HOW TO ADD MULTI-COLOR POPULAR POST WIDGET FOR YOUR BLOG

You can add multi-color popular post widget in your blog.This is very simple.Popular Posts Widget is a Widget providing by Blogger and we can add it to our Blog. This Widget displays the Most viewed posts of your blog, that may be of Month or in Week or All the time. You can select how Popular posts are to be displayed.By default it shows an image(if the post has) and Title of Post followed by the content of post wrapped by 20-25 Words. This article is a tutorial to Style that Popular posts Widget to an Awesome Multi - colored Popular posts Widget. This trick is done using simple CSS3 rather than using complex JavaScripts. A great feature of this trick is each Post shown in each Flat UI color, so these colors catches your Blog visitor's eyes and they have the tendency to take that post even if the Post is not so good. Its an attractive widget for visitors.All you have to do is to just follow the steps and you can add this widget.

*First you have to do is to add the Popular Posts Widget.

*Go to Layout and click on Add Gadget.

*Now select Popular Post Gadget.

 

*Now click on Templates.

*Then click on Edit HTML.

*Now press (CTRL+F) and search for  ]]></b:skin>

*Now copy the script/code given below and paste it just above ]]></b:skin>

Script/Code:

<!-- Popular posts multi colored UI theme -->

#PopularPosts1 ul{margin:0;padding:5px 0;list-style-type:none}

#PopularPosts1 ul li{position:relative;margin:5px 0;border:0;padding:10px}

#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child{background:#ff4c54;width:97%}

#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child:after{content:"1"}

#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li{background:#ff764c;width:87%}

#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li:after{content:"2"}

#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li{background:#ffde4c;width:84%}

#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li:after{content:"3"}

#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li{background:#c7f25f;width:81%}

#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li:after{content:"4"}

#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li{background:#33c9f7;width:78%}

#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li:after{content:"5"}

#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li +li{background:#7ee3c7;width:75%}

#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:72%}

#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li + li + li:after{content:"7"}

#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li + li + li +li{background:#f59095;width:69%}

#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:#c7f25f;width:66%}

#PopularPosts1 ul li:first-child + li + li + li + li + li + li + li + li:after{content:"9"}

#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{position:absolute;top:20px;right:-15px;border-radius:50%;background:#353535;width:30px;height:30px;text-align:center;font-size:28px;color:#fff}

#PopularPosts1 ul li .item-thumbnail{float:left;border:0;margin-right:10px;background:transparent;padding:0;width:70px;height:70px;}

#PopularPosts1 ul li a{font-size:13px;color:#444;text-decoration:none}

#PopularPosts1 ul li a:hover{color:#222;text-decoration:none}

#PopularPosts1 img{

-moz-border-radius: 130px;

-webkit-border-radius: 130px;

border-radius: 130px;

-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease;

-moz-transition: all 0.3s ease;

transition: all 0.3s ease;

padding:4px;

border:1px solid #fff !important;

}

#PopularPosts1 img:hover {

border-radius: 0 0 0 0;

-moz-transform: scale(1.2) rotate(-711deg) ;

-webkit-transform: scale(1.2) rotate(-711deg) ;

-o-transform: scale(1.2) rotate(-711deg) ;

-ms-transform: scale(1.2) rotate(-711deg) ;

transform: scale(1.2) rotate(-711deg) ;

}

<!-- popular posts multicolored UI theme -->.

*Before saving template.Click on Preview Template.

*Now save the Template.

*That's It.Please Like,Share and Comments.

 

Asad

Author & Editor