Page Navigation Hack for Blogger

Most said page navigation menu in the bottom of the page can appear only in Wordpress blogs. But Now here is a blogger hack which will help you to show Page Navigation Menu in bottom of the page ( see screenshot ) . you can Add this Page Navigation hack to your blogger template either by inserting script to your template by editing or you can add it as a widget . In this post I will write only how to add this Page navigation menu by editing template code.





I have used a background image for this Page Navigation hack. If you want to show this without the background image just remove the background image url .

Let us start :

Step 1 : Log in to your blogger account and navigate to Layout section. Now go to the edit HTML subtab.

Step 2 : search this line ]]></b:skin> and add this CSS code above that line.




CSS CODE WITH IMAGE :

.showpageArea {padding: 0 2px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-top:10px;
}

.showpageArea a {border: 1px solid #505050;
color: #000000;font-weight:normal;
padding: 3px 6px !important;
padding: 1px 4px ;margin:0px 4px;
text-decoration: none;
}
.showpageArea a:hover {
font-size:11px;
border: 1px solid #333;
color: #000000;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}

.showpageNum a {border: 1px solid #505050;
color: #000000;font-weight:normal;
padding: 3px 6px !important;
padding: 1px 4px ;margin:0px 4px;
text-decoration: none;

}
.showpageNum a:hover {
font-size:11px;
border: 1px solid #333;
color: #000000;
background-color: #FFFFFF;

}
.showpagePoint {font-size:11px;
padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;
margin: 2px;
font-weight: bold;
border: 1px solid #333;
color: #fff;
background-color: #000000;


}

.showpage a:hover {font-size:11px;
border: 1px solid #333;
color: #000000;
background-color: #FFFFFF;

}
.showpageNum a:link,.showpage a:link {
font-size:11px;
padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;
margin: 2px;
text-decoration: none;
border: 1px solid #0066cc;
color: #0066cc;
background-color: #FFFFFF;}

.showpageNum a:hover {font-size:11px;
border: 1px solid #333;
color: #000000;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}

It must look like this :




Step 3 : Now search for this code or related in your template ( no need to expand widgets )

<b:section class='main' id='main' showaddelement='yes'>
<b:widget id='Blog1' locked='true' title='Blog Posts' type='Blog'/>
</b:section>

Now Add This script just below the </b:section> .

&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;

function showpageCount(json) {
var thisUrl = location.href;
var htmlMap = new Array();
var isFirstPage = thisUrl.substring(thisUrl.length-14,thisUrl.length)==&quot;.blogspot.com/&quot;;
var isLablePage = thisUrl.indexOf(&quot;/search/label/&quot;)!=-1;
var isPage = thisUrl.indexOf(&quot;/search?updated&quot;)!=-1;
var thisLable = isLablePage ? thisUrl.substr(thisUrl.indexOf(&quot;/search/label/&quot;)+14,thisUrl.length) : &quot;&quot;;
thisLable = thisLable.indexOf(&quot;?&quot;)!=-1 ? thisLable.substr(0,thisLable.indexOf(&quot;?&quot;)) : thisLable;
var thisNum = 1;
var postNum=1;
var itemCount = 0;
var fFlag = 0;
var eFlag = 0;
var html= &#39;&#39;;
var upPageHtml =&#39;&#39;;
var downPageHtml =&#39;&#39;;


var pageCount=5;
var displayPageNum=3;
var firstPageWord = &#39;First&#39;;
var endPageWord = &#39;Last&#39;;
var upPageWord =&#39;Previous&#39;;
var downPageWord =&#39;Next&#39;;



var labelHtml = &#39;&lt;span class=&quot;showpageNum&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/search/label/&#39;+thisLable+&#39;?&amp;max-results=&#39;+pageCount+&#39;&quot;&gt;&#39;;

for(var i=0, post; post = json.feed.entry[i]; i++) {
var timestamp = post.published.$t.substr(0,10);
var title = post.title.$t;
if(isLablePage){
if(title!=&#39;&#39;){
if(post.category){
for(var c=0, post_category; post_category = post.category[c]; c++) {
if(encodeURIComponent(post_category.term)==thisLable){
if(itemCount==0 (itemCount % pageCount ==(pageCount-1))){
if(thisUrl.indexOf(timestamp)!=-1 ){
thisNum = postNum;
}

postNum++;
htmlMap[htmlMap.length] = &#39;/search/label/&#39;+thisLable+&#39;?updated-max=&#39;+timestamp+&#39;T00%3A00%3A00%2B08%3A00&amp;max-results=&#39;+pageCount;
}
}
}
}//end if(post.category){

itemCount++;
}

}else{
if(title!=&#39;&#39;){
if(itemCount==0 (itemCount % pageCount ==(pageCount-1))){
if(thisUrl.indexOf(timestamp)!=-1 ){
thisNum = postNum;
}

if(title!=&#39;&#39;) postNum++;
htmlMap[htmlMap.length] = &#39;/search?updated-max=&#39;+timestamp+&#39;T00%3A00%3A00%2B08%3A00&amp;max-results=&#39;+pageCount;
}
}
itemCount++;
}
}

for(var p =0;p&lt; htmlMap.length;p++){
if(p&gt;=(thisNum-displayPageNum-1) &amp;&amp; p&lt;(thisNum+displayPageNum)){
if(fFlag ==0 &amp;&amp; p == thisNum-2){
if(thisNum==2){
if(isLablePage){
upPageHtml = labelHtml + upPageWord +&#39;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&#39;;
}else{
upPageHtml = &#39;&lt;span class=&quot;showpage&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/&quot;&gt;&#39;+ upPageWord +&#39;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&#39;;
}
}else{
upPageHtml = &#39;&lt;span class=&quot;showpage&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;&#39;+htmlMap[p]+&#39;&quot;&gt;&#39;+ upPageWord +&#39;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&#39;;
}

fFlag++;
}

if(p==(thisNum-1)){
html += &#39;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class=&quot;showpagePoint&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&#39;+thisNum+&#39;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&#39;;
}else{
if(p==0){
if(isLablePage){
html = labelHtml+&#39;1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&#39;;
}else{
html += &#39;&lt;span class=&quot;showpageNum&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&#39;;
}
}else{
html += &#39;&lt;span class=&quot;showpageNum&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;&#39;+htmlMap[p]+&#39;&quot;&gt;&#39;+ (p+1) +&#39; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&#39;;
}
}

if(eFlag ==0 &amp;&amp; p == thisNum){
downPageHtml = &#39;&lt;span class=&quot;showpage&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;&#39;+htmlMap[p]+&#39;&quot;&gt;&#39;+ downPageWord +&#39;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&#39;;
eFlag++;
}
}//end if(p&gt;=(thisNum-displayPageNum-1) &amp;&amp; p&lt;(thisNum+displayPageNum)){
}//end for(var p =0;p&lt; htmlMap.length;p++){

if(thisNum&gt;1){
if(!isLablePage){
html = &#39;&lt;span class=&quot;showpage&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/&quot;&gt;&#39;+ firstPageWord +&#39; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&#39;+upPageHtml+&#39; &#39;+html +&#39; &#39;;
}else{
html = &#39;&#39;+labelHtml + firstPageWord +&#39; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&#39;+upPageHtml+&#39; &#39;+html +&#39; &#39;;
}
}

html = &#39;&lt;div class=&quot;showpageArea&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:11px;padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;margin: 2px 2px 2px 2px;color: #000000;border: 1px solid #333; background-color: #FFFFFF;&quot; class=&quot;showpage&quot;&gt;Page &#39;+thisNum+&#39; of &#39;+(postNum-1)+&#39;: &lt;/span&gt;&#39;+html;

if(thisNum&lt;(postNum-1)){
html += downPageHtml;
html += &#39;&lt;span class=&quot;showpage&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;&#39;+htmlMap[htmlMap.length-1]+&#39;&quot;&gt; &#39;+endPageWord+&#39;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&#39;;
}

if(postNum==1) postNum++;
html += &#39;&lt;/div&gt;&#39;;

if(isPage isFirstPage isLablePage){
var pageArea = document.getElementsByName(&quot;pageArea&quot;);
var blogPager = document.getElementById(&quot;blog-pager&quot;);

if(postNum &lt;= 2){
html =&#39;&#39;;
}

for(var p =0;p&lt; pageArea.length;p++){
pageArea[p].innerHTML = html;
}

if(pageArea&amp;&amp;pageArea.length&gt;0){
html =&#39;&#39;;
}

if(blogPager){
blogPager.innerHTML = html;
}
}

}
&lt;/script&gt;

&lt;script src=&quot;/feeds/posts/summary?alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=showpageCount&amp;max-results=99999&quot; type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;


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In the code above you can edit the lines in red to your wish .

1 : var pageCount = 5;

The digit in red represents number of posts to be shown in single page. Change the digit to show as many pages you want.

for example :

In my blog I have put that value as 2 . In each page you can see only 2 posts .


2 : var displayPageNum = 3;

here the digit in red represents number of pages to be listed.

For example :

In my blog I have chosen 3 , then 3 pages will be shown.

That's it now we have added Page Navigation menu hack to our blog successfully .

That CSS code will suit almost all templates. Please don't remove the credit link.

I hope all of you will like this Page Navigation blogger hack . If you have any doubts please ask in comment section . Comments are most welcome , please give me your feedback about this blogger Hack.

You can also add this Page navigation hack in the another method : Widget style.