People always go after new trends & styles, recent studies say that the style of your blog is much more important than the content of your blog. The auto scrolling recent posts widget is a stylish recent post widget which can make your visitors spend more time on your blog. In this widget, the recent posts on your blog are shown off to your visitors using a jQuery scroll effect, which can easily catch the attention of your visitors. Now lets see how to add it to your blogger blog!
Add Scrolling Recent Posts Widget To Your Blog
Step 1. In Your Blogger Dashboard Click > Template > Edit HTML > Proceed button:
Step 2. Using Ctrl+F Search For <head> and just below it paste the following Code:
<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
Step 3. In the Blogger dashboard click the drop down menu for your blog > Choose 'Layout' > Click 'Add A Gadget' > Choose 'Html Javascript':
<style type="text/css" media="screen">
<!--
/* ========== Scrolling Recent Posts Widget By helperblogger.com ======== */
#helperblogger-widget {
overflow: hidden;
margin-top: 5px;
padding: 0px 0px;
height: 385px;
}
#helperblogger-widget ul {
width: 295px;
overflow: hidden;
list-style-type: none;
padding: 0px 0px;
margin: 0px 0px;
}
#helperblogger-widget li {
width: 282px;
padding: 5px 5px;
margin: 0px 0px 5px 0px;
list-style-type: none;
float: none;
height: 80px;
overflow: hidden;
background: #fff url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfqWlkrlgjGOYWDPiTxPjuT_yg9nxFHtgsqhxZZZiQ7zn-bZpuIdhR9RdNYr9P0OVKC5w4xzRodXoJ3mbVFHVBPRoSHAUM3BCTEkfuKc4LUl1rED-FQA_bwcXhk3nCgMkk3KA1mGVcIqg/s1600/helperblogger.com-post.jpg) repeat-x;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
}
#helperblogger-widget li a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #4B545B;
font-size: 15px;
height: 18px;
overflow: hidden;
margin: 0px 0px;
padding: 0px 0px 2px 0px;
}
#helperblogger-widget img {
float: left;
margin-top: 10px;
margin-right: 15px;
background: #EFEFEF;
border: 0;
}
#helperblogger-widget img {
-webkit-transition: all 0.5s ease;
-moz-transition: all 0.5s ease;
transition: all 0.5s ease;
padding: 4px;
background: #eee;
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#eee), color-stop(0.5, #ddd), color-stop(0.5, #c0c0c0), to(#aaa));
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #eee, #ddd 50%, #c0c0c0 50%, #aaa);
-webkit-border-radius: 4px;
-moz-border-radius: 4px;
border-radius: 4px;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.7);
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.7);
box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.7);
}
#helperblogger-widget img:hover {
-moz-transform: scale(1.2) rotate(-350deg);
-webkit-transform: scale(1.2) rotate(-350deg);
-o-transform: scale(1.2) rotate(-350deg);
-ms-transform: scale(1.2) rotate(-350deg);
transform: scale(1.2) rotate(-350deg);
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 20px rgba(255,0,0,.4), inset 0 0 20px rgba(255,255,255,1);
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 20px rgba(255,0,0,.4), inset 0 0 20px rgba(255,255,255,1);
box-shadow: 0 0 20px rgba(255,0,0,.4), inset 0 0 20px rgba(255,255,255,1);
}
.spydate {
overflow: hidden;
font-size: 10px;
color: #0284C2;
padding: 2px 0px;
margin: 1px 0px 0px 0px;
height: 15px;
font-family: Tahoma,Arial,verdana, sans-serif;
}
.spycomment {
overflow: hidden;
font-family: Tahoma,Arial,verdana, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
color: #262B2F;
padding: 0px 0px;
margin: 0px 0px;
}
/* ========== Scrolling Recent Posts Widget By helperblogger.com ======== */
-->
</style>
<script language='JavaScript'>
imgr = new Array();
imgr[0] = "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIOEH2efmClVJqH3XhcBGJi1yc30JBwt1q4V8QydlYHWUvEMqmyXpexmjPP9skHvt-iacFXCOnVjbA3XlM2v-TS7Evb4ppx8BxyUDCVNFWNFCgeWbYrUlVujCn7agK6fqUF5m1wlmo4jk/s1600/no-thumbnail.png";
imgr[1] = "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIOEH2efmClVJqH3XhcBGJi1yc30JBwt1q4V8QydlYHWUvEMqmyXpexmjPP9skHvt-iacFXCOnVjbA3XlM2v-TS7Evb4ppx8BxyUDCVNFWNFCgeWbYrUlVujCn7agK6fqUF5m1wlmo4jk/s1600/no-thumbnail.png";
imgr[2] = "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIOEH2efmClVJqH3XhcBGJi1yc30JBwt1q4V8QydlYHWUvEMqmyXpexmjPP9skHvt-iacFXCOnVjbA3XlM2v-TS7Evb4ppx8BxyUDCVNFWNFCgeWbYrUlVujCn7agK6fqUF5m1wlmo4jk/s1600/no-thumbnail.png";
imgr[3] = "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIOEH2efmClVJqH3XhcBGJi1yc30JBwt1q4V8QydlYHWUvEMqmyXpexmjPP9skHvt-iacFXCOnVjbA3XlM2v-TS7Evb4ppx8BxyUDCVNFWNFCgeWbYrUlVujCn7agK6fqUF5m1wlmo4jk/s1600/no-thumbnail.png";
imgr[4] = "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIOEH2efmClVJqH3XhcBGJi1yc30JBwt1q4V8QydlYHWUvEMqmyXpexmjPP9skHvt-iacFXCOnVjbA3XlM2v-TS7Evb4ppx8BxyUDCVNFWNFCgeWbYrUlVujCn7agK6fqUF5m1wlmo4jk/s1600/no-thumbnail.png";
showRandomImg = true;
boxwidth = 255;
cellspacing = 6;
borderColor = "#232c35";
bgTD = "#000000";
thumbwidth = 50;
thumbheight = 50;
fntsize = 15;
acolor = "#666";
aBold = true;
icon = " ";
text = "comments";
showPostDate = true;
summaryPost = 40;
summaryFontsize = 10;
summaryColor = "#666";
icon2 = " ";
numposts = 10;
home_page = "http://www.tweakyourblog.info/";
limitspy=4;
intervalspy=4000;
</script>
<div id="helperblogger-widget">
<script src='http://code.helperblogger.com/recent-posts-spy.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
</div>
Step 4. Replace
http://www.tweakyourblog.info/ With your blog URL.
Note: numposts = 10 Shows the number of posts that will be scrolled and
limitspy=4 Shows the number of posts that appear on the widget at once.
That's it you now have an awesome scrolling recent posts widget on your blog.
Drop Your Comments And Questions Below.