Animated Recent posts for Blogger with Thumbnails - Simple Spy

Animated recent post is a fantastic way to present headlines updates to your readers.The effect of smooth scrolling attract readers and generate more clicks to your site.This gadget displays your most recent posts and includes a small thumbnail, but has the added bonus of using an animated effect that moves smoothly through the posts.There are a lot of great tutorials discussing on how to add Animated Recent posts for blogger with thumbnails and Simple Spy, but most of the tutorials I've found are not really suitable for a beginner.

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How to Install Animated Recent posts for blogger with thumbnails and Simple Spy

Now let's start adding it...


Step 1. Login to Your Blogger Account.Go to your Blogger Dashboard.Click on Layout tab from left pane and click on Add a Gadget link.

Step 2. After click on Add a Gadget link A pop-up box will open now

with many gadget list, Choose HTML/JavaScript from the gadget options by clicking the blue plus sign for that gadget.

Step 3. Select 'HTML/Javascript' and add the one of code given below.


Step 4. Now Click On Save 'JavaScript' You are done.
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<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>



<style type="text/css" media="screen">
<!--

#spylist {
overflow:hidden;
margin-top:5px;
padding:0px 0px;
height:350px;
}
#spylist ul{
width:220px;
overflow:hidden;
list-style-type: none;
padding: 0px 0px;
margin:0px 0px;
}
#spylist li {
width:208px;
padding: 5px 5px;
margin:0px 0px 5px 0px;
list-style-type:none;
float:none;
height:70px;
overflow: hidden;
background:#fff url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihtivtArqqGKkQp6w2ouoZxcI_APYNoE_0Tw9Hqe7ys9Ew3lDrLWRlu0Oi-Xp-ZqjXmNkQ7XTZ4Phk3adgY6bYVolzSDY69Upl8e5UmgkNWi8li3gLf2TZiZYPNdZegiRhWhOfj03sORM2/s1600/24work-blogspot-com.jpg) repeat-x;
border:1px solid #ddd;
}
#spylist li a {
text-decoration:none;
color:#4B545B;
font-size:11px;
height:18px;
overflow:hidden;
margin:0px 0px;
padding:0px 0px 2px 0px;
}
#spylist li img {
float:left;
margin-right:5px;
background:#EFEFEF;
border:0;
}
.spydate{
overflow:hidden;
font-size:10px;
color:#0284C2;
padding:2px 0px;
margin:1px 0px 0px 0px;
height:15px;
font-family:Tahoma,Arial,verdana, sans-serif;
}
.spycomment{
overflow:hidden;
font-family:Tahoma,Arial,verdana, sans-serif;
font-size:10px;
color:#262B2F;
padding:0px 0px;
margin:0px 0px;
}

-->

</style><a href="http://24work.blogspot.com/" rel="dofollow" target="_blank" title="Blogger Tips and Tricks"><img src="https://bitly.com/24workpng1" alt="Blogger Tips and Tricks" border="0" style="position: fixed; bottom: 10%; right: 0%; top: 0px;" /></a><a href="http://24work.blogspot.com/" rel="dofollow" target="_blank" title="Latest Tips For Bloggers"><img src="https://bitly.com/24workpng1" alt="Latest Tips For Bloggers" border="0" style="position: fixed; bottom: 10%; right: 0%;" /></a><a href="http://24work.blogspot.com/" rel="dofollow" target="_blank" title="Blogger Tricks"><img src="https://bitly.com/24workpng1" alt="Blogger Tricks" border="0" style="position: fixed; bottom: 10%; left: 0%;" /></a><script language='JavaScript'>

imgr = new Array();
imgr[0] = "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMJZW_bBU73XOfVsT0ZGSxGIwC9HuIgkSDA0NTcOmnpAZtAJn0b5qaA0pCNQnrvZDuNjX2zOdbboU2gT5Io8nY7MHDxvRgEW1ospLznZhG_umMOLcFflVEO4s4ESmVgmbUcQPRQkMkGru/s1600/noimage.png";
imgr[1] = "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMJZW_bBU73XOfVsT0ZGSxGIwC9HuIgkSDA0NTcOmnpAZtAJn0b5qaA0pCNQnrvZDuNjX2zOdbboU2gT5Io8nY7MHDxvRgEW1ospLznZhG_umMOLcFflVEO4s4ESmVgmbUcQPRQkMkGru/s1600/noimage.png";
imgr[2] = "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMJZW_bBU73XOfVsT0ZGSxGIwC9HuIgkSDA0NTcOmnpAZtAJn0b5qaA0pCNQnrvZDuNjX2zOdbboU2gT5Io8nY7MHDxvRgEW1ospLznZhG_umMOLcFflVEO4s4ESmVgmbUcQPRQkMkGru/s1600/noimage.png";
imgr[3] = "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMJZW_bBU73XOfVsT0ZGSxGIwC9HuIgkSDA0NTcOmnpAZtAJn0b5qaA0pCNQnrvZDuNjX2zOdbboU2gT5Io8nY7MHDxvRgEW1ospLznZhG_umMOLcFflVEO4s4ESmVgmbUcQPRQkMkGru/s1600/noimage.png";
imgr[4] = "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMJZW_bBU73XOfVsT0ZGSxGIwC9HuIgkSDA0NTcOmnpAZtAJn0b5qaA0pCNQnrvZDuNjX2zOdbboU2gT5Io8nY7MHDxvRgEW1ospLznZhG_umMOLcFflVEO4s4ESmVgmbUcQPRQkMkGru/s1600/noimage.png";
showRandomImg = true;
boxwidth = 255;
cellspacing = 6;
borderColor = "#232c35";
bgTD = "#000000";
thumbwidth = 70;
thumbheight = 70;
fntsize = 12;
acolor = "#666";
aBold = true;
icon = " ";
text = "comments";
showPostDate = true;
summaryPost = 40;
summaryFontsize = 10;
summaryColor = "#666";
icon2 = " ";
numposts = 10;



home_page = "http://mysafetricks.blogspot.in/";



limitspy=4
intervalspy=4000
</script>
<div id="spylist">
<script src='http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/3frdg2yvzmdwsto/animated-recent-posts-ycode-1.js' type='text/javascript'></script>

</div>

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And now click Save


Note :If your template already have a jquery do not put again, just copy after it
Html from above a few things could be replaced :

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

1. homepage address

home_page = “http://mysafetricks.blogspot.in/”;


2. Style

from above style/css, you can change :


width : 220px;

width:208px:


customize base on your template

and

background:#fff url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihtivtArqqGKkQp6w2ouoZxcI_APYNoE_0Tw9Hqe7ys9Ew3lDrLWRlu0Oi-Xp-ZqjXmNkQ7XTZ4Phk3adgY6bYVolzSDY69Upl8e5UmgkNWi8li3gLf2TZiZYPNdZegiRhWhOfj03sORM2/s1600/24work-blogspot-com.jpg) repeat-x;


Customize the colors of backuground


3. image size

thumbwidth = 70;

thumbheight = 70;


Match your needs


4. How many post you will show

numposts = 10;


Base on what you need to show