Display thumbnails of posts having same labels or categories at the bottom of each blog page engages the reader more and increases the pageviews. By far we have two best related posts gadgets created so far one is by linkwithin which I am sharing in this tut and another one displays just links and I will share it in my next post. This widget Loads fast and you don't need to install any scripts for this as the widget codes are stored on linkwithin servers. This tutorial is the most detailed one ever written on linkwithin so kindly follow the steps carefully. Please see a demo first,
Add Linkwithin to Blogger
The steps are very simple:
- Go To Linkwithin
- Fill up the easy blanks and do as they say. The screenshot below will help,
3. Keep the width to three stories i.e three thumbnails if your post width is less than 500px
4. Hit the Get Widget button and then click the Install Widget link on the next page as shown below,
5. Change the Title to Related Posts: or anything you may like as shown below,
6. Now Click the Edit Template Link
7. Replace the code that you see with this one:
<b:includable id='main'><b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'><data:content/></b:if></b:includable>
The above code will hide the thumbnails from appearing on homepage.
8. Next click the Edit Content Link and add the following additional code just above the code inside the widget,
<script>linkwithin_text='Related Posts:'</script>
Replace Related Posts: with any text you want.
9. Finally hit the ADD WIDGET button.
9. Once you are taken to the Page Elements page of your blogger account, simply drag the widget to the bottom of your post body as shown below,
10. Click the "Save" orange button at the top-right corner and you are done!
Let me know if you needed any further help on this. I hope the slight customization may prove helpful to you. Peace.
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I personally dont like this one coz you have to give a backlink to linkwithin at every page, instead use the related posts widget by blogger plugins, which id very similar to linkwithin's
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ReplyDeleteI would disagree brother. The widget by linkwithin comes with three benefits:
1) The widget loads fast as the scripts are stored on linkwithin servers
2) It does not disturbs the loading of other widgets because it loads asynchronously.
3) Giving a link to linkwithin is there right and same link on every page close to a script does never effect your PR and neither does it help Linkwithin a lot. Unless the link is mentioned in your Posts.
All these things are opposite in the custom widgets created elsewhere as you mentioned.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteHow long will it take for the widget to show up? I have tired to add Link within before but none of thumbnails shows up. So I had to switch to outbrain widget.
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Hello Mohammad,
ReplyDeletean excellent modification for not to display on home page.i was only suffering from that and now its solved thanks a lot bro.
@Jeet
ReplyDeleteAnytime buddy. This modification was one of the reasons why I posted this else it was all copy and paste thing. :>
Great! It made my Home page load faster :)
ReplyDeleteAny trick to center it ?
ReplyDeleteThanks Mohammad, very clear and helpful guide.
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ReplyDeleteHey Manuel did you ever find out how to center it?I've tried to figure it out but had not luck?
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Hmm, it's showing twice or three times with all my posts.. it seems to respond to the < d i v class="post text"> and if I use that multiple times it appears as many times gadgets resource.. is there an easy way to change what LinkWithin responds to?
ReplyDeleteAlso, I noticed it adds the first picture of my page to stories without a picture, but I'd rather use another one latest gadgets.. is there a way to tell it which one to use in those cases?
I have Linkwithin installed. but my problem is i DONT want it to appear on my home page. I am ok for it appearing at the end of my post but not on the home page where a summary is already being shown. Please help. my blog is www.ladyoutdoor.blogspot.com
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@Amit M B - I don't like it because you cannot get support to help you. I need to go from a 5 post to 4 post widget and have been waiting weeks for them to change it. I tried to reinstall, but it keeps going back to the 5 post widget ... there is not much flexibility with this one, though it looks good when it does fit the post area correctly.
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ReplyDeleteWould an automatic read more script interfere with this? Because I installed this but it's not showing any related posts, it just says "Related Posts:" and then nothing.
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bro, why my related post not related to another post with same label/category? just related to one label. help me please. syukron..
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That related post with summary snippet could also help blogger using blogger.com in terms of SEO. Thanks for your time. I am looking forward to see your blog updates.
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Please help me, I switched domains, but the widget still links to the old domain. Any idea?
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It doesn't have thumbnails
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Thanks for the trick.
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Amazing Tutorial But (SADLY) It Didn't Worked Out For Me :( The Normal Linkwith in has worked for me the first time when i did it With Normal Settings But It's Appeared Just On The HomePage And WIth No Photos :(
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didnt worked. shows only one link without thumbnails
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