Make An Appealing Recent Post Widget with Image Slider

Bagi seorang blogger yang seringkali memberikan informasi terbaru dan terupdate, Recent Posts Widget tentunya menjadi salah satu tool yang paling dibutuhkan oleh Blogger; dimana fungsi dari Recent Posts Widget itu sendiri untuk menampilkan posts/entri atau artikel terbaru dan relevan dari blog itu sendiri.

Selain itu, dengan adanya Widget Recent Posts untuk Blogger ini tentunya akan menambah nilai positif untuk Navigasi Situs Anda; pengunjung akan dengan mudah menemukan konten terbaru dan relevan di situs Anda.

Disamping memudahkan pengunjung dalam menavigasi situs Anda, Widget Recent Posts juga cukup membantu dalam menurunkan Bounce Rate blog Anda. Tentunya kita sebagai pemilik blog harus "kreatif" dalam menampilkan konten situs kita sendiri agar menarik minat para pengunjung sehingga mereka betah berlama-lama di situs kita dengan menyuguhkan konten baru yang relevan.

Widget Recent Posts with Slider

1. Go to your Bloggers' dashboard.
2. layout.
3. Add new widget/gadget [HTML/JavaScript].
4. Add the code below.

<style scoped="" type="text/css">
ul.rcentside *{-moz-box-sizing:border-box;-webkit-box-sizing:border-box;box-sizing:border-box }ul.rcentside{font-size:11px}ul.rcentside,ul.rcentside li{margin:0;padding:0;list-style:none;position:relative }ul.rcentside{width:100%;height:500px }ul.rcentside li{height:24.5%;position:absolute;padding:0;width:49.5%;float:left;overflow:hidden;display:none }ul.rcentside li:nth-child(1),ul.rcentside li:nth-child(2),ul.rcentside li:nth-child(3),ul.rcentside li:nth-child(4){display:block }ul.rcentside img{border:0;width:100%;height:auto}ul.rcentside li:nth-child(1){width:100%;height:49.5%;margin:0 0 2px;left:0;top:0 }ul.rcentside li:nth-child(2){left:0;top:50% }ul.rcentside li:nth-child(3){left:50.5%;top:50% }ul.rcentside li:nth-child(4){width:100%;left:0;top:75% }ul.rcentside .overlayx,ul.rcentside li{transition:all .4s ease-in-out }ul.rcentside .overlayx{width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;z-index:2;left:0;top:0;opacity:.6;background-image:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjOn0yQPD_o9srkfB0kMC4wK3JrF4qdvXPguXsWhrOnx9vJ0zhe7iENkcja76nXst7uJ9mRkupHlgydS_l2YDSf22Oio0ky_GV5SfardilvChSXpQLPKGV4Il8bUxWwhRfE8lr0bBE3fY/s1600/linebg-fade.png);background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:repeat-x }ul.rcentside .overlayx,ul.rcentside img{margin:3px}ul.rcentside li:nth-child(1).overlayx{background-position:50% 25% }ul.rcentside .overlayx:hover{opacity:.1 }ul.rcentside h4{position:absolute;bottom:10px;left:10px;right:10px;z-index:2;color:#fff;font-weight:700;margin:0;padding:10px;line-height:1.5em;font-weight:normal;overflow:hidden;transition:all .3s}ul.rcentside li:hover h4{bottom:30px}ul.rcentside li:nth-child(1)h4,ul.rcentside li:nth-child(4)h4{font-size:150% }ul.rcentside .label_text{position:absolute;bottom:0;left:20px;z-index:2;color:#fff;font-size:90%;opacity:0;transition:all .3s}ul.rcentside li:hover .label_text{bottom:20px;opacity:1}ul.rcentside li:nth-child(2).autname,ul.rcentside li:nth-child(3).autname{display:none }.buttons{margin:5px 0 0 }.buttons a{display:inline-block;text-indent:-9999px;width:15px;height:25px;position:relative }.buttons a::before{content:"";width:0;height:0;border-width:8px 7px;border-style:solid;border-color:transparent #535353 transparent transparent;position:absolute;top:50%;margin-top:-8px;margin-left:-10px;left:50% }.buttons a.nextx::before{border-color:transparent transparent transparent #535353;margin-left:-3px }
</style>
<div id="recentpostside"></div>
<script type='text/javascript'>
function RecentPostSide(a){(function(e){var h={blogURL:"",MaxPost:4,idcontaint:"",ImageSize:100,interval:5000,autoplay:false,loadingClass:"loadingxx",pBlank:"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-htG7vy9vIAA/Tp0KrMUdoWI/AAAAAAAABAU/e7XkFtErqsU/s1600/grey.gif",MonthNames:["Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"],tagName:false};h=e.extend({},h,a);var g=e(h.idcontaint);var d=h.MaxPost*200;g.html('<div class="sliderx"><ul class="rcentside"></ul></div><div class="buttons"><a href="#" class="prevx">prev</a><a href="#" class="nextx">next</a></div>');var f=function(w){var q,k,m,u,x,p,t,v,r,l="",s=w.feed.entry;for(var o=0;o<s.length;o++){for(var n=0;n<s[o].link.length;n++){if(s[o].link[n].rel=="alternate"){q=s[o].link[n].href;break}}if("media$thumbnail" in s[o]){u=s[o].media$thumbnail.url.replace(/\/s[0-9]+\-c/g,"/s"+h.ImageSize+"-c")}else{u=h.pBlank.replace(/\/s[0-9]+(\-c|\/)/,"/s"+h.ImageSize+"$1")}k=s[o].title.$t;r=s[o].published.$t.substring(0,10);m=s[o].author[0].name.$t;x=r.substring(0,4);p=r.substring(5,7);t=r.substring(8,10);v=h.MonthNames[parseInt(p,10)-1];l+='<li><a target="_blank" href="'+q+'"><div class="overlayx"></div><img class="random" src="'+u+'"/><h4>'+k+'</h4></a><div class="label_text"><span class="date"><span class="dd">'+t+'</span> <span class="dm">'+v+'</span> <span class="dy">'+x+'</span></span> <span class="autname">'+m+"</span></div></li>"}e("ul",g).append(l).addClass(h.loadingClass)};var c=function(){e(h.idcontaint+" .nextx").click()};var b=function(){e.get((h.blogURL===""?window.location.protocol+"//"+window.location.host:h.blogURL)+"/feeds/posts/summary"+(h.tagName===false?"":"/-/"+h.tagName)+"?max-results="+h.MaxPost+"&orderby=published&alt=json-in-script",f,"jsonp");setTimeout(function(){e(h.idcontaint+" .prevx").click(function(){e(h.idcontaint+" .sliderx li:first").before(e(h.idcontaint+" .sliderx li:last"));return false});e(h.idcontaint+" .nextx").click(function(){e(h.idcontaint+" .sliderx li:last").after(e(h.idcontaint+" .sliderx li:first"));return false});if(h.autoplay){var i=h.interval;var j=setInterval(c,i);e(h.idcontaint+" .sliderx li:first").before(e(h.idcontaint+" .sliderx li:last"));e(h.idcontaint+" .sliderx").hover(function(){clearInterval(j)},function(){j=setInterval(c,i)})}e("ul",g).removeClass(h.loadingClass)},d)};e(document).ready(b)})(jQuery)};
//<![CDATA[
RecentPostSide({
  blogURL: "http://wikiwidgets.blogspot.com",
  MaxPost: 8,
  idcontaint: "#recentpostside",
  ImageSize: 300,
  interval: 5000,
  autoplay: true,
  tagName: false
});
//]]>
</script>

Widget Settings

• BlogURL : Replace the https://wikiwidgets.blogspot.com with your blog URL.
• MaxPost : A number of post you want to show. Choose what number are likely to be good for your blog. On my case, 8, which it's my date of birth :D
• ImageSize : The size of the image (pixels).
• interval : The time in which the slider should be move.
• autoplay : Change the value into "false" if you wanted to turn off the slider.
• tagName : Change the value "false" in to your own label name if you wish to show your recent post in a particular label. e.g., tagName: Travels

Done!

Result

Untuk memaksimalkan tampilannya agar selalu fresh, caranya pun cukup sederhana; update terus kontennya :p

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