JSON Two Click Blog Archives Gadget for Bloggers.

Archives in the real world is a place where we deposit historical records and documents. In Blogger Layout Templates the Blog Archives is a place on your blog page showing all your blog post linked titles. The Classic Templates show only ten previous posts.


Since the default Archives gadget which comes with every Layout template shows only the latest month posts we have used various methods to create gadgets showing all post titles. The latest method uses JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) to extract linked post titles from your blog feed.


It can be installed with two mouse clicks (using the widget installer from Beautifulbeta) and no coding is required...........

How To Install

The installation process cannot get any simpler! Just click on the button below :

You will get a dialog window (disable any popup blocker) :



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Under 'Widget Title' type in whatever title you wish. Under 'Customize Widget' type in your blogspot subdomain (That is the part which appears before 'blogspot.com' in your blog address.) Then click Customize button. The 'Add Widget to my Blog' button will become active. Click it to get the next "Add Page Element' window :



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Here you can select the blog to add it in. You can add this to other blogs also to promote traffic to another blog. Type in a title for the widget and click the blue 'Add Widget' button at the bottom. Then click View Blog to see the result :



If you have lots of posts be ready for a long sidebar. If you want to have an archives widget in a smaller space check out Gadget No 29 - Scrolling Posts Gadget on My Gadget Showcase Blog.

Gadget Features

1. Easy to Install in two clicks only. Native Blogger Gadget/widget.

2. No coding knowledge required.

3. Uses Google Code.

4. Shows all (max of 1000) blog post titles.

5. Post titles linked to Posts.

6. The credit link is generated by Javascript and so does not generate a linkback to my blog. It is only for information for other bloggers who may wish to install it. So please do not remove it.

The Blog Archive Google Gadget.

The Blogger Archive Gadget which comes as default with the official Blogger templates has some disadvantages. It does not show all the post titles. Only the titles of the present month are shown leaving the viewer to toggle the arrows to expand the list to see the other titles.


Here is a Google Gadget incorporating Google AJAX API code to retrieve a list of all your post titles from your post feed (Please wait till whole page loads to see it in action) :



The features of this gadget are.............

Blog Archives Google Gadget Features

1. Shows All Post Titles.

2. All Post Titles linked to their pages (permalinks).

3. Occupies small space on blog. Width and height can be customized.

4. Can be put in a post also (unlike Blogger gadgets).

5. Can be styled to match blog colors.

6. Contains official Google AJAX code.

7. It scrolls downwards automatically.


If you would like such a gadget for your blog drop me a mail at :