Related Post widget with thumbnails in blogger

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Here I got a nice tutorial to have related post with thumbnails. As seen from the Linkworth widget.

So here is easy 2 step procedure. Sign in to blogger >> Layout >> Edit HTML >> Download Full Template >> Expand Widget Template.

STEP 1

Press CTRL F and search
</head>

Now Add following code just above it:

<b:if cond=’data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;’>
<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{
font-size: 1.3em;
font-weight: bold;
color: black;
font-family: Georgia, &#8220;Times New Roman&#8221;, Times, serif;
margin-bottom: 0.75em;
margin-top: 0em;
padding-top: 0em;
}
#related-posts a{
color:black;
}
#related-posts a:hover{
color:black;
}

#related-posts  a:hover {
background-color:#d4eaf2;
}
</style>
<script src=’http://free.blogger.help.googlepages.com/getrelatedpostswiththumb.txt’ type=’text/javascript’/>
</b:if>


STEP 2

Now look for

<div class=’post-footer-line post-footer-line-1′>

or

<div class=’post-footer-line post-footer-line-3′>

or


<p class=’post-footer-line post-footer-line-1′>

or

<p class=’post-footer-line post-footer-line-3′>

And after that add following code

<b:if cond=’data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;’>
<div id=’related-posts’>
<b:loop values=’data:post.labels’ var=’label’>
<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_thumbs&amp;max-results=6&quot;’ type=’text/javascript’/></b:if></b:loop><a href=’http://free-blogger-help.blogspot.com/’ style=’display:none;’>Related Posts with thumbnails</a><a href=’http://free-blogger-help.blogspot.com/’ style=’display:none;’>blogger tutorials</a>
<script type=’text/javascript’>
var currentposturl=&quot;<data:post.url/>&quot;;
var maxresults=5;
var relatedpoststitle=”Related Posts”;
removeRelatedDuplicates_thumbs();
printRelatedLabels_thumbs();
</script>
</div><div style=’clear:both’/>
</b:if>

It’s done. Save your template.

You can adjust the maximum number of related posts being displayed by changing value here

var maxresults=5;

You can also change the Related posts heading here

var relatedpoststitle=”Related Posts“;

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