Site Author : Topic: How Do I Put The Related Posts Section on my Blog?  (Read 1545 times)
January 06, 2010, 08:00:57 PM
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I need to add a Related Posts Section on my blogspot blog. The reason is that I am running some series of posts at times and want that visitors should get to see the related posts atomatically on the post like Modifying Blogspot Templates

I found some tons of JavaScript code using g'search but the question is "Is there any smarter way of doing this?"
I personally do not want to use Javascript as I undertsand not much of it and so I cannot trust it.  ;D

Any suggestions or recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks.
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March 17, 2010, 08:07:27 PM
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Hi,

There are some basic steps to install the related post for blogger / BlogSpot:

Step 1:
On your blogger dashboard, Click Layout -> Edit HTML -> Expand Widget Templates.

Step 2:
Find this code below.

<data:post.body/>


Step 3:
Copy this code below, and paste right after the code <data:post.body/>.

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
<div class='similiar'>
<!--
1. Now, users don't need to change anything to use this widget. just copy and paste, and done!
2. The current article will also be listed, now it's no more.
-->
<div class='widget-content'>
<h3>Related Posts by Categories</h3>
<div id='data2007'/><br/><br/>
<div id='hoctro'>
Widget by <u><a href='http://hoctro.blogspot.com'>Hoctro</a></u> | <u><a href='http://www.jackbook.com/' title='Related Posts on Blogger Modified by JackBook.Com. Read More?'>Jack Book</a></u> | <u><a href='http://djyano.blogspot.com'>The-Online-Quest</a></u>
</div>
<script type='text/javascript'>

var homeUrl3 = &quot;<data:blog.homepageUrl/>&quot;;
var maxNumberOfPostsPerLabel = 4;
var maxNumberOfLabels = 10;
maxNumberOfPostsPerLabel = 100;
maxNumberOfLabels = 3;

function listEntries10(json) {
var ul = document.createElement(&#39;ul&#39;);
var maxPosts = (json.feed.entry.length &lt;= maxNumberOfPostsPerLabel) ?
json.feed.entry.length : maxNumberOfPostsPerLabel;
for (var i = 0; i &lt; maxPosts; i++) {
var entry = json.feed.entry;
var alturl;

for (var k = 0; k &lt; entry.link.length; k++) {
if (entry.link[k].rel == &#39;alternate&#39;) {
alturl = entry.link[k].href;
break;
}
}
var li = document.createElement(&#39;li&#39;);
var a = document.createElement(&#39;a&#39;);
a.href = alturl;
if(a.href!=location.href) {
var txt = document.createTextNode(entry.title.$t);
a.appendChild(txt);
li.appendChild(a);
ul.appendChild(li);
}
}
for (var l = 0; l &lt; json.feed.link.length; l++) {
if (json.feed.link[l].rel == &#39;alternate&#39;) {
var raw = json.feed.link[l].href;
var label = raw.substr(homeUrl3.length+13);
var k;
for (k=0; k&lt;20; k++) label = label.replace(&quot;%20&quot;, &quot; &quot;);
var txt = document.createTextNode(label);
var h = document.createElement(&#39;b&#39;);
h.appendChild(txt);
var div1 = document.createElement(&#39;div&#39;);
div1.appendChild(h);
div1.appendChild(ul);
document.getElementById(&#39;data2007&#39;).appendChild(div1);
}
}
}
function search10(query, label) {

var script = document.createElement(&#39;script&#39;);
script.setAttribute(&#39;src&#39;, query + &#39;feeds/posts/default/-/&#39;
+ label +
&#39;?alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=listEntries10&#39;);
script.setAttribute(&#39;type&#39;, &#39;text/javascript&#39;);
document.documentElement.firstChild.appendChild(script);
}
var labelArray = new Array();
var numLabel = 0;
<b:loop values='data:posts' var='post'>
<b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'>
textLabel = &quot;<data:label.name/>&quot;;

var test = 0;
for (var i = 0; i &lt; labelArray.length; i++)
if (labelArray == textLabel) test = 1;
if (test == 0) {
labelArray.push(textLabel);
var maxLabels = (labelArray.length &lt;= maxNumberOfLabels) ?
labelArray.length : maxNumberOfLabels;
if (numLabel &lt; maxLabels) {
search10(homeUrl3, textLabel);
numLabel++;
}
}
</b:loop>
</b:loop>
</script>
</div>
</div>
</b:if>
Example :
<data:post.body/>
Related Posts Code Here

Step 4:

Save your template. Refresh your blog, and done.

I found this help from across the link:
http://djyano.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-put-related-post-on-blogger.html

If you feel any problem to deploy it then visit on above link.
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March 19, 2010, 02:57:15 AM
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The very easy way,

Just paste the below code anywhere you want the related post appear

e.g

under post,paste this code under
<data:post.body/>

or if not work,past it under
<div class='comments' id='comments'>
(If you paste after this code,the related post section will only appear when you open full post,not at home page..

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<script src="http://blogger-related-posts.googlecode.com/files/related-posts-widget-1.0.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<script type="text/javascript">
relatedPostsWidget({
'containerSelector':'div.post-body'
,'loadingText':'loading...'
});</script>

Hope it work..
for more information please visit my blog and do leave a comment

http://www.otakworks.net
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March 19, 2010, 11:49:21 PM
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April 16, 2010, 06:32:43 AM
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This is a very helpful post.. thanks a lot to this.! I finally got what i wanted for my site.. :)
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