Blog Widget

Blogger (blogspot) Blog widget template data collection. This post uses the Blogger 2nd generation template for a reference (Contempo, Soho, Emporio, Notable, Essential).

Introduction

Blog widget is gadget that displays the blog posts or pages content, including inline post ads, and post comments. The posts data always in the the form of a list.

When viewed in a single item view (post, page), the list contains only a single post data. Whereas when viewed in a multiple items view (homepage, search, archive), the list may contain multiple items.

Markups

<b:widget id='Blog1' locked='false' title='Blog Posts' type='Blog' version='2' visible='true'>

    <b:includable id='main' var='this'>
        <b:loop values='data:posts' var='post'>
            <data:post.title/>
            <data:post.body/>
            <!-- other post data -->
        </b:loop>
    </b:includable>

</b:widget>

Post Data

Here's a list of known post data in the widget:

• data:posts[]

  • title

  • body

  • url

  • date

  • labels[]

    • url

    • name

Other Widget Data

It seems that the blog navigation data only available in the Blog widget. I've used this for a long time but is yet to be confirmed.

• data:newerPageUrl

• data:olderPageUrl

Auto-Generated Includables

Here's a list of ID for the auto-generated includable elements in the widget:

• commentPicker

• postMetadataJSON