Related Posts Widget Without Thumbnails for Blogspot Blog

In my one of the previous post we have discussed about implementing of a related posts widget with thumbnails in blogspot blog. That you can choose if you are looking for a related posts widget with thumbnails and in-case if you are looking for a related posts widget without thumbnails then here in this tutorial we are going to discuss on the same. Here is a tutorial where you will learn how to add a related posts widget without thumbnails. The related posts widget contains only title and link of the related posts to the current post on the post page.

Preview:

Also see: How to Add a 3 Column Footer Widget In Blogger

How to Add Related Posts Widget Without Thumbnails To Blogger?

Go to Blogger Dashboard> Template> Edit HTML
Press CTRL + F to enable search box, Search for </head> tag.
Copy and paste below code just above it.

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<style type='text/css'>
#related-posts {
    margin: 15px 5px;
}

#related-posts h2 {
    font-size: 27px;
    font-weight: normal;
    color: #fff;
    text-shadow: 1px 0px 2px #888;
    margin-bottom: 0.75em;
}

#related-posts a {
    font-size: 13px;
    color: #888;
    text-transform: capitalize;
}

#related-posts a:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #555;
}

#related-posts ul {
    list-style-type: none;
    margin: 0 0 0px 0;
    padding: 0px;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000000;
}

#related-posts ul {
    list-style-type: none;
    background: #f9f9f9;
    border-left: 5px solid #f2f2f2;
}

#related-posts li {
    padding: 10px;
    line-height: 1.4;
    border-bottom: 1px dotted #E2E2E2;
}

#related-posts li:hover {
    background: #F4F4F4;
}
</style>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var relatedpoststitle=&quot;Related Posts&quot;;
</script>
<script src='http://helplogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/related_posts.js' type='text/javascript'/>
</b:if>

Customization:

To change the size (27px) and color (#fff) of 'Related Posts' title, change the values in red. For the related post link color, replace the #888 value in green.
To change the background color, replace the #f9f9f9 hex color in red (you can use this Color code generator to pick your favorite color). For the background color on mouseover, change the #F4F4F4 value in red.

Next Search for <div class='post-footer'> (there will be two lines like this, you should stop at the second one):

Just above it, paste the following code:

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType ==  &quot;item&quot;'><div id='related-posts'> <b:loop  values='data:post.labels' var='label'> <b:if  cond='data:label.isLast != &quot;true&quot;'> </b:if>  <b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>  <script expr:src='&quot;/feeds/posts/default/-/&quot; +  data:label.name +  &quot;?alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=related_results_labels&amp;max-results=6&quot;'  type='text/javascript'/></b:if></b:loop>
<script type='text/javascript'> var maxresults=5;  removeRelatedDuplicates();  printRelatedLabels(&quot;<data:post.url/>&quot;);  </script><a style="font-size: 9px; color: #CECECE; float:  right;"  href="http://helplogger.blogspot.com/2012/04/simple-related-posts-widget-for-blogger.html"  rel="nofollow" >Simple Related Posts  Widget</a></div></b:if>

Note: To change the number of maximum related posts for each label, change the "5" parameter from max-results=5