HowTo || Add Random Post Button in Blogger

As a new blogger, I am learning how to modify my blog template and put up some Gadgets/widgets to meet my expectation. For all my readers who always follow my posts, you probably would notice that I have made some changes on my blog template and added some widgets recently.

For Blogger, if your readers are interested in your blog and may not have sufficient time to read back your previous posts, its worth to plug in RANDOM POST button widget in your blog or website to lead your visitors read more articles.

The moment the visitors has clicked the button, it will show random published posts. The functions of Random Post not only can retain your regular readers attentions, but also increasing your blog traffic.

You can click and play with "Random Post" button widget below.

How To Add Random Post Button In Blogger : 

Follow the below simple steps to add Random Post Button in your Blogger now.



Step 1. From your Blogger Dashboard, Go to Layout, click on Add a Gadget

Step 2. Add a new HTML/JavaScript Gadget

Step 3. Paste the following code in the empty HTML box:

<style>
#mbb-random a {
background-color:#3bb3e0;
padding:10px;
position:relative;
font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
text-decoration:none;
color:#fff;
border: solid 1px #186f8f;
background-image: linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(44,160,202) 0%, rgb(62,184,229) 100%);
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(44,160,202) 0%, rgb(62,184,229) 100%);
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(44,160,202) 0%, rgb(62,184,229) 100%);
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(44,160,202) 0%, rgb(62,184,229) 100%);
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(44,160,202) 0%, rgb(62,184,229) 100%);
background-image: -webkit-gradient(
linear,
left bottom,
left top,
color-stop(0, rgb(44,160,202)),
color-stop(1, rgb(62,184,229))
);
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0px 1px 0px #7fd2f1, 0px 1px 0px #fff;
-moz-box-shadow: inset 0px 1px 0px #7fd2f1, 0px 1px 0px #fff;
box-shadow: inset 0px 1px 0px #7fd2f1, 0px 1px 0px #fff;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
-o-border-radius: 5px;
border-radius: 5px;
}
#mbb-random a::before {
background-color:#ccd0d5;
content:"";
display:block;
position:absolute;
width:100%;
height:100%;
padding:8px;
left:-8px;
top:-8px;
z-index:-1;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
-o-border-radius: 5px;
border-radius: 5px;
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0px 1px 1px #909193, 0px 1px 0px #fff;
-moz-box-shadow: inset 0px 1px 1px #909193, 0px 1px 0px #fff;
-o-box-shadow: inset 0px 1px 1px #909193, 0px 1px 0px #fff;
box-shadow: inset 0px 1px 1px #909193, 0px 1px 0px #fff;
}
#mbb-random a:active {
padding-bottom:9px;
padding-left:10px;
padding-right:10px;
padding-top:11px;
top:1px;
background-image: linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(62,184,229) 0%, rgb(44,160,202) 100%);
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(62,184,229) 0%, rgb(44,160,202) 100%);
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(62,184,229) 0%, rgb(44,160,202) 100%);
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(62,184,229) 0%, rgb(44,160,202) 100%);
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(62,184,229) 0%, rgb(44,160,202) 100%);
background-image: -webkit-gradient(
linear,
left bottom,
left top,
color-stop(0, rgb(62,184,229)),
color-stop(1, rgb(44,160,202))
);
}
</style>

<center><div id="mbb-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('mbb-random').appendChild(a); } </script><script src="/feeds/posts/summary?max-results=0&alt=json-in-script&callback=feelingLucky">
</script>

Step 4. Press Save and you are done ! Enjoy !

For those HTML or CSS experts, you may modify some to meet your satisfaction.