How to add horizontal Featured Posts in Blogger

Hai Blogger companions, Today i have a blogger cool stuff. It's about indicating horizontal Featured posts with thumbnail from any specific label/category in blogger. As you can see the screenshot of featured post below. You simply need to add some basic script to your blogger template. You can discover some default gadgets in blogger, but there is no option for featured posts. So in this post, I will show the most beautiful method to display the featured posts with thumbnail in blogger.

How to add horizontal featured posts in blogger

1. Login to your Blogger dashboard.
2. go to layout.
3. Add a new HTML/JavaScript gadget above the blog posts.
4. Copy and paste the below code on HTML/JavaScript gadget.

<center><div id='bp_recent'></div><div class='bp_footer'>
<script style='text/javascript'>
//Featured Posts Script by crounji.org
var postTitleOriginal,  myLink, myDiv, myImage,mySeparator;
var    main;
var float_clear=false;
var flag = 0;
function bprecentpostswiththumbnails(json) {
for (var i = 0; i < numberOfPosts; i++) {
if (i == json.feed.entry.length) break;
var s;
    var entry = json.feed.entry[i];
    var postTitle = entry.title.$t;
    postTitleOriginal = postTitle;
    if (isNaN(titleLength) || titleLength == 0) {
        postTitle = '';
    }
    else if (postTitle.length > titleLength) postTitle = postTitle.substring(0, titleLength) + "...";
    var postUrl="";
    for (var k = 0; k < entry.link.length; k++) {
        if (entry.link[k].rel == 'replies' && entry.link[k].type == 'text/html') {
            var commentText = entry.link[k].title;
            var commentUrl = entry.link[k].href;
        }
        if (entry.link[k].rel == 'alternate') {
            postUrl = entry.link[k].href;
            break;
        }
    }
    if (showThumbs == true) {
        var thumbUrl = "";
        try {
            thumbUrl = entry.media$thumbnail.url;
            thumbUrl = thumbUrl.replace("/s72-c/","/s"+imgDim+"-c/");
        } catch (error) {
            if ("content" in entry) s = entry.content.$t; else s="";
            if (thumbUrl == "" && mediaThumbsOnly == false) {
                 regex = /http\:\/\/www\.youtube(-nocookie){0,1}\.com\/(v){0,1}(embed){0,1}\/(([^"&?' ]*))/;
                videoIds = s.match(regex);
                if (videoIds != null) {
                    videoId = videoIds[4];
                }
                if (videoIds != null && videoId != null) thumbUrl = "http://img.youtube.com/vi/" + videoId + "/2.jpg"
            }
            if (thumbUrl == "" && mediaThumbsOnly == false) {
                a = s.indexOf("<img");
                b = s.indexOf("src=\"", a);
                c = s.indexOf("\"", b + 5);
                d = s.substr(b + 5, c - b - 5);
                if ((a != -1) && (b != -1) && (c != -1) && (d != "")) thumbUrl = d;
            }
        }
        if(thumbUrl.indexOf("static.flickr.com")!=-1) {thumbUrl= thumbUrl.replace("_b_t.jpg","_s.jpg");thumbUrl= thumbUrl.replace("_m_t.jpg","_s.jpg");thumbUrl= thumbUrl.replace("_s_t.jpg","_s.jpg");
        thumbUrl= thumbUrl.replace("_b.jpg","_s.jpg");thumbUrl= thumbUrl.replace("_m.jpg","_s.jpg");}
        if (thumbUrl == "" && showNoImage == true)
        {
        thumbUrl = "http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cKZwVnjcVHI/U8uXCGwnxCI/AAAAAAAAIgw/kcJx2jyY3dc/s1600/default.png";
        try{if(defaultImage!="") thumbUrl=defaultImage;}catch(error){}
        thumbUrl = thumbUrl.replace("/s72-c/","/s"+imgDim+"-c/");
        }
    }
    if (showPostDate == true) {
        var postdate = entry.published.$t;
        var cdyear = postdate.substring(0, 4);
        var cdmonth = postdate.substring(5, 7);
        var cdday = postdate.substring(8, 10);
        var monthnames = new Array();
        monthnames[1] = "Jan";
        monthnames[2] = "Feb";
        monthnames[3] = "Mar";
        monthnames[4] = "Apr";
        monthnames[5] = "May";
        monthnames[6] = "Jun";
        monthnames[7] = "Jul";
        monthnames[8] = "Aug";
        monthnames[9] = "Sep";
        monthnames[10] = "Oct";
        monthnames[11] = "Nov";
        monthnames[12] = "Dec";
    }
    code = "";
        main = document.getElementById('bp_recent');
        myDiv = document.createElement('div');
        myDiv.setAttribute("class", "bp_item_title");
        myLink = createLink(postUrl,"_top",postTitleOriginal)
        if(main.innerHTML!=""){
        mySeparator = createDiv("bp_recent_separator");
        main.appendChild(mySeparator)
        }
        if(postTitle != ''){myDiv.appendChild(myLink);}
        main.appendChild(myDiv);if(postTitle != '')myLink.innerHTML = postTitle;

    if (showThumbs == true && thumbUrl != "") {
        myImage = document.createElement('img');
        myImage.setAttribute("src", thumbUrl);
        if(imgFloat!="none")
        {
        float_clear=true;
        myImage.style.cssFloat=imgFloat;
        myImage.style.styleFloat=imgFloat;
        }
      try{if(myMargin!=0)myImage.style.margin = myMargin+"px";} catch(error){}
        myImage.setAttribute("alt", postTitleOriginal);
        myImage.setAttribute("width", imgDim);
        myImage.setAttribute("height", imgDim);
        myLink = document.createElement('a');
        myLink.setAttribute("href", postUrl+"?utm_source=bp_recent&utm-medium=gadget&utm_campaign=bp_recent");
        myLink.setAttribute("target", "_top");
        myLink.setAttribute("title", postTitleOriginal);
        myLink.appendChild(myImage);
        myDiv = document.createElement('div');
        myDiv.setAttribute("class", "bp_item_thumb");
        myDiv.appendChild(myLink);
        main.appendChild(myDiv);
    }
 try {
        if ("content" in entry) {
            var postContent = entry.content.$t;
        }
        else if ("summary" in entry) {
            var postContent = entry.summary.$t;
        }
        else var postContent = "";
        var re = /<\S[^>]*>/g;
        postContent = postContent.replace(re, "");
        if (showSummary == true) {
            myDiv = createDiv("bp_item_summary");
                if (postContent.length < summaryLength) {myDiv.appendChild(document.createTextNode(postContent));}
            else {
                postContent = postContent.substring(0, summaryLength);
                var quoteEnd = postContent.lastIndexOf(" ");
                postContent = postContent.substring(0, quoteEnd);
                myDiv.appendChild(document.createTextNode(postContent + '...'));
            }
            main.appendChild(myDiv);
        }
    } //end try
    catch (error) {}
    myDiv =  createDiv("bp_item_meta");
    myDiv.style.clear="both";
    myDiv.style.marginBottom="4px";
    if (showPostDate == true) {
        myDiv.appendChild(document.createTextNode(monthnames[parseInt(cdmonth, 10)] + '-' + cdday + '-' + cdyear));
        flag = 1;
    }
    if (showCommentCount == true) {
        if (flag == 1) {
            myDiv.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" | "));
        }
        if (commentText == '1 Comments') commentText = '1 Comment';
        if (commentText == '0 Comments') commentText = 'No Comments';
        var myLink = createLink(commentUrl,"_top",commentText + " on " + postTitleOriginal)
        myDiv.appendChild(myLink);
        myLink.innerHTML=commentText;
        flag = 1;;
    }
    if (showReadMore == true) {
        if (flag == 1) {
            myDiv.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" | "));
        }
        var myLink = createLink(postUrl,"_top",postTitleOriginal)
        myDiv.appendChild(myLink);
        myLink.innerHTML = readMore+" &raquo;";
        flag = 1;;
    }
    if (flag == 1) main.appendChild(myDiv);
}
if(float_clear==true && imgFloat!="none")
{
myDiv = createDiv("bp_clear_float");
myDiv.style.clear=imgFloat;
main.appendChild(myDiv);
}
document.getElementById("bp_recent_link").style.backgroundImage="url('http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eel7a5KRsBM/U8uXyyHEjNI/AAAAAAAAIg4/ueZK_YO4rmc/s1600/blogger-widgets.png')";
document.getElementById("bp_recent_link").style.backgroundRepeat="no-repeat";
try{
if(myMargin!=0 && imgFloat=="left" && flag==0) document.getElementById("bp_recent_link").style.marginLeft = myMargin+"px";
} catch(error){}
}
function createDiv(className)
{
var myDiv = document.createElement('div');
myDiv.setAttribute("class", className);
return myDiv;
}
function createLink(href,target,title)
{
var myLink = document.createElement('a');
        if(href.substring(href.length-13,href.length)=="#comment-form") {href= href.substring(0,href.length-13)+"?utm_source=bp_recent&utm-medium=gadget&utm_campaign=bp_recent"+"#comment-form";myLink.setAttribute("href", href);}
        else myLink.setAttribute("href", href+"?utm_source=BP_recent&utm-medium=gadget&utm_campaign=bp_recent");
        myLink.setAttribute("target", target);
        myLink.setAttribute("title", title);
        return myLink;
}
</script>
<script style='text/javascript'>
 var numberOfPosts = 5;
 var showPostDate = false;
 var showSummary = false;
 var titleLength = 0;
 var showCommentCount = false;
 var showThumbs = true;
 var showNoImage = true;
 var imgDim = 125;
 var imgFloat = 'left';
 var myMargin = 5;
 var mediaThumbsOnly = true;
 var showReadMore = false;
</script>
<script src='http://www.crounji.org/feeds/posts/default/-/Featured?max-results=5&amp;orderby=published&amp;alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=bprecentpostswiththumbnails'>
</script></div></center>

5. Make these changes
Change your blog feed URL and Label at the bottom of the code.So the feed must look as below

<script src='http://www.yourblogurl.org/feeds/posts/default/-/yourlabel?max-results=5&amp;orderby=published&amp;alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=bprecentpostswiththumbnails'>
</script></div></center>

6. You can use a label Featured or as your wish.

7. To change no or posts change

var numberOfPosts = 5;

and 

<script src='http://www.yourblogurl.org/feeds/posts/default/-/yourlabel?max-results=5&amp;orderby=published&amp;alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=bprecentpostswiththumbnails'>
</script></div></center>

8. To change thumbnail image size change

var imgDim = 125;

9. Now press save button on HTML/JavaScript window.

Please share and commants your experience

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