Breaking News Widget For Blogger
After some time not update, on this occasion Blog Faters will share a tutorial that might be useful for bloggers. That is how to install the Breaking News widget with a thumbnail on the blog.
This widget is made with a very simple appearance and you don't have to worry about the speed of the blog because this widget is light enough to be installed on the blog.
Benefits & Features Of Breaking News Widget For Blogger
As I told you above there are many useful features by adding a breaking news widget for websites or blogs. We will provide you with some awesome benefits and features which you get by adding it.
- Best Designs to Attract Users
- Fully customized Code without any issues.
- Makes the User Most Engaged.
- Decrease the Bounce Rate
- The Time spent by the User will be Increased
- Best way to Show Other Blog Articles to the Users.
There are many such useful features by adding the widget breaking news to blogger. Now, let’s check with the main process.
Steps To Add Breaking News Widget For Blogger
The function of this widget is to display links from the latest articles with thumbnails and smooth slide effects. Okay, let's just start with the tutorial How to Install Breaking News Widget on Blog.
1. As usual, first login to Blogger, select the blog > Click Template, Edit HTML > Add the code below just before </head>
<style>
/* CSS News Ticker */
.ticker-wrap{display:block;text-align:center;margin:0 20px 20px 20px;padding:2px;background:#fefefe;border:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1);border-left:5px solid #3cc091}
.ticker-wrap>span{display:inline-block;background:#fefefe;padding:0;font:700 13px 'roboto',sans-serif}
.ticker-wrap>span>a{color:#222;text-decoration:none}
#ticker{height:45px;overflow:hidden;background:#fefefe;text-align:left}
#ticker ul{padding:0;margin:0;list-style:none}
#ticker ul li{height:45px;white-space:nowrap}
#ticker ul li img{float:left;width:35px;height:35px;margin:5px 7px 5px 5px}
#ticker ul li h3{margin:0;font:700 16px 'roboto',sans-serif}
#ticker ul li h3 a{color:#333;text-decoration:none;line-height:25px!important}
#ticker ul li .tickermeta{font-size:13px;line-height:20px!important;color:#999}
</style>Re-edit fonts, colors, and more according to your blog
2. Then add the code below before the closing tag </body>
<script>
//<![CDATA[
// Breaking News ticker by https://www.blogfaters.xyz
function getauthor(t){for(var e=0;e<t.length;e++)var i=t[e].name.$t;return i}function getmeta(t){var e=[];e[1]="Jan",e[2]="Feb",e[3]="Mar",e[4]="Apr",e[5]="May",e[6]="Jun",e[7]="Jul",e[8]="Aug",e[9]="Sep",e[10]="Oct",e[11]="Nov",e[12]="Dec";var i=t.substring(0,4),a=t.substring(5,7),n=t.substring(8,10),r=e[parseInt(a,10)]+" "+n+" "+i;return r}function arlinadesignTicker(t){var e=document.querySelector("#ticker"),i=t.feed.entry,a="<ul id='ticket-wrapper-inner'>";if(i){for(var n=0;n<i.length;n++){for(var r=i[n],s=0;s<r.link.length;s++)if("alternate"==r.link[s].rel){var l=r.link[s].href;break}try{var o='<img src="'+r.media$thumbnail.url+'"/>'}catch(t){var o=""}var u=r.title.$t,c=getauthor(r.author),d=getmeta(r.published.$t);a+="<li>"+o+'<h3><a href="'+l+'">'+u+'</a></h3><div class="tickermeta"><span>'+c+"</span> - <span>"+d+"</span></div></li>"}a+="</ul>",e.innerHTML=a}$("#ticker").vTicker()}!function(t){var e={speed:700,pause:4e3,showItems:1,mousePause:!0,height:0,animate:!0,margin:0,padding:0,startPaused:!1},i={moveUp:function(t,e){i.animate(t,e,"up")},moveDown:function(t,e){i.animate(t,e,"down")},animate:function(e,i,a){var n=e.itemHeight,r=e.options,s=e.element,l=s.children("ul"),o="up"===a?"li:first":"li:last";s.trigger("vticker.beforeTick");var u=l.children(o).clone(!0);if(0<r.height&&(n=l.children("li:first").height()),n+=r.margin+2*r.padding,"down"===a&&l.css("top","-"+n+"px").prepend(u),i&&i.animate){if(e.animating)return;e.animating=!0,l.animate("up"===a?{top:"-="+n+"px"}:{top:0},r.speed,function(){t(l).children(o).remove(),t(l).css("top","0px"),e.animating=!1,s.trigger("vticker.afterTick")})}else l.children(o).remove(),l.css("top","0px"),s.trigger("vticker.afterTick");"up"===a&&u.appendTo(l)},nextUsePause:function(){var e=t(this).data("state"),i=e.options;e.isPaused||2>e.itemCount||a.next.call(this,{animate:i.animate})},startInterval:function(){var e=t(this).data("state"),a=this;e.intervalId=setInterval(function(){i.nextUsePause.call(a)},e.options.pause)},stopInterval:function(){var e=t(this).data("state");e&&(e.intervalId&&clearInterval(e.intervalId),e.intervalId=void 0)},restartInterval:function(){i.stopInterval.call(this),i.startInterval.call(this)}},a={init:function(n){a.stop.call(this);var r=jQuery.extend({},e);n=t.extend(r,n);var r=t(this),s={itemCount:r.children("ul").children("li").length,itemHeight:0,itemMargin:0,element:r,animating:!1,options:n,isPaused:n.startPaused?!0:!1,pausedByCode:!1};t(this).data("state",s),r.css({overflow:"hidden",position:"relative"}).children("ul").css({position:"absolute",margin:0,padding:0}).children("li").css({margin:n.margin,padding:n.padding}),isNaN(n.height)||0===n.height?(r.children("ul").children("li").each(function(){var e=t(this);e.height()>s.itemHeight&&(s.itemHeight=e.height())}),r.children("ul").children("li").each(function(){t(this).height(s.itemHeight)}),r.height((s.itemHeight+(n.margin+2*n.padding))*n.showItems+n.margin)):r.height(n.height);var l=this;n.startPaused||i.startInterval.call(l),n.mousePause&&r.bind("mouseenter",function(){!0!==s.isPaused&&(s.pausedByCode=!0,i.stopInterval.call(l),a.pause.call(l,!0))}).bind("mouseleave",function(){(!0!==s.isPaused||s.pausedByCode)&&(s.pausedByCode=!1,a.pause.call(l,!1),i.startInterval.call(l))})},pause:function(e){var i=t(this).data("state");if(i){if(2>i.itemCount)return!1;i.isPaused=e,i=i.element,e?(t(this).addClass("paused"),i.trigger("vticker.pause")):(t(this).removeClass("paused"),i.trigger("vticker.resume"))}},next:function(e){var a=t(this).data("state");if(a){if(a.animating||2>a.itemCount)return!1;i.restartInterval.call(this),i.moveUp(a,e)}},prev:function(e){var a=t(this).data("state");if(a){if(a.animating||2>a.itemCount)return!1;i.restartInterval.call(this),i.moveDown(a,e)}},stop:function(){t(this).data("state")&&i.stopInterval.call(this)},remove:function(){var e=t(this).data("state");e&&(i.stopInterval.call(this),e=e.element,e.unbind(),e.remove())}};t.fn.vTicker=function(e){return a[e]?a[e].apply(this,Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments,1)):"object"!=typeof e&&e?void t.error("Method "+e+" does not exist on jQuery.vTicker"):a.init.apply(this,arguments)}}(jQuery),$(function(){var t=document.createElement("script");t.src="https://"+$(".ticker-wrap").data("domain")+"/feeds/posts/summary?alt=json&callback=arlinadesignTicker",t.type="text/javascript",document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].appendChild(t)});
//]]>
</script>3. Next add the markup below freely between the opening <body> tag and the closing tag </body>
<div class='ticker-wrap' data-domain='www.blogfaters.xyz'>
<div id='ticker'>
</div>
</div>Replace the code marked with your blog's address.
That's the tutorial How to Install Breaking News Widget on Blog, hopefully it will be useful for all of you. Greetings.