5 Cool Recent Post Widgets for Blogger - by helplogger

Adding a recent post widget for Blogger helps to reduce the dependency on email marketing, because you don't have to send out an email just to let people know you made a new post. Instead, it updates automatically for everyone to see. You can then use this information to design scheduled email newsletters, and take advantage of what's often referred to as the 'Twitter effect' where audiences will regularly check back on your site for the possibility that new posts are available. Without this, you force people to do run their own search for information and content, increasing the likelihood that they'll leave the site and hurt your bounce rate.

1. Log in to blogger and Go to Design >Page Element

2.Click Add a Gadget' and select as 'HTML/Javascript

3.Choose 1 style from below and paste it.

Style 1 

<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><script style="text/javascript" src="http://helplogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/helplogger/recentpoststhumbs.js"></script> <script style="text/javascript"> var posts_no = 5; var showpoststhumbs = true; var readmorelink = true; var showcommentslink = false; var posts_date = true; var post_summary = true; var summary_chars = 70; </script> <script src="/feeds/posts/default?orderby=published&alt=json-in-script&callback=showlatestpostswiththumbs"></script> <a style="font-size: 9px; color: #CECECE; float: right; margin: 5px;" href="http://helplogger.blogspot.com/2014/11/5-cool-recent-post-widgets-for-blogger.html" rel="nofollow">Recent Posts Widget</a> <noscript>Your browser does not support JavaScript!</noscript> <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Ubuntu+Condensed' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /> <style type="text/css"> img.recent-post-thumb {width:50px;height:50px;float:right;margin: 5px -5px 0px 0px; border-radius: 100%; padding: 3px;background: #fff} .recent-posts-container {font-family: 'Ubuntu Condensed', sans-serif; float: left;width: 100%;min-height: 55px;margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;padding: 0;font-size:12px;} ul.recent-posts-container {list-style-type: none; background: #fff;padding: 0px; } ul.recent-posts-container li:nth-child(1n+0) {background: #F49A9A; width: 100%} ul.recent-posts-container li:nth-child(2n+0) {background: #FCD092; width: 95%} ul.recent-posts-container li:nth-child(3n+0) {background: #FFF59E; width: 90%;} ul.recent-posts-container li:nth-child(4n+0) {background: #E1EFA0; width: 85%;} ul.recent-posts-container li:nth-child(5n+0) {background: #B1DAEF; width: 80%;} ul.recent-posts-container li {padding:5px 10px;min-height:50px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 5px -5px 5px; color: #777;} .recent-posts-container a { text-decoration:none; } .recent-posts-container a:hover { color: #222;} .post-date {color:#e0c0c6; font-size: 11px; } .recent-post-title a {font-size: 14px;color: #444; font-weight: bold;} .recent-post-title {padding: 6px 0px;} .recent-posts-details a{ color: #222;} .recent-posts-details {padding: 5px 0px 5px; } </style></span>

Style 2

<div class="recentpoststyle"><script src="http://helplogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/helplogger/recentposts.js"></script><script>var posts_no = 5;var posts_date = true;var post_summary = true;var summary_chars = 80;</script><script src="/feeds/posts/default?orderby=published&alt=json-in-script&callback=showlatestposts"></script><a style="font-size: 9px; color: #CECECE; float: right; margin: 5px;" href="http://helplogger.blogspot.com/2014/11/5-cool-recent-post-widgets-for-blogger.html" rel="nofollow">Recent Posts Widget</a> <noscript>Your browser does not support JavaScript!</noscript><style type="text/css">.recentpoststyle {counter-reset: countposts;list-style-type: none;} .recentpoststyle a {text-decoration: none; color: #49A8D1;} .recentpoststyle a:hover {color: #000;} .recentpoststyle li:before {content: counter(countposts,decimal);counter-increment: countposts;float: left;z-index: 2;position:relative;font-size: 20px;font-weight: bold;color: #fff;background: #69B7E2; margin: 15px 5px 0px -6px; padding: 0px 10px; border-radius: 100%;} li.recent-post-title { padding: 5px 0px;} .recent-post-title { font-family: "Avant Garde",Avantgarde,"Century Gothic",CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,sans-serif;} .recent-post-title a {color: #444;font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; padding: 2px; font-weight: bold;} .post-date {padding: 5px 2px 5px 30px; font-size: 11px; color: #999; margin-bottom: 5px;} .recent-post-summ { border-left: 1px solid #69B7E2; color: #777; padding: 0px 5px 0px 20px; margin-left: 11px; font-family: Garamond,Baskerville,"Baskerville Old Face","Hoefler Text","Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 15px;} </style></div>

Style 3

<script style="text/javascript" src="http://helplogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/helplogger/recentpoststhumbs.js"></script> <script style="text/javascript"> var posts_no = 5; var showpoststhumbs = true; var readmorelink = true; var showcommentslink = true; var posts_date = true; var post_summary = true; var summary_chars = 70;</script> <script src="/feeds/posts/default?orderby=published&alt=json-in-script&callback=showlatestpostswiththumbs"></script> <a style="font-size: 9px; color: #CECECE; float: right; margin: 5px;" href="http://helplogger.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Recent Posts Widget</a> <noscript>Your browser does not support JavaScript!</noscript> <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'/> <style type="text/css"> img.recent-post-thumb {padding:2px;width:65px;height:65px;float:left;margin: 0px 10px 10px; background: #fff; border: 1px solid #69B7E2;} .recent-posts-container {font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif; float: left;width: 100%;min-height: 70px;margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;padding: 0;font-size:12px;} ul.recent-posts-container li {padding:5px 0px;min-height:65px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px;} ul.recent-posts-container {counter-reset: countposts;list-style-type: none;} ul.recent-posts-container li:before {content: counter(countposts,decimal);counter-increment: countposts;z-index: 2;position:absolute; left: 15px; font-size: 13px;font-weight: bold;color: #fff;background: #69B7E2;padding: 4px 10px; border-radius: 100%;} .recent-posts-container a { text-decoration:none; } .recent-post-title a {font-size: 13px; text-transform: uppercase; color: #2aace3;} .recent-posts-details {margin: 5px 0px 0px 92px; } .recent-posts-details a{ color: #777;} </style>

Style 4

<script style="text/javascript" src="http://helplogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/helplogger/recentposts2.js"></script> <script style="text/javascript"> var posts_no = 5; var showpoststhumbs = false; var readmorelink = true; var showcommentslink = true; var posts_date = true; </script> <script src="/feeds/posts/default?orderby=published&alt=json-in-script&callback=showlatestpostswiththumbs"></script> <a style="font-size: 9px; color: #CECECE; float: right; margin: 5px;" href="http://helplogger.blogspot.com">Recent Posts Widget</a> <noscript>Your browser does not support JavaScript!</noscript> <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'/> <style type="text/css"> img.recent-post-thumb {padding: 2px; width:35px;height:35px;float:right;margin: -14px 0px 0px 5px; border: 1px solid #cea5ac; border-radius: 10%;} .recent-posts-container {font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif; float: left;width: 100%;min-height: 70px;margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;padding: 0;font-size:12px;} ul.recent-posts-container li {padding:5px 0px;min-height:65px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 10px 5px 35px;} ul.recent-posts-container {counter-reset: countposts;list-style-type: none;} ul.recent-posts-container li:before {content: counter(countposts,decimal);counter-increment: countposts;z-index: 2;position:absolute; left: 5px; font-size: 16px;color: #4D4D4D;background: #F7F7F7;padding: 9px 14px; border: 1px solid #efefef;} .recent-posts-container a { text-decoration:none; } .recent-posts-container a:hover{color: #4DACE3;} .post-date {color:#e0c0c6; font-size: 11px; } .recent-post-title a {font-size: 13px; text-transform: uppercase; color: #5C4D4D;} .recent-post-title { margin: 5px 0px; } .recent-posts-details {border-top: 4px solid #AC707A; margin-top: 5px; padding-top: 5px;} .recent-posts-details a{ color: #888;} a.readmorelink {color: #4DACE3;} </style>

Style 5

<script style="text/javascript" src="https://helplogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/helplogger/recentposts2.js"></script><script style="text/javascript">var posts_no = 5; var showpoststhumbs = true; var readmorelink = true; var showcommentslink = true; var posts_date = true; </script><script src="/feeds/posts/default?orderby=published&alt=json-in-script&callback=showlatestpostswiththumbs" rel="nofollow"></script><a style="font-size: 9px; color: #CECECE; float: right; margin: 5px;" href="http://helplogger.blogspot.com/2014/11/5-cool-recent-post-widgets-for-blogger.html" rel="nofollow">Recent Posts Widget</a><noscript>Your browser does not support JavaScript!</noscript><link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lobster|Gloria+Hallelujah' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><style type="text/css">img.recent-post-thumb {width:50px;height:50px;float:right;margin: -4px -35px 0px 0px; border: 4px solid #FCD6CB; border-radius: 100%;} .recent-posts-container {font-family: 'Gloria Hallelujah', cursive; float: left;width: 100%;min-height: 55px;margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;padding: 0;font-size:12px;} ul.recent-posts-container {counter-reset: countposts;list-style-type: none; background: #fff; } ul.recent-posts-container li:before {content: counter(countposts,decimal);counter-increment: countposts;z-index: 2;position:absolute; left: -20px; font-size: 16px;color: #616662;background: #FCD6CB;padding: 9px 14px; border-radius: 100%; margin-top: 15px;} ul.recent-posts-container li {padding:5px 0px;min-height:50px; list-style-type: none; margin: -2px 5px 5px 5px; border-top: 2px solid #FCD6CB;} ul.recent-posts-container {border: 2px solid #FCD6CB; } .recent-posts-container a { text-decoration:none; } .recent-posts-container a:hover { color: #222;} .post-date {color:#e0c0c6; font-size: 11px; } .recent-post-title a {font-size: 14px;color: #616662;} .recent-post-title {padding: 6px 0px;} .recent-posts-details a{ color: #888;} .recent-posts-details {padding-bottom: 5px;} a.readmorelink {color: #4DACE3;} </style>