Related Posts With Title & Comments Hover Effect

Add Related Posts With Title & Comments Hover Effect

1. Go to your Blogger Dashboard click on ---> Design tab ---> Edit HTML tab.

2. Make sure to take backup of your Template before making any changes to your HTML. (More Info On: How To Backup Blogger Template.

3. Now click on Expand Template Widgets check box.

4. Search for below code in your Template. More Info On: "How To Find A Code In Blogger Template".

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5. Paste the following CSS code Before it.

/* Related Post Widget by www.ravisaive.in */

#related-posts{float:left;height:160px;margin-bottom:10px; outline: 1px solid #fff;border: 1px solid #ddd;background: #f9fafb;}
#related-posts h3{font-family: Francois One;font-size:20px;font-weight:400;color: #222222;margin-bottom: 0.5em;margin-top: 0.5em;margin-left: 0.5em;padding-top: 0em;}
#related-posts ul{margin:5px;width:613px;padding-left:17px;list-style:none;display:block;}
#related-posts ul li{list-style:none;position:relative;float:left;border:0 none;margin-right:11px;padding:2px;width:86px;}
#related-posts ul li:hover{z-index:100}
#related-posts ul li:hover img{border:3px solid #BBB}
#related-posts ul li:hover div{font-size:7px;text-transform:capitalize;position:absolute;top:20px;left:-15px;margin-left:0;width:130px}
#related-posts ul li img{border:3px solid #DDD;width:80px;height:80px;background:#FFF;display:block;}
#related-posts ul li div{position:absolute;z-index:99;margin-left:-999em}
#related-posts ul li .title{text-align:center;border:1px dotted #CCC;background:#fff;padding:5px 10px}

6. Next find the below code in your template.

<data:post.body/>

7. Past the following code just After it.

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<div id='related-posts'>
<script type='text/javascript'>var ry=&#39;<h3>Related Posts:</h3>&#39;;rn=&#39;<h3>No Related Posts </h3>&#39;;rcomment=&#39;Comment&#39;;rdisable=&#39;Comments off&#39;;commentYN=&#39;yes&#39;;</script>

<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
var nothumb='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_u7a1IFxc4WI/TTjruHJjcfI/AAAAAAAAAk0/i11Oj6i_bHY/no-image.png';dw='';titles=new Array();titlesNum=0;urls=new Array();time=new Array();thumb=new Array();commentsNum=new Array();comments=new Array();function related_results_labels(c){for(var b=0;b<c.feed.entry.length;b++){var d=c.feed.entry[b];titles[titlesNum]=d.title.$t;for(var a=0;a<d.link.length;a++){if('thr$total' in d){commentsNum[titlesNum]=d.thr$total.$t+' '+rcomment}else{commentsNum[titlesNum]=rdisable};if(d.link[a].rel=="alternate"){urls[titlesNum]=d.link[a].href;time[titlesNum]=d.published.$t;if('media$thumbnail' in d){thumb[titlesNum]=d.media$thumbnail.url}else{thumb[titlesNum]=nothumb};titlesNum++;break}}}}function removeRelatedDuplicates(){var b=new Array(0);c=new Array(0);e=new Array(0);f=new Array(0);g=new Array(0);for(var a=0;a<urls.length;a++){if(!contains(b,urls[a])){b.length+=1;b[b.length-1]=urls[a];c.length+=1;c[c.length-1]=titles[a];e.length+=1;e[e.length-1]=time[a];f.length+=1;f[f.length-1]=thumb[a];g.length+=1;g[g.length-1]=commentsNum[a]}}urls=b;titles=c;time=e;thumb=f;commentsNum=g}function contains(b,d){for(var c=0;c<b.length;c++){if(b[c]==d){return true}}return false}function printRelatedLabels(a){for(var b=0;b<urls.length;b++){if(urls[b]==a){urls.splice(b,1);titles.splice(b,1);time.splice(b,1);thumb.splice(b,1);commentsNum.splice(b,1)}}var c=Math.floor((titles.length-1)*Math.random());var b=0;if(titles.length==0){dw+=rn}else{dw+=ry;dw+='<ul>';while(b<titles.length&&b<20&&b<maxresults){if(commentYN=='yes'){comments[c]=' - '+commentsNum[c]}else{comments[c]=''};dw+='<li><a href="'+urls[c]+'" rel="nofollow"><img alt="'+titles[c]+'" src="'+thumb[c]+'"/></a><div class="title"><a href="'+urls[c]+'" rel="nofollow"><h2>'+titles[c]+'</h2></a><span>'+time[c].substring(8,10)+'/'+time[c].substring(5,7)+'/'+time[c].substring(0,4)+comments[c]+'</span></div></li>';if(c<titles.length-1){c++}else{c=0}b++}dw+='</ul>'};urls.splice(0,urls.length);titles.splice(0,titles.length);document.getElementById('related-posts').innerHTML=dw};
//]]>

</script>
<b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'>
<script expr:src='&quot;/feeds/posts/default/-/&quot; + data:label.name + &quot;?alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=related_results_labels&quot;' type='text/javascript'/>
</b:loop>
<script type='text/javascript'>var maxresults=6;removeRelatedDuplicates();printRelatedLabels(&#39;<data:post.url/>&#39;);</script>

</div>
<div style='clear both'/>
</b:if>

8. Save your template and view your blog. You must see a related posts widget appearing in your blog.