Add Different/Multi Colored Popular Post Widget V3 In Blogger

Popular posts is a widget provided by blogger which shows a list of most viewed posts from your blog.Recently we provide a hack about customizing blogger's official popular posts widget now using same trick we will customize popular posts widget with awesome style.The main part of this hack is you don't need to add any heavy JavaScript or any other scripts we will apply this hack with using only CSS.

Multicolored Popularpost Widget Preview



How To Add Different/Multi Colored Popular Post Widget To Blogger

  • Go to Blogger Dashboard 
  • Click on DropDown Menu and select Template
  • Backup your Template before making any changes to your blog
  • Now Click on Edit HTML --> Proceed --> Expand Widget Templates
  • Press Ctrl + F and search the code shown below


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  • Now Paste the Code Shown Below just above/before it


#PopularPosts1 ul li a:hover{color:#fff;text-decoration:none}
#PopularPosts1 ul li a {-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;  color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 40px 0px 0px; min-height: 30px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-decoration: none !important; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;}
#PopularPosts1 ul li .item-thumbnail{float:left;border:0;margin-right:10px;background:transparent;padding:0;width:51px;height:51px}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child:after,
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li:after,
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li:after,
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li:after,
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li:after,
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li + li:after,
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li + li + li:after,
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li + li + li + li:after,
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li + li + li + li + li:after,
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li + li + li + li + li + li:after{position:absolute;top:10px;right:5px;border-radius:50%;border:2px solid #ccc;background:#353535;-webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 5px #000;-moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px #000;width:30px;height:30px;line-height:1em;text-align:center;font-size:28px;color:#fff}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li + li + li + li {background:#DF01D7;width:90%}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li + li + li + li:after{content:"8"}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li + li + li + li +li{background:#B041FF;width:90%}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li + li + li + li + li:after{content:"9"}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li + li + li + li +li +li{background:#F52887;width:90%}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li + li + li + li + li + li:after{content:"10"}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li +li{background:#7ee3c7;width:90%}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li + li:after{content:"6"}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li + li +li{background:#f6993d;width:90%}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li + li + li:after{content:"7"}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li{background:#33c9f7;width:90%}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li:after{content:"5"}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li{background:#c7f25f;width:90%}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li:after{content:"4"}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li{background:#ffde4c;width:90%}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li:after{content:"3"}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li{background:#ff764c; width:90%}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li:after{content:"2"}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child{background:#ff4c54 ;width:90%}
#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child:after{content:"1"}
#PopularPosts1 ul{margin:0;padding:0px 0;list-style-type:none}
#PopularPosts1 ul li{position:relative;margin:6px 0;border-radius:25px 0px 25px 0px;border:2px solid #f7f7f7;-webkit-box-shadow:3px 3px 3px #000;-moz-box-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #000;padding:10px}


  • Now save your template
  •  Now Go to Blogger Dashboard --> Layout --> Add a Gadget --> Popular Posts
  • Select "display up to 9 posts" and uncheck image thumbnail and snippet
  • Now Save the widget

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9 comments

1 August 2012 at 13:43

what happened to my popular post widget... please take a look at it... clear the bug please... www.GalaxyYoung.in... i had this problem with my default popular post too.... how can fix it... and i want to add effects to my widget titles... how can i achieve it? please help...

1 August 2012 at 23:47 Author

@Em Ji MadhuFind this code in your template
#sidebar ul li a{color: #fff;background: #000;margin-bottom: 8px;border-radius: 5px;display: block;padding: 6px 0 6px 10px;}
#sidebar ul li a:hover {background: #eeeeec;color: #000;}

and remove background: #000; and background: #eeeeec;

2 August 2012 at 10:29

@sonu thanks its perfectly works on my blog... and can we apply this same effect to recent post? is it possible?

2 August 2012 at 10:55 Author

@Em Ji Madhu Yes you can apply this effect but only one color will exist

2 August 2012 at 13:54

@sonu yes that is okay... how can i apply it... i dont know how to do it... please help me...

4 August 2012 at 00:39

@sonu


brother can u please give me of ur template.

replay me As Soon As Possible

7 August 2012 at 19:20

Working for Me Brother,thanks

7 August 2012 at 19:36

Can I make and aplied to my recent post Brother??

19 August 2012 at 03:15

how can i do that for recent posts and the random post help please!

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