Simple and elegant style Related Post Widget For blog

The Following Related Post Widget is shared from the Techzain Website.

Related Post widget for blog . Its used all the major blog , for the purpose of traffic ,bounce rate and more over keep your visitor stay more time on your blog . Today will be sharing related post widget with simple and elegant style below the blog post .

Screen Shot :

For Live Demo : Scroll Down this post .

Steps To Add Related Posts Widget :

• Go to Blogger Dashboard > Template > Edit HTML
• Search for  </head>
• Add the following code just before it

<!--Related Posts Start-->
<style>
#related-posts {
float : left;
width:550px;
margin-top:0px;
margin-left : 5px;
font : 11px Verdana;
padding:5px;
}
#related-posts .widget {
list-style-type : none;
margin : 5px 0 5px 0;
padding : 0;
}
#related-posts .widget h2, #related-posts h2 {
color : #940f04;
font-size : 20px;
font-weight : normal;
margin : 5px 7px 0;
padding : 0 0 5px;
}
#related-posts a {
color : #054474;
font-size : 12px;
text-decoration : none;
}
#related-posts a:hover {
color : #0080ff;
text-decoration : none;
}
#related-posts ul {
list-style:none; padding:0px !important;
}
#related-posts ul li { background: transparent url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju0phDtrWh_CcXrvBhx8bW1wNCy2lhi_SlrvmcVhTEv5gU0_gHLU0pck1FAR5Y_Vmzt0m_QEKDHt2Iu4jcun6UwtlrfIhRDeCl5-KS5_lSW2I_Mt6Mk8t2toJxpDS5LinItYXj-63JrbY/s400/255.gif) no-repeat scroll 0px 6px; margin: 0.3em 0 !important; padding: 0 0 0.8em 20px; line-height : 2em; border-bottom:1px dotted #cccccc;
}
#related-posts ul li:hover{  
background: transparent url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbV1v6ZrsH8I28thFIsntrQCeXlfhxBHVXA0jROqFOIjN6HNLfKh_3WPJZXmfyPAM0cssVKm041h14uA1AwhY_1uZ21uso1qydqsn0rWa75V_QXZrlQD1EDWEIthmPa16zuiblsJC3II/s400/251.gif) no-repeat scroll 0px 6px !important;
}

</style>
<script language='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 < 6) {
document.write('<li><a href="' + relatedUrls[r] + '">' + relatedTitles[r] + '</a></li>');
if (r < relatedTitles.length - 1) {
r++;
} else {
r = 0;
}
i++;
}
document.write('</ul>');
document.write('<a rel="dofollow" href="http://www.techzain.com" style="float:right;font-size:10px;">Widgets</a></font>');
}
//]]>
</script>
<!--Related Posts Stop-->

• Now search for <data:post.body/>
• Paste the following code just before it.

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<div id='related-posts'>
<font color='#289728' face='Arial' size='3'><b>Related Posts : </b></font><font color='#FFFFFF'><b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'><data:label.name/><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=5&quot;' type='text/javascript'/></b:if></b:loop> </font>
<script type='text/javascript'> removeRelatedDuplicates(); printRelatedLabels();
</script>
</div></b:if>

•  That's All . Preview and Save the template

How To Customize :

• To display any other text in place of "Related Posts" then simply replace it with any text you want.
• To change the color of the related post title change this code #289728 to the one you want  ( use Our Color Code Generator Tool )

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