Recent Posts with Thumbnails Widget for Blogger / Blogspot

Recent Posts with Thumbnails is an interesting hack that allows you to display your latest posts in various styles. besides making more cool the display, these widgets can also attract the eyes of visitors. If they are not interested in the post title may be the image was displayed can get them interested. This post explains how to add Recent Posts widget in Blogger with image thumbnails.this Gadget will help you to display the most Recent Posts on your Blog’s Sidebar. The Gadget has an options panel and can be configured to meet your needs. You can easily customize whether or not you would like to display thumbnails, post summaries, and the number of comments for each post along side the titles. So just start the tutorial to create a "Recent Posts With Thumbnails".

I have to write two set of instructions for each steps, as some of you are using the default layout, and some of you are using the new layout. So, let's see how to install this cool widget in your blog..

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Step 1:

If you're using the old Blogger interface: Go to Dashboard - Design - Page Elements - Add a Gadget.

Add a Gadget of HTML/JavaScript type.

If you're using the new Blogger interface: Go to Dashboard - Layout - Add a Gadget

2.Click on 'Add a Gadget' on the sidebar.

3.Select 'HTML/Javascript' and add the one of code given below

4. Now Click On Save 'JavaScript' You are done.

<div id="24work">
<a href="http://24work.blogspot.com" target="_blank" title="Blogger Widgets"><img src="http://safir85.ucoz.com/24work-blogspot/cursor-24work-10.png" border="0" alt="Blogger Widgets" style="position:absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px;" /></a><script language="JavaScript">
imgr = new Array();

imgr[0] = "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8uUkmHpdLKnzQRKo3BqFhalymeDa9rWzgEhbZQc2t9dSAYeFxy50VGhk9uylN_0cszJ2Qh49WkFAHJK7ip9hxtDRQOEHQzk1lxisYevroM3qwNNsKek4Y9eJyLYQSFxEqI7wfUTV0L1M/s400/noimage.png";

imgr[1] = "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8uUkmHpdLKnzQRKo3BqFhalymeDa9rWzgEhbZQc2t9dSAYeFxy50VGhk9uylN_0cszJ2Qh49WkFAHJK7ip9hxtDRQOEHQzk1lxisYevroM3qwNNsKek4Y9eJyLYQSFxEqI7wfUTV0L1M/s400/noimage.png";

imgr[2] = "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8uUkmHpdLKnzQRKo3BqFhalymeDa9rWzgEhbZQc2t9dSAYeFxy50VGhk9uylN_0cszJ2Qh49WkFAHJK7ip9hxtDRQOEHQzk1lxisYevroM3qwNNsKek4Y9eJyLYQSFxEqI7wfUTV0L1M/s400/noimage.png";

imgr[3] = "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8uUkmHpdLKnzQRKo3BqFhalymeDa9rWzgEhbZQc2t9dSAYeFxy50VGhk9uylN_0cszJ2Qh49WkFAHJK7ip9hxtDRQOEHQzk1lxisYevroM3qwNNsKek4Y9eJyLYQSFxEqI7wfUTV0L1M/s400/noimage.png";

imgr[4] = "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8uUkmHpdLKnzQRKo3BqFhalymeDa9rWzgEhbZQc2t9dSAYeFxy50VGhk9uylN_0cszJ2Qh49WkFAHJK7ip9hxtDRQOEHQzk1lxisYevroM3qwNNsKek4Y9eJyLYQSFxEqI7wfUTV0L1M/s400/noimage.png";


showRandomImg = true;

tablewidth = 298;

cellspacing = 8;
borderColor = "#ffffff";
bgTD = "#ffffff";

imgwidth = 80;
imgheight = 80;

fntsize = 12;
acolor = "#666";
aBold = true;
icon = " ";

text = "no";

showPostDate = false;

summaryPost = 50;
summaryFontsize = 11;
summaryColor = "#666";
icon2 = " ";

numposts = 5;

home_page = "http://bloggingstate.blogspot.com/";

</script>
<script src="http://safir85.ucoz.com/bdlab-blogspot/24work/rec-thumbnail/recentposts_thumbnail-1.js"></script>
</div>

Explanation:

(Edit the values to fit your blog)

tablewidth - Width of the widget

cellspacing - Space between cells (default one is good)
borderColor - Border color (add the background color of your template to perfectly blend it in the template)
thumbwidth & thumbheight - Width and Height of the thumbnail (default are good)

fntsize - Font size of the title

acolor - Color of the titleaBold - you want bold titles? (true or false)
numposts - How many posts you want to show?
home_page : http://bloggingstate.blogspot.com/ (change this to your blog url)



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