Sunday 24 July 2016

How to Display Recent Comments With Thumbnails In Blogger

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 Title
if(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 Check
ListConten = json.feed.entry[i].content.$t;
ListContent= ListConten.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/ig,"").substring(0, ChrCount);
//################### Date Format
ListMonth= ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"];
ListDate= json.feed.entry[i].published.$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 Check
if (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 List
var 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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