Friday, July 24, 2009

Blogger Widget: Show Total Posts & Comments

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You might have noticed that some Blogger blogs have widget installed in the sidebar which displays total posts and comments of that blog. Well, you can also install such a widget in your blog as well. A simple script allows us to show off total posts and comments on our blog.

Steps to Add the Widget!


  1. Go to Layout | Page Elements.
  2. Click Add a Gadget link in your sidebar where you want to add this widget.
  3. When a new window is opened, chose HTML/JavaScript as your widget and add the following code in the Content field.
    <script style="text/javascript">
    function numberOfPosts(json) {
    document.write('Posts: <b>' + json.feed.openSearch$totalResults.$t + '</b><br>');
    }
    function numberOfComments(json) {
    document.write('Comments: <b>' + json.feed.openSearch$totalResults.$t + '</b><br>');
    }
    </script>
    <font color="blue"><script src="http://bloggerfaqs.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=json-in-script&callback=numberOfPosts"></script>
    <script src="http://bloggerfaqs.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default?alt=json-in-script&callback=numberOfComments"></script></font>

  4. Save your widget and see the blog.

Widget Customization!


Replace http://bloggerfaqs.blogspot.com/ with your own blog URL. You can change the Posts: and Comments: text to whatever you like for example you can replace Comments: with Total No. of Comments:.

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