Steps to Add Related Posts on Sidebar of Blogger

Steps to Add Related Posts on Sidebar of Blogger

There are many tutorials about how to add related post on blogger or blogspot, but many of them are on the below of the every post we write on the blogspot. Here, i will show you how to add the related post but in the sidebar of the blogger, so the template will looks amazing and beatufil. Here are the steps of adding related post on the sidebar:


1. Log in to your blogger account
2. Go to Design --> Edit HTML
3. Backup first your template, because we'll make some changes.
4. Click on "Expand Widget Templates"
5. Copy and paste the code below above </head>

<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
var relatedTitles = new Array();
var relatedTitlesNum = 0;
var relatedUrls = new Array();
function related_results_labels(json) {
for (var i = 0; i < json.feed.entry.length; i++) {
var entry = json.feed.entry[i];
relatedTitles[relatedTitlesNum] = entry.title.$t;
for (var k = 0; k < entry.link.length; k++) {
if (entry.link[k].rel == 'alternate') {
relatedUrls[relatedTitlesNum] = entry.link[k].href;
relatedTitlesNum++;
break;
}
}
}
}
function removeRelatedDuplicates() {
var tmp = new Array(0);
var tmp2 = new Array(0);
for(var i = 0; i < relatedUrls.length; i++) {
if(!contains(tmp, relatedUrls[i])) {
tmp.length += 1;
tmp[tmp.length - 1] = relatedUrls[i];
tmp2.length += 1;
tmp2[tmp2.length - 1] = relatedTitles[i];
}
}
relatedTitles = tmp2;
relatedUrls = tmp;
}
function contains(a, e) {
for(var j = 0; j < a.length; j++) if (a[j]==e) return true;
return false;
}
function printRelatedLabels() {
var r = Math.floor((relatedTitles.length - 1) * Math.random());
var i = 0;
document.write('<ul>');
while (i < relatedTitles.length && i < 20) {
document.write('<li><a href="' + relatedUrls[r] + '">' + relatedTitles[r] + '</a></li>');
if (r < relatedTitles.length - 1) {
r++;
} else {
r = 0;
}
i++;
}
document.write('</ul>');
}
//]]>
</script>


6. Find (Ctrl + F) some code which looks like this


<b:if cond='data:post.labels'>
<data:postLabelsLabel/>
<b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'>
<a expr:href='data:label.url' rel='tag'><data:label.name/></a><b:if cond='data:label.isLast != &quot;true&quot;'>,</b:if>
</b:loop>
</b:if>

7. Then change with this code

<b:if cond='data:post.labels'><data:postLabelsLabel/>
<b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'>
<a expr:href='data:label.url' rel='tag'><data:label.name/></a><b:if cond='data:label.isLast != &quot;true&quot;'>,</b:if>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<script expr:src='&quot;/feeds/posts/default/-/&quot; + data:label.name + &quot;?alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=related_results_labels&amp;max-results=10&quot;' type='text/javascript'/>
</b:if>
</b:loop>
</b:if>

Customize:
max-results=10 is the number of related posts will be display, you can change the number.

8. Click Save Template
9. Then, go to Design --> Page Elements --> Add Gadget, then choose "HTML/Java Script". Add the code below.

<script type="text/javascript">
removeRelatedDuplicates();
printRelatedLabels();
</script>

10. Write Related Posts as the name of the widget. Click Save if you finished
11. To show the widget only in next page (not in homepage), go back to Design --> Edit HTML, click on "Expand Widget Templates"
12. Find (Ctrl + F) Related Posts,  and add some blue code. So the code will be like this

<b:widget id='HTML7' locked='false' title='Related Posts' type='HTML'>
<b:includable id='main'>


<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>


<!-- only display title if it's non-empty -->
<b:if cond='data:title != &quot;&quot;'>
<h2 class='title'><data:title/></h2>
</b:if>
<div class='widget-content'>
<data:content/>
</div>

<b:include name='quickedit'/>


</b:if>


</b:includable>
</b:widget>

15. Click Save

Just do How to Add Related Posts on Sidebar patiently, and you will be done!