How to Add Related Posts on Sidebar

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Hi, friends! Advance, I've written some tricks about related posts. They're How To Make Related Article In Blog and How to Add Related Posts with Thumbnail. Then, what will we disquss now? That's How to Add Related Posts on Sidebar. Actually the function are similar with them. But, in this case the related posts are in sidebar. So, it can contain more articles and have a good look. Now, How to Add Related Posts on Sidebar? Just follow the steps below!

1. Log in to your blogger account
2. Go to Design --> Edit HTML
3. Backup first your template, because we'll make some changes.
4. Click on "Expand Widget Templates"
5. Copy and paste the code below above </head>

<script type="text/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 < 20) {
document.write('<li><a href="' + relatedUrls[r] + '">' + relatedTitles[r] + '</a></li>');
if (r < relatedTitles.length - 1) {
r++;
} else {
r = 0;
}
i++;
}
document.write('</ul>');
}
//]]>
</script>

6. Find (Ctrl + F) some code which looks like this

<b:if cond='data:post.labels'>
<data:postLabelsLabel/>
<b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'>
<a expr:href='data:label.url' rel='tag'><data:label.name/></a><b:if cond='data:label.isLast != &quot;true&quot;'>,</b:if>
</b:loop>
</b:if>

7. Then change with this code

<b:if cond='data:post.labels'><data:postLabelsLabel/>
<b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'>
<a expr:href='data:label.url' rel='tag'><data:label.name/></a><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=10&quot;' type='text/javascript'/>
</b:if>
</b:loop>
</b:if>

Customize:

• max-results=10 is the number of related posts will be display, you can change the number.

8. Click
9. Then, go to Design --> Page Elements --> Add Gadget, then choose "HTML/Java Script". Add the code below.

<script type="text/javascript">
removeRelatedDuplicates();
printRelatedLabels();
</script>

10. Write Related Posts as the name of the widget. Click if you finished
11. To show the widget only in next page (not in homepage), go back to Design --> Edit HTML, click on "Expand Widget Templates"
12. Find (Ctrl + F) Related Posts,  and add some blue code. So the code will be like this

<b:widget id='HTML7' locked='false' title='Related Posts' type='HTML'>
<b:includable id='main'>

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>

<!-- only display title if it's non-empty -->
<b:if cond='data:title != &quot;&quot;'>
<h2 class='title'><data:title/></h2>
</b:if>
<div class='widget-content'>
<data:content/>
</div>

<b:include name='quickedit'/>

</b:if>

</b:includable>
</b:widget>

15. Click

Just do How to Add Related Posts on Sidebar patiently, and you will be done!