Random Post Button

Random Post Button Widget for Blogger

Posted On 05:15 // 10 comments

Today I am going to show you how you can add Random Post button to Blogger on clicking which you will be redirected to any random page on your blog. The widget works on JavaScript while the button is made of CSS.

This widget uses simple JavaScript and looks elegant. On clicking the button it fetches a post from the blogs feed and redirect the user to that particular page.

This widget may be really helpful to increase your blog's pageviews.

Manually Adding the Code

If you think that you need to make some changes in the code or the above button is not working for you then you may use this method.

Go to Blog Title → Layout → Add Widget → HTML/JavaScript. Paste the below code.

<style>
#abt-random{position:relative;color:rgba(255,255,255,1);text-decoration:none;background-color:rgba(219,87,5,1);font-family:'Yanone Kaffeesatz';font-weight:700;font-size:20px;display:block;-webkit-border-radius:8px;-moz-border-radius:8px;border-radius:8px;-webkit-box-shadow:0 9px 0 rgba(219,31,5,1), 0 9px 25px rgba(0,0,0,.7);-moz-box-shadow:0 9px 0 rgba(219,31,5,1), 0 9px 25px rgba(0,0,0,.7);box-shadow:0 9px 0 rgba(219,31,5,1), 0 9px 25px rgba(0,0,0,.7);margin-bottom:10px;margin-top:10px;width:160px;text-align:center;-webkit-transition:all .1s ease;-moz-transition:all .1s ease;-ms-transition:all .1s ease;-o-transition:all .1s ease;transition:all .1s ease;padding:4px}
#abt-random:active{-webkit-box-shadow:0 3px 0 rgba(219,31,5,1), 0 3px 6px rgba(0,0,0,.9);-moz-box-shadow:0 3px 0 rgba(219,31,5,1), 0 3px 6px rgba(0,0,0,.9);box-shadow:0 3px 0 rgba(219,31,5,1), 0 3px 6px rgba(0,0,0,.9);position:relative;top:6px}
#abt-random a{color: #fff;}
</style>

<center><div id="abt-random"></div></center>
<script type="text/javascript">
function showLucky(root){ var feed = root.feed; var entries = feed.entry || []; var entry = feed.entry[0]; for (var j = 0; j < entry.link.length; ++j){if (entry.link[j].rel == 'alternate'){window.location = entry.link[j].href;}}} function fetchLuck(luck){ script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = '/feeds/posts/summary?start-index='+luck+'&max-results=1&alt=json-in-script&callback=showLucky'; script.type = 'text/javascript'; document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script); } function feelingLucky(root){ var feed = root.feed; var total = parseInt(feed.openSearch$totalResults.$t,10); var luckyNumber = Math.floor(Math.random()*total);luckyNumber++; a = document.createElement('a'); a.href = '#random'; a.rel = luckyNumber; a.onclick = function(){fetchLuck(this.rel);}; a.innerHTML = 'Random Post'; document.getElementById('abt-random').appendChild(a); } </script><script src="/feeds/posts/summary?max-results=0&alt=json-in-script&callback=feelingLucky">
</script>

After adding the code save the widget and finally save the template.

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