Read to add this cool fast loading widget on your blogs to display recent comments made by your blog readers? Lets get straight to work then!
1 Go To Blogger > Template
2 Backup your template
3 Click Edit HTML
4 Paste the following code just above </head> tag
Note: This step is optional. Skip it if you have already added jQuery library source links to your blogger template.
<script async='' src='https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
5 Next paste the following stylesheet links for FontAwesome and Osald font just above </head>. Skip adding the links if you already have added them inside your templates:
<link href='http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/assets/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.css' rel='stylesheet'/><link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'/>
6 Now paste the following CSS code just above ]]></b:skin>
/*############Recent Comments Widget##################*/.mbtcmts{list-style-type:none; overflow:hidden; }
.mbtcmts li {margin:0px auto 20px auto; clear:both; color:#666; font-family:helvetica; font-size:12px;padding:0px;}
.mbtcmts i{color:#999; padding-right:4px;}
.mbtcmts .idate {display:block; font-family:arial; font-size:11px;text-align: left;padding:3px; margin:0 0 0px 40px}
.mbtcmts .icontent{ display:block; font-family:Georgia; color:#999; font-style:italic; line-height:1.5em;}
.mbtcmts .icontent a {color:#999; text-decoration:none; font-weight: bold;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;}
.mbtcmts div{line-height:2em; clear:both; border-top:1px solid #eee; margin-top:5px;}
.mbtcmts span { margin:5px 0px 0px; padding-right:5px;}
.mbtcmts img {border-radius:100%; float:left; margin:0px 20px 20px 0px; border:1px solid #eee; padding:3px; width:50px; height:50px;box-shadow: 2px 2px 4px #ddd; }
.mbtcmts .icapital {text-transform:Capitalize; display:inline-block;}
.mbtcmts .ititle {font-family:oswald; font-size:14px; color:orange; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;}
.mbtcmts .ititle:hover {color:#666;}.mbtcmts .idate:before, .mbtcmts .ipostTitle a:before{font-family:fontAwesome; position:relative; padding-right:5px;}
.mbtcmts .idate:before {content:'\f017'; color:#999}
.mbtcmts .ipostTitle a {text-decoration:none; color:#999}
.mbtcmts .ipostTitle a:before {content:'\f07c'; }#mbtloading{
margin: 20% auto;background: url('http://downloads.mybloggertricks.com/Spin%20and%20pulsate.gif') no-repeat left center;width: 80px;height: 80px;}/*------ CSS3 Tooltip Shortcode -------------*/
.tooltip{outline:none;text-decoration:none!important;position:relative}.tooltip:hover {border-bottom: none;}.tooltip strong{line-height:30px}.tooltip > span{text-transform:capitalize;width:150px; padding:5px 5px;opacity:0;top:120%;left:0px; visibility:hidden;z-index:10;position:absolute;font-family:helvetica;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;border-radius:2px;box-shadow:2px 2px 5px #999;-webkit-transition-property:opacity,margin-top,visibility,margin-left;-webkit-transition-duration:0.4s,0.3s,0.4s,.3s;-webkit-transition-timing-function:ease-in-out,ease-in-out,ease-in-out,ease-in-out;transition-property:opacity,margin-top,visibility,margin-left;transition-duration:0.4s,0.3s,0.4s,.3s;transition-timing-function:ease-in-out,ease-in-out,ease-in-out,ease-in-out}.tooltip > span img{float:right;width:110px;margin:0 0 30px 10px;padding: 0;border: none;}.tooltip:hover > span{opacity:1;text-decoration:none;visibility:visible;overflow:visible;display:inline;margin-left:-50px}.tooltip span b{width:15px;height:15px;left:30%;top:-9px;display:block;position:absolute;-webkit-transform:rotate(-45deg);-moz-transform:rotate(-45deg);-o-transform:rotate(-45deg);transform:rotate(-45deg);display:none\0/;*display:none}.tooltip > span{padding-top:10px;color:#fff;background:orange;border:1px solid #ffffff}.tooltip span b{background:orange;border-top:1px solid #ffffff;border-right:1px solid #ffffff}.mbtcmts .itotal {color:#333; padding:3px 3px 3px 10px; border:1px solid #eee; font-family:arial; font-size:12px;}
.mbtcmts .itotal i {font-style:normal;}
.mbtcmts .itotal span{font-family:oswald; font-weight:normal; color:#333; text-decoration:none}
.mbtcmts .itotal span:before {font-family:FontAwesome; position:relative; content:'\f075'; }
To replace the orange theme of the widget, replace the yellow highlighted areas with a color of your choice. You can also replace them with hexadecimal color code.
7 Save your template and you are almost done!
8 Finally go to Layout section and click "Add a Gadget".
9 Choose HTML/JavaScript widget and paste the following code inside it:
<div id="mbtloading" ></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
function mbtcmts(json) {
document.write('<ul class="mbtcmts">');
for (var i = 0; i < ListCount; i++)
{
//################### Variables Declared
var listing= ListImage = ListUrl = ListDate = TotalPosts = ListTitle = ListImage = ListContent = ListConten = ListAuthor = ListTag = ListProfile = ListComments = thumbUrl = sk = ListMonth = Y = D = M = m = "";//################### URL
for (var j = 0; j < json.feed.entry[i].link.length; j++) {
if (json.feed.entry[i].link[j].rel == 'alternate') {
break;
}
}if(json.feed.entry[i].link[2] != null)
{
ListUrl= "'" + json.feed.entry[i].link[j].href + "'";
}
else
{ListUrl = "'#'"}//####################### Splitting URL into Titleif(json.feed.entry[i].link[2] != null)
{
var mbt_slit = json.feed.entry[i].link[j].href;
var M_slit = mbt_slit.split("#");
M_slit = M_slit [0];
var K_slit = M_slit.split("?");
K_slit = K_slit[0];
var B_slit = K_slit.split("/");
B_slit = B_slit[5];
B_slit = B_slit.split(".html");
B_slit = B_slit [0];
var T_slit= B_slit.replace(/-/g, " ").charAt(0).toUpperCase()+ B_slit.replace(/-/g, " ").slice(1).substring(0, 50);
var Link_slit= T_slit.link(K_slit);
}//################### Info
TotalPosts = json.feed.openSearch$totalResults.$t;
ListAuthor= json.feed.entry[i].author[0].name.$t;
var ListAuth = ListAuthor.split(" ");
var ListAuth = ListAuth.slice(0, 1).join(" ");ListProfile= "'" + json.feed.entry[i].author[0].uri.$t + "'";//################### Content CheckListConten = json.feed.entry[i].content.$t;
ListContent= ListConten.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/ig,"").substring(0, ChrCount);//################### Date FormatListMonth= ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"];ListDate= json.feed.entry[i].published.$t.substring(0, 10);Y = ListDate.substring(0, 4);
m = ListDate.substring(5, 7);
D = ListDate.substring(8, 10);
M = ListMonth[parseInt(m - 1)];
//################### Thumbnail Checkif (json.feed.entry[i].author)
{
thumbUrl = json.feed.entry[i].author[0].gd$image.src;
sk= thumbUrl.replace("/s72-c/","/s60-c/");
ListImage= "'" + sk + "'";
}else
{
ListImage= "'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UfdgPDBcCe8Qxoju-RzFu8YTot8qF9WA7UbbcabrMq_8pTvaVQUgiRGTizxCflnHTM5YFjN0su7f1Y0-9pZ5Zd4xMAMiPuJWGUH2iX1a2DI3e6j-Iabcl0R4qv-xe9OjEcbDNZXSVFg/s200/Icon.png'";
}
//################### Printing Listvar listing = "<li class='node"+[i]+"' ><a rel='nofollow' href="
+ListProfile+
"><img src="
+ListImage+
"/></a><a class='ititle tooltip' href="
+ListUrl +
"target='_blank'><span><b></b>"
+ListAuth+
" Commented on » "
+ M +
" "
+ D +
", "
+ Y +
"</span>"
+ ListAuthor+
"</a> <i> posted in</i> <span class='ipostTitle'><a class='tooltip' href='"
+K_slit+
"'><span><b></b>"
+T_slit+
"</span></a></span><span class='icontent'>" + ListContent+" ... <a href="+ListUrl+"> » </a></span><div></div></li>";
document.write(listing);
}
document.write('<div class="itotal"> <span> '+TotalPosts+' </span><i>delicious comments posted so far!</i></div></ul>');
}
</script><script>
var ListCount = 5;
var ChrCount = 90;
</script>
<script src="http://e-bloggertipstricks.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default?alt=json-in-script&callback=mbtcmts"></script>
<script>document.getElementById("mbtloading").style.display = "none";</script>
You can make these changes:
- Replace http://e-bloggertipstricks.blogspot.com this with your blog URL
- To increase or decrease the number of comments, edit: ListCount = 5
- To decide how many characters to display as comment summary (excerpt) edit:ChrCount = 90
10 Save your widget and see the magic in action! =)
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