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One method of helping new readers read more content from your blog is to add a “recent posts” widget to the sidebar. Blogger users can do this easily by adding a “feed widget” using the default feed URL (eg: http://yourblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default). However, this will only return the 5 most recent posts at most; Blogger doesn’t (yet) support the ability to display a greater number of entries.
Many Blogger users would prefer to display more than 5 recent posts in their sidebar, and indeed there have been requests for an article explaining how to do this on Blogging Tips and my own Blogger site.
So in this post I’ll outline three different methods you could use to display more than 5 recent posts in your Blogger sidebar, so you can choose the method which seems most suitable for you.
Using BuzzBoost, you can choose to add any number of recent posts to your widget, include the favicon of your blog, a snippet of each post (a post summary), and also alter the date format.
To use BuzzBoost to add a recent posts widget to your Blogger sidebar, you must already use Feedburner to syndicate your Blogger feeds (here are four great reasons why Blogger users should do this). Then log into your Feedburner dashboard and select the blog for which you would like to activate BuzzBoost.
On this page, click on the “Publicize” tab which is near the top of the page, then look in the left sidebar to find the BuzzBoost link:
On the BuzzBoost page, you will see the many options you can use to configure your recent posts widget. These options are pretty self-explanatory, but the most important thing for you to do is activate your BuzzBoost widget by clicking on the appropriate button at the bottom of the page.
Once you have activated (or saved) the settings for your widget, you will notice a new code box appears which contains the JavaScript code used to display your recent posts; to use this, simply copy the code and paste this into an HTML/JavaScript widget in your Blogger layout page.
You could also choose to add this as a new widget in Blogger, which generates a simple widget installer and adds this automatically to your Blogger layout. This is by far the simplest method: simply choose Blogger from the options in the drop-down menu, and follow the prompts to add this to your layout.
In either case, the widget will display your recent posts widget to match any other list elements in your sidebar.
For example, if you use a dark background and pale text, your BuzzBoost widget will be styled accordingly.
Using this method, you can add a recent posts widget which features a short summary of your post, and can choose how many entries you would like to display.
To install the Beautiful Beta recent posts widget, head over to the widget installation page and click on the “Add Recent Posts” button.
A pop-up page will appear which includes all of the options you can choose to configure for your widget.
Alter the widget title and add your blog URL in the appropriate boxes. Then choose of you would prefer to display a summary of your posts (if so, the length in characters of the summary you wish to display).
Once you have finished setting your options, click on the “Customize” button (which saves your settings) then the “Add to my blog” button will be highlighted, which takes you to the widget installation page for your Blogger blog.
From here it’s simply a matter of following the prompts, which will install this widget to your Blogger sidebar in literally seconds!
While “Blidget” may seem a rather silly name for a blog feature, this is actually a very useful tool!
A “Blidget” is similar to the above two methods as it republishes your Blogger feed as HTML and allows you to display recent entries within a sidebar widget, like this:
Of course, not many of you will choose to use a funky leopard-print background for your Blidget, but you can choose to add your blog’s logo, customize the appearance and also include a summary of you choose…
To create your free Blidget, simply visit the Blidget creation page over at Widgetbox and enter your blog’s URL (this doesn’t need to be your feed URL). Then press “continue”.
On the following page, Widgetbox will have parsed your blog page to discover the feed URL automatically. Then you can choose how you would like your widget to display, including the size, number of posts, and even whether to display the first image of each post inside the entry (which is craftily scaled to fit the width of your Blidget).
Once all the settings are to your preference, click on the Continue link near the bottom of the page. If you are already a member of Widgetbox, you will be prompted for your username and password. If you are not a member, here you can sign up for a free account there and then.
Once you’re signed in, you will be able to click on the “Get Widget” link in the left sidebar. This will open up a pop-up page which contains JavaScript code you could add to an HTML/JavaScript widget in your Blogger layout.
Even simpler, you could simply click on the Blogger button on this page, which will take you through Blogger’s simple widget installation system to add your Blidget automatically to your sidebar:
Using any of these three different methods you can add more than 5 recent posts to your Blogger sidebar, which may encourage new readers to read other articles you have written.
There are many other methods you could use to add a list of recent posts to your Blogger sidebar, but for me these are the most useful three. Do you use a different service to display a list of your most recent posts? If so, please let us know about this by leaving your comments below.
Many Blogger users would prefer to display more than 5 recent posts in their sidebar, and indeed there have been requests for an article explaining how to do this on Blogging Tips and my own Blogger site.
So in this post I’ll outline three different methods you could use to display more than 5 recent posts in your Blogger sidebar, so you can choose the method which seems most suitable for you.
Use Feedburner’s BuzzBoost
If you burn your blog feeds through Feedburner, you can easily republish entries from your blog feed as HTML which can be displayed in a widget in your sidebar, like this:Using BuzzBoost, you can choose to add any number of recent posts to your widget, include the favicon of your blog, a snippet of each post (a post summary), and also alter the date format.
To use BuzzBoost to add a recent posts widget to your Blogger sidebar, you must already use Feedburner to syndicate your Blogger feeds (here are four great reasons why Blogger users should do this). Then log into your Feedburner dashboard and select the blog for which you would like to activate BuzzBoost.
On this page, click on the “Publicize” tab which is near the top of the page, then look in the left sidebar to find the BuzzBoost link:
On the BuzzBoost page, you will see the many options you can use to configure your recent posts widget. These options are pretty self-explanatory, but the most important thing for you to do is activate your BuzzBoost widget by clicking on the appropriate button at the bottom of the page.
Once you have activated (or saved) the settings for your widget, you will notice a new code box appears which contains the JavaScript code used to display your recent posts; to use this, simply copy the code and paste this into an HTML/JavaScript widget in your Blogger layout page.
You could also choose to add this as a new widget in Blogger, which generates a simple widget installer and adds this automatically to your Blogger layout. This is by far the simplest method: simply choose Blogger from the options in the drop-down menu, and follow the prompts to add this to your layout.
In either case, the widget will display your recent posts widget to match any other list elements in your sidebar.
For example, if you use a dark background and pale text, your BuzzBoost widget will be styled accordingly.
Use Beautiful Beta’s Recent Posts Widget
Hans of Beautiful Beta has developed “recent posts” widget which is easy to both configure and set-up.Using this method, you can add a recent posts widget which features a short summary of your post, and can choose how many entries you would like to display.
To install the Beautiful Beta recent posts widget, head over to the widget installation page and click on the “Add Recent Posts” button.
A pop-up page will appear which includes all of the options you can choose to configure for your widget.
Alter the widget title and add your blog URL in the appropriate boxes. Then choose of you would prefer to display a summary of your posts (if so, the length in characters of the summary you wish to display).
Once you have finished setting your options, click on the “Customize” button (which saves your settings) then the “Add to my blog” button will be highlighted, which takes you to the widget installation page for your Blogger blog.
From here it’s simply a matter of following the prompts, which will install this widget to your Blogger sidebar in literally seconds!
Make a Widgetbox Blidget
While “Blidget” may seem a rather silly name for a blog feature, this is actually a very useful tool!A “Blidget” is similar to the above two methods as it republishes your Blogger feed as HTML and allows you to display recent entries within a sidebar widget, like this:
Of course, not many of you will choose to use a funky leopard-print background for your Blidget, but you can choose to add your blog’s logo, customize the appearance and also include a summary of you choose…
To create your free Blidget, simply visit the Blidget creation page over at Widgetbox and enter your blog’s URL (this doesn’t need to be your feed URL). Then press “continue”.
On the following page, Widgetbox will have parsed your blog page to discover the feed URL automatically. Then you can choose how you would like your widget to display, including the size, number of posts, and even whether to display the first image of each post inside the entry (which is craftily scaled to fit the width of your Blidget).
Once all the settings are to your preference, click on the Continue link near the bottom of the page. If you are already a member of Widgetbox, you will be prompted for your username and password. If you are not a member, here you can sign up for a free account there and then.
Once you’re signed in, you will be able to click on the “Get Widget” link in the left sidebar. This will open up a pop-up page which contains JavaScript code you could add to an HTML/JavaScript widget in your Blogger layout.
Even simpler, you could simply click on the Blogger button on this page, which will take you through Blogger’s simple widget installation system to add your Blidget automatically to your sidebar:
Using any of these three different methods you can add more than 5 recent posts to your Blogger sidebar, which may encourage new readers to read other articles you have written.
There are many other methods you could use to add a list of recent posts to your Blogger sidebar, but for me these are the most useful three. Do you use a different service to display a list of your most recent posts? If so, please let us know about this by leaving your comments below.
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