0 Fully Different Style Popular Posts Widget

I have already posted two CSS customizations for Popular Posts before, they are -
Popular Posts Widget with Hover Effect for Blogger
Popular Posts v2 Widget customization
This time I am going to post something different. You will have to edit the CSS as well the HTML for this new type of Popular Post widget.
The live demo of this widget can be seen by going to the below link and look at the right sidebar.

Live Demo

After seeing the demo it may be quite easier to know how it actually works. So the steps to add this widget to your blogger blog is given below.

Step 1 : Adding Popular Post Widget

Go to Blog Title → Layout → Add a Gadget → Popular Posts. After adding the widget Save the Template.

Step 2 : Adding the CSS

Firstly go to Blog Title → Template → Edit HTML. Expand <b:skin>⋯</b:skin> if it is not expanded. Press Ctrl + F.  Type ]]></b:skin> in search box and press enter key. [As per the new HTML editor]
Add the below given code just above ]]></b:skin>

.popular-posts li,.popular-posts .item-content{float:left;display:inline;list-style:none;}
.popular-posts .item-snippet,.popular-posts .item-title,.feed-links{display:none;}p.description,aside li{font-size:12px;}.popular-posts ul li,.item-content,.item-thumbnail{margin:0!important;padding:0!important;}.sixcol,.left-main,.right-sidebar{width:50%;}
#PopularPosts1 img {background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FFFFFF;border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius: 110px 110px 110px 110px;padding: 4px;}

After adding the above code Save the template.

Step 3 : Editing the HTML

Now search for  <b:widget id='PopularPosts1' locked='false' title='Popular Posts' type='PopularPosts'>⋯</b:widget> You may/may not expand this code. All you have to do is replace the whole code with the code given below.

<b:widget id='PopularPosts1' locked='false' title='Popular Posts' type='PopularPosts'>
<b:includable id='main'>
  <b:if cond='data:title'><h2><data:title/></h2></b:if>
  <div class='widget-content popular-posts'>
    <ul>
      <b:loop values='data:posts' var='post'>
      <li>
        <b:if cond='data:showThumbnails == &quot;false&quot;'>
          <b:if cond='data:showSnippets == &quot;false&quot;'>
            <!-- (1) No snippet/thumbnail -->
            <a expr:href='data:post.href'><data:post.title/></a>
          <b:else/>
            <!-- (2) Show only snippets -->
            <div class='item-title'><a expr:href='data:post.href'><data:post.title/></a></div>
            <div class='item-snippet'><data:post.snippet/></div>
          </b:if>
        <b:else/>
          <b:if cond='data:showSnippets == &quot;false&quot;'>
            <!-- (3) Show only thumbnails -->
            <div class='item-thumbnail-only'>
              <b:if cond='data:post.thumbnail'>
                <div class='item-thumbnail'>
                  <a expr:href='data:post.href' target='_blank'>
                    <img alt='' border='0' expr:height='data:thumbnailSize' expr:src='data:post.thumbnail' expr:width='data:thumbnailSize'/>
                  </a>
                </div>
              </b:if>
              <div class='item-title'><a expr:href='data:post.href'><data:post.title/></a></div>
            </div>
            <div style='clear: both;'/>
          <b:else/>
            <!-- (4) Show snippets and thumbnails -->
            <div class='item-content'>
              <b:if cond='data:post.thumbnail'>
                <div class='item-thumbnail'>
                  <a expr:href='data:post.href' target='_blank'>
                    <img alt='' border='0' expr:height='data:thumbnailSize' expr:src='data:post.thumbnail' expr:width='data:thumbnailSize'/>
                  </a>
                </div>
              </b:if>
              <div class='item-title'><a expr:href='data:post.href'><data:post.title/></a></div>
              <div class='item-snippet'><data:post.snippet/></div>
            </div>
            <div style='clear: both;'/>
          </b:if>
        </b:if>
      </li>
      </b:loop>
    </ul>
    <b:include name='quickedit'/>
  </div>
</b:includable>
</b:widget>

Thats it, you are done now. You and your visitors can now see this different style of Popular Posts widget on your blogger blog.

0 Automated Recent Posts Slider for Blogger

The number of bloggers worldwide has increased tremendously. Many of us would have more than 1 blog. If yes this widget may help you a lot to share the traffic in both the blogs. Even if you don't have more than one blog you may add this widget to your very own blog. This will help your blog have less bounce rate and more pageviews.

Automated Recent Posts Slider is a widget for blogger which will show the recent posts of your desired blog with nice and awesome interface. This widget updates automatically and you do not have to edit the widget and add images, titles and description again and again. You just have to add the URL of the blog and your setup will be complete.

Adding the Widgets code in Blog Layout

In order to add this widget's code go to Blog Title → Layout → Add Widget → HTML/JavaScript and paste the given code in the box opened.

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://blogger-json-experiment.googlecode.com/svn/resources/blogger-feed-rotator-plugin/default-style.min.css"/>
<div id="slider-rotator" class="slider-rotator loading"></div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://blogger-json-experiment.googlecode.com/svn/resources/blogger-feed-rotator-plugin/blogger-feed-rotator.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
makeSlider({
    url: "http://YOURURL.blogspot.com" // Add your blog URL
});
</script>

After adding the code change the URL in Bold Blue with your own desired URL and save the widget. Finally save the template which will make the widget live.

You are done now. Now you and your visitors can see this awesome Automated Recent Posts Slider in your blogger blog.