Blogger. Related posts different from post title

These related posts are only text.
Frequently related posts contain same title as post title.
In this post I'll show you a way to avoid this behavior.
  1. First go to blog template and, in textbox that will appear hitting ctrl+f, insert </head> tag. Hit 'enter' to search it. Just above it insert the following code:
     <!--RelatedPostsStarts-->
      <script language='JavaScript'>
    //<![CDATA[
    var relatedTitles = new Array();
    var relatedTitlesNum = 0;
    var relatedUrls = new Array();
    function related_results_labels(json) {
    for (var i = 0; i < json.feed.entry.length; i++) {
    var entry = json.feed.entry[i];
    relatedTitles[relatedTitlesNum] = entry.title.$t;
    for (var k = 0; k < entry.link.length; k++) {
    if (entry.link[k].rel == 'alternate') {
    relatedUrls[relatedTitlesNum] = entry.link[k].href;
    relatedTitlesNum++;
    break;
    }
    }
    }
    }
    function removeRelatedDuplicates() {
    var tmp = new Array(0);
    var tmp2 = new Array(0);
    for(var i = 0; i < relatedUrls.length; i++) {
    if(!contains(tmp, relatedUrls[i])) {
    tmp.length += 1;
    tmp[tmp.length - 1] = relatedUrls[i];
    tmp2.length += 1;
    tmp2[tmp2.length - 1] = relatedTitles[i];
    }
    }
    relatedTitles = tmp2;
    relatedUrls = tmp;
    }
    function contains(a, e) {
    for(var j = 0; j < a.length; j++) if (a[j]==e) return true;
    return false;
    }
    function printRelatedLabels() {
    var r = Math.floor((relatedTitles.length - 1) * Math.random());
    var i = 0;
    if(relatedTitles.length!=0)
    document.write("<span style=\"color:#CC6600;font-size:0.9em; font-weight:bold; font-family:georgia, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Ti potrebbero interessare anche:<\/span>");
    document.write('<ul>');

    while (i < relatedTitles.length && i < 5) {
    var str=window.location.href;

    var str1=relatedUrls[r];
    var str2=str1.replace("blogspot.com","blogspot.your_country_suffix");
    if (str2!=str){
    document.write('<li><a href="' + relatedUrls[r] + '">' + relatedTitles[r] + '</a></li>');
    }

    if (relatedTitles.length-1==0){
    document.write('<font color="blue">No related posts for this post</font>');
    break;
    }
    if (r < relatedTitles.length - 1) {
    r++;
    } else {
    r = 0;
    }
    i++;
    }
    document.write('</ul>');
    }
    //]]>
    </script>

                  In above code pay attention to your contry suffix in the navbar
var str2=str1.replace("blogspot.com","blogspot.your_country_suffix");

Replace 'your_country_suffix' with, for example, 'us' if your contry is USA, and so on.


  • After, search

    <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'>
  • Just below insert

    <b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
    <div id='related-posts'>
    <b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'>
    <b:if cond='data:label.isLast != "true"'>
    </b:if>

    <script expr:src='"/feeds/posts/default/-/" + data:label.name + "?alt=json-in-script&callback=related_results_labels&max-results=5"' type='text/javascript'/>
    </b:loop><br/>
    <script type='text/javascript'>

    var currentposturl="<data:post.url/>";
    var maxresults=5; <!-- Increase To Show More Then 5 Related Post -->
    removeRelatedDuplicates(); printRelatedLabels();
    </script>
    </div>
    </b:if>
  • Done! Now you have related posts in every post of your blog.

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