",a);c=s.indexOf("\"",b+5);d=s.substr(b+5,c-b-5);if((a!=-1)&&(b!=-1)&&(c!=-1)&&(d!=""))img[i]=d;var month=[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12];var month2=["Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"];var day=postdate.split("-")[2].substring(0,2);var m=postdate.split("-")[1];var y=postdate.split("-")[0];for(var u2=0;u2<month.length;u2++){if(parseInt(m)==month[u2]){m=month2[u2];break}}var daystr=day+' '+m+' '+y;pcm='<a href="'+posturl+'">'+pcm+' comments</a>';var trtd='<div class="col_maskolis"><h2 class="posttitle"><a href="'+posturl+'">'+posttitle+'</a></h2><a href="'+posturl+'"><img class="related_img" src="'+img[i]+'"/></a><div class="clear"></div></div>';document.write(trtd);j++}}var relatedTitles=new Array();var relatedTitlesNum=0;var relatedUrls=new Array();var thumburl=new Array();function related_results_labels_thumbs(json){for(var i=0;i<json.feed.entry.length;i++){var entry=json.feed.entry[i];relatedTitles[relatedTitlesNum]=entry.title.$t;try{thumburl[relatedTitlesNum]=entry.gform_foot.url}catch(error){s=entry.content.$t;a=s.indexOf("<img");b=s.indexOf("src=\"",a);c=s.indexOf("\"",b+5);d=s.substr(b+5,c-b-5);if((a!=-1)&&(b!=-1)&&(c!=-1)&&(d!="")){thumburl[relatedTitlesNum]=d}else thumburl[relatedTitlesNum]='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rTpWKzlHo9r0_kiomvfAIjhVj_XiiiVwxSJbC8L6vEfOP71cHEf-ivrZpQu0qc-lloOdD6o1Q4oGUdjaczGtp5oMxxd3kFUDckt9b-JVEmq4Zd4teR21jJofYnUUuVpE-2_nwusG4MnU/s1600/no-thumbnail.png'}for(var k=0;k<entry.link.length;k++){if(entry.link[k].rel=='alternate'){relatedUrls[relatedTitlesNum]=entry.link[k].href;relatedTitlesNum++}}}}function removeRelatedDuplicates_thumbs(){var tmp=new Array(0);var tmp2=new Array(0);var tmp3=new Array(0);for(var i=0;i<relatedUrls.length;i++){if(!contains_thumbs(tmp,relatedUrls[i])){tmp.length+=1;tmp[tmp.length-1]=relatedUrls[i];tmp2.length+=1;tmp3.length+=1;tmp2[tmp2.length-1]=relatedTitles[i];tmp3[tmp3.length-1]=thumburl[i]}}relatedTitles=tmp2;relatedUrls=tmp;thumburl=tmp3}function contains_thumbs(a,e){for(var j=0;j<a.length;j++)if(a[j]==e)return true;return false}function printRelatedLabels_thumbs(){for(var i=0;i<relatedUrls.length;i++){if((relatedUrls[i]==currentposturl)||(!(relatedTitles[i]))){relatedUrls.splice(i,1);relatedTitles.splice(i,1);thumburl.splice(i,1);i--}}var r=Math.floor((relatedTitles.length-1)*Math.random());var i=0;if(relatedTitles.length>0)document.write('<h2>'+relatedpoststitle+'</h2>');document.write('<div style="clear: both;"/>');while(i<relatedTitles.length&&i<20&&i<maxresults){document.write('<a style="text-decoration:none;margin:0 4px 10px 0;float:left;');if(i!=0)document.write('"');else document.write('"');document.write(' href="'+relatedUrls[r]+'"><img class="related_img" src="'+thumburl[r]+'"/><br/><div id="related-title">'+relatedTitles[r]+'</div></a>');if(r<relatedTitles.length-1){r++}else{r=0}i++}document.write('</div>');relatedUrls.splice(0,relatedUrls.length);thumburl.splice(0,thumburl.length);relatedTitles.splice(0,relatedTitles.length)}
//]]>
</script>
</b:if>
<!--Related Posts with thumbnails Scripts End-->
Note:
- to change the width and height of thumbnails, modify 200px and 120px values in red
- to change the color and size of related posts titles, change the value in blue
- remove the line in violet if you want the related posts to be displayed both in homepage and post pages.
Step 5. Find the line below (you will find two times, but you need to stop at the second one):
<div class='post-footer'>
Step 6. Just above that line, paste next code:
<!-- Related Posts with Thumbnails Code Start-->
<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>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
<script expr:src='"/feeds/posts/default/-/" + data:label.name + "?alt=json-in-script&callback=related_results_labels_thumbs&max-results=3"' type='text/javascript'/></b:if></b:loop>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var currentposturl="<data:post.url/>";
var maxresults=3;
var relatedpoststitle="Related Posts:";
removeRelatedDuplicates_thumbs();
printRelatedLabels_thumbs();
</script>
</div>
</b:if>
<!-- Related Posts with Thumbnails Code End-->
Note:
- change the 3 value from max-results=3 with the number of posts you want to be displayed
- if you want the related posts to be displayed on homepage too, then remove the lines in violet
If you are unable to see the related posts widget after saving the template, add the code (step 5) just above the </includable> tag which can be found above this line (CTRL + F to find it):
<b:includable id='postQuickEdit' var='post'>
Step 7. Save the Template and that's it. Now the Related Posts widget should appear below each blog post that has labels on it. Enjoy!
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