How to add a Related Posts list under your blog posts

In this post i will show you how to place a related posts widget under your blog posts.Displaying related posts under your blog posts is a great way to keep visitors to your blog - on your blog.The gadget works by displaying a list of posts that have the same label/labels as the post currently being viewed, so there is a good chance the visitors will also be interested in the related posts.To add the recent posts widget we must add two pieces of code to your blog.

How to add a related posts list under your blog posts

Adding Related Posts To Your Blog.

1. Click 'Layout'-->'Edit html' for your blog
(Tick the expand widget templates box)

2. Find the following piece of code in your blogs hmkl:


</head>


3. Copy and paste the code below Directly Before </head>



<!--Related Posts Scripts and Styles Start-->
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<style>
#related-posts {
float:left;
text-transform:none;
height:100%;
min-height:100%;
padding-top:5px;
padding-left:5px;
}
#related-posts .widget{
padding-left:6px;
margin-bottom:10px;

}
#related-posts .widget h2, #related-posts h2{
font-size: 1.3em;
font-weight: italic;
color: black;
font-family: Georgia, &#8220;Times New Roman&#8221;, Times, serif;
margin-bottom: 0.75em;
margin-top: 0em;
padding-top: 0em;
}
#related-posts a{
color:blue;
}
#related-posts a:hover{
color:red;
}
#related-posts ul{
list-style-type:none;
margin:0 0 0px 0;
padding:0px;
text-decoration:bold;
font-size:10px;
text-color:#000000
}
#related-posts ul li{
background:transparent url(http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad259/spiceupyourblog/rss-1.jpg) no-repeat ;
display:block;
list-style-type:none;
margin-bottom: 13px;
padding-left: 30px;
padding-top:0px;}
</style>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var relatedpoststitle=&quot;Hey ! Here's Some Related Posts You May Like&quot;;
</script>
<script src='http://blogergadgets.googlecode.com/files/related.js' type='text/javascript'/>
</b:if>
<!--Related Posts Scripts and Styles End-->


Note: The heading is currently - 'Hey ! Here's Some Related Posts You May Like' - this can be changed as to anything you like.

Optional : Change Icon

Petrina asked in a comment can the image be changed and the answer is yes.

This is the small icon that is displayed beside every title :

How to add a related posts list under your blog posts

This is the URL of that image :

http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad259/spiceupyourblog/rss-1.jpg

Simply find that URL in the code and replace it with the URL of the image you want to use.Make sure to use a small image around 16x16 to 25x25.

--

4. Now find this piece of code in your blogs html :

<data:post.body/>


5. Copy and paste the following code Directly Below <data:post.body/>



<!-- Related Posts Code Start-->
<a href='http://www.spiceupyourblog.com'><img alt='Best Blogger Tips' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS2kQvSkN_wlQFDpbPuYf9e7bm-53xJwZV5kRKRUoPOrpK6WSxZ7fZvTIKL9nx2y28a3damYJq21nbQ22FQTbRKcYthPEJLuBNmZHwsytsOU-drKmOGPy1mz057BP2ot35sTQjBxt-7-HX/s1600/best+blogger+tips.png'/></a><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><a href='http://www.spiceupyourblog.com' style='display:none'>Related Posts Widget</a>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var currentposturl=&quot;<data:post.url/>&quot;;
var maxresults=5;
removeRelatedDuplicates(); printRelatedLabels();
</script>
</div>
</b:if>
<!-- Related Posts Code End For Info: www.spiceupyourblog.com-->


We Are Nearly Finished - First A Quick Reminder:
If you need more help or have an opinion or suggestion Please leave a comment Below.
This is a Do-Follow Blog so leaving a comment will also help Your blogs Google rank.

Note: You can change the maximum amount of related posts listed its currently 6
Simply change this section above : max-results=6

Once you click save the related posts list has been added.What do you think ?

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