Display Specific label or Categorize label recent posts list with Thumbnail

Imagination of each webmaster varies, if you don�t have such innovative thinking or knowledge of other webmasters have and don't know way of style then without waiting a second learn to follow those blog/website authors style immediately. Reader/Visitor/Subscriber wants more and more tips and tricks from the author to spiceup their blog/websites to maximize blog/website more attractive by adding special widgets or coding.
Here in this article educate you how to display specific label or categorize your relevant label articles in a list of row with thumbnail instead of adding recent posts widget. Webmaster don�t need to work hard to spiceup their blog/website, simply follow step by step methods can categorize post labels in a list of row with thumbnail. Let�s begin tutorial for displaying category wise label widget for blogger.

Step One
Sign into your blogger account
Select �Template� link tab from Blogger Dashboard
Search for code
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After finding code copy the below code and paste above it
/* Recent posts by labels
--------------------------------- */
img.label_thumb{
float:left;
margin-right:10px !important;
height:65px; /* Thumbnail height */
width:65px; /* Thumbnail width */
border: 1px solid #fff;
-webkit-border-radius: 10px;
-moz-border-radius: 10px;
border-radius: 10px;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
}

.label_with_thumbs {
float: left;
width: 100%;
min-height: 70px;
margin: 0px 10px 2px 0px;
padding: 0;
}
ul.label_with_thumbs li {
padding:8px 0;
min-height:65px;
margin-bottom:0px;
border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999;
}

.label_with_thumbs li{
list-style: none ;
padding-left:0px !important;
}

.label_with_thumbs a { text-transform: uppercase;}
.label_with_thumbs strong {padding-left:0px; }


Step Two
Search for code
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After finding code copy the below code and paste above to it
<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
function labelthumbs(json){document.write('<ul class="label_with_thumbs">');for(var i=0;i<numposts;i++){var entry=json.feed.entry[i];var posttitle=entry.title.$t;var posturl;if(i==json.feed.entry.length)break;for(var k=0;k<entry.link.length;k++){if(entry.link[k].rel=='replies'&&entry.link[k].type=='text/html'){var commenttext=entry.link[k].title;var commenturl=entry.link[k].href;}
if(entry.link[k].rel=='alternate'){posturl=entry.link[k].href;break;}}var thumburl;try{thumburl=entry.media$thumbnail.url;}catch(error)
{s=entry.content.$t;a=s.indexOf("<img");b=s.indexOf("src=\"",a);c=s.indexOf("\"",b+5);d=s.substr(b+5,c-b-5);if((a!=-1)&&(b!=-1)&&(c!=-1)&&(d!="")){thumburl=d;}else thumburl='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ZT-Cc0CU5drOU31ARQyjp5vV72vg815H0t_OTtF7eAFrJ2bDoSvq6PlmN0zxrP0sVIoHl82gRvp22z0JgdQtQyraUqvg0x7TFHOlLeBbFv8VW1CCVbuiGIcz6LYFPaE-fIJw6fRGAVk/s1600/picture_not_available.png';}
var postdate=entry.published.$t;var cdyear=postdate.substring(0,4);var cdmonth=postdate.substring(5,7);var cdday=postdate.substring(8,10);var monthnames=new Array();monthnames[1]="Jan";monthnames[2]="Feb";monthnames[3]="Mar";monthnames[4]="Apr";monthnames[5]="May";monthnames[6]="June";monthnames[7]="July";monthnames[8]="Aug";monthnames[9]="Sept";monthnames[10]="Oct";monthnames[11]="Nov";monthnames[12]="Dec";document.write('<li class="clearfix">');if(showpostthumbnails==true)
document.write('<a href="'+posturl+'" target ="_top"><img class="label_thumb" src="'+thumburl+'"/></a>');document.write('<strong><a href="'+posturl+'" target ="_top">'+posttitle+'</a></strong><br>');if("content"in entry){var postcontent=entry.content.$t;}
else
if("summary"in entry){var postcontent=entry.summary.$t;}
else var postcontent="";var re=/<\S[^>]*>/g;postcontent=postcontent.replace(re,"");if(showpostsummary==true){if(postcontent.length<numchars){document.write('');document.write(postcontent);document.write('');}
else{document.write('');postcontent=postcontent.substring(0,numchars);var quoteEnd=postcontent.lastIndexOf(" ");postcontent=postcontent.substring(0,quoteEnd);document.write(postcontent+'...');document.write('');}}
var towrite='';var flag=0;document.write('<br>');if(showpostdate==true){towrite=towrite+monthnames[parseInt(cdmonth,10)]+'-'+cdday+' - '+cdyear;flag=1;}
if(showcommentnum==true)
{if(flag==1){towrite=towrite+' | ';}
if(commenttext=='1 Comments')commenttext='1 Comment';if(commenttext=='0 Comments')commenttext='No Comments';commenttext='<a href="'+commenturl+'" target ="_top">'+commenttext+'</a>';towrite=towrite+commenttext;flag=1;;}
if(displaymore==true)
{if(flag==1)towrite=towrite+' | ';towrite=towrite+'<a href="'+posturl+'" class="url" target ="_top">More �</a>';flag=1;;}
document.write(towrite);document.write('</li>');if(displayseparator==true)
if(i!=(numposts-1))
document.write('');}document.write('</ul>');}
//]]>
</script>

Code Customization:
  • Replace highlighted color url with no thumbnail image as per choice or else leave it default
Final step to make script code work on template

Step Three
Go to �Layout� link tab
Click on �Add a Gadget� link tab and select �HTML/Javascript� widget
Now, copy below code and paste in it
<script type='text/javascript'>var numposts = 3;var showpostthumbnails = true;var displaymore = false;var displayseparator = true;var showcommentnum = false;var showpostdate = false;var showpostsummary = true;var numchars = 100;</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/feeds/posts/default/-/Label Name?published&alt=json-in-script&callback=labelthumbs"></script>

Code Customization:
  • Now replace �Label Name� with your choice label to show
  • Customization code by altering �false� or �true� vice versa.
var numposts ? Number of posts to display
var showpostthumbnails ? Show/hide thumbnails
var displaymore ? Show or hide the read more link
var displayseparator ? Show/hide separator
var showcommentnum ? Show/hide the number of comments
var showpostdate ? Show/hide the posts dates
var showpostsummary ? Show or not the posts summaries
var numchars ? Number of posts characters (here you have to change the 100 value)

After successful adding code 'Save the widget and Template'
That's it done....Preview your work.