You might have seen recent post widget hanging on the sidebar of several blogs but most often this widgets have a JavaScript Code in it that badly increases the load time of your page. Today we will learn how to add a Recent posts widget offered by Feedburner to your blogs which is tidy, attractive, unique and most importantly fast loading.
Let me tell you that Feedburner also uses JavaScript but it’s really smart when it comes to page Load time, because the JavaScript is not directly linked to your blog, 50% of the load time is shared by FeedBurner.
Feedburner Recent Posts Widget
Feedburner as you all know is the best web service for submitting your blog feed. Once you sign up with them they will provide you with several widgets like a Rotating Headlines Banner, Subscription Email form as you can see on my sidebar, a feed counter and most importantly a Recent Post widget like the one on my sidebar,
These are steps you may follow,
1. Sign up for a Feedburner Account , which I hope you already have.
2. Log in your account and click on the Publicize button as shown below,
3. Then Click on BuzzBoost on the sidebar at your left.
4. On the page that opens , you will see a small form,
Fill the form with relevant information. Leave all Boxes unchecked. Keep the number of items (Links) as low as possible. You can choose 8 links to be displayed but 6 would be better. Choose Links to be opened in Same Window
5. Now copy the code they provide you as shown below,
6. Log in your blogger Account and then go to Layout > Page Elements
7. Select add a gadget and the choose HTML/JavaScript
8. Now Paste the code into the widget and give it a title “ Recent Posts”
9. Done!
To add a Twitter Recent Posts Widget to your blogs Click this -> Twitter Recent Post Widget
DO let me know whether you liked the Feedburner Widget or not?
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10 comments:
Wow, I asked a question and got a whole blog. This is terrific and it worked. I figured out the Feed burner and got it on my blog. I am going to put you on my Blog log today, MOHD. I thought I had done it but it will get done today. Thanks so much for all this great information.
You are always welcome Marg!
Another post on twitter will soon be published
Well, I am using that widget! Before putting a recent posts in my blog was done manually by me but when I found out about the new widget from feedburner, I tried it out immediately.. I should say that it is useful! :)
yeh its great and I hope the upcoming twitter recent post widget will also be appreciated by you guys :)
HI MoHD,
Great site I have been using blogspot to advertise and showcase my fly reels. I am not a teck. guy. If you could please take a look at my site and give any feedback on how I could improve It would be great.
I have been getting slow load times with my customer page.
Thanks
Tim
www.speyco.net
@Speyco
I visited your website. You must do two things to really increase your readership and page loadtime.
1) The Image that you are using as a header save it in png format. This will increase your page load time.
2) Change your background to white and text to black. That are standard colors that are psychologically appealing for readers. One will read your product details only when you provide them with a friendly interface. The current one is eye-irritating because most of the text isn't clearly visible.
As a web developer I shared what I was taught. The second step is the most important one for your product success, pay it the most attention.
Regards,
MOHD__
* I meant to say in step 1. That it will decrease your page load time.
BTW your content was well displayed speyco :>
thanks! I will make these changes I love the black back round fits the vibe but if think it will help a bit I will try this
Thanks again and happy holiday
Tim
The Spey Company
Assalam O Alykum Mustafa
I am also from Karachi and I launched a news site that is latestbloggertricks.com . I want to know that What I do to increase traffic and suggest for site that What I improve? anything in your mind please suggest me and your site awesome
Best wishes
Wajid
@Wajid
W/salam brother,
Nice to meet you. For traffic the only applicable way is to sign up for linkreferral.com and entrecard.com. But the most important thing is unique content and a self hosted optimized blog URL that may contain your main keyword like mine i.e mybloggertricks.com
Nice to meet you :>
Your feedback is always appreciated. I will try to reply to your queries as soon as time allows.
Note:-
1. Please do not spam Spam comments will be deleted immediately upon my review.
2. For asking Off-Topic questions please comment on this page -> Blogger Help
Regards,
Mohammad