Blogger A - Z :Create A Multi-Tab Widget In Blogger

One of the space efficient widget for blogs, is of course a multi-tabbed widget, which is almost a must for any blog. You can use it for Popular posts, Top commenters, Recent Posts, Recent Posts or any widget as you like.

Although you can find some other methods on Internet, but they are all quite confusing, so you can use this method, which is quite easy, but of course needs to tweak the template.



The complete process has mainly two steps:

1. Firstly, Log in to Blogger. Now go to Layout and then click on "Edit HTML" tab.Then download the present template as a backup.
Now find [CTRL+F] this code:

]]></b:skin>

JUST BEFORE THIS CODE, paste the following code:

// Copyright (C) 2005 Ilya S. Lyubinskiy.

// All rights reserved.

// Technical support: http://www.php-development.ru/



div.TabView div.Tabs

{

height: 24px;

overflow: hidden;

}

div.TabView div.Tabs a

{

float: left;

display: block;

width: 90px; /* Width top main menu - Tab Buttons*/

text-align: center;

height: 24px; /* Height top main menu - Tab Buttons*/

padding-top: 3px;

vertical-align: middle;

border: 1px solid #000; /* Top Main menu border color */

border-bottom-width: 0;

text-decoration: none;

font-family: "Times New Roman", Serif; /* Top main menu font */

font-weight: 900;

color: #000; /* Top main menu font color */

}

div.TabView div.Tabs a:hover, div.TabView div.Tabs a.Active

{

background-color: #F4F4F4; /* Top main menu background color */

}

div.TabView div.Pages

{

clear: both;

border: 1px solid #6E6E6E; /* Content Border color */

overflow: hidden;

background-color: #FBF1A4; /* Content background color */

}

div.TabView div.Pages div.Page

{

height: 100%;

padding: 0px;

overflow: hidden;

}

div.TabView div.Pages div.Page div.Pad

{

padding: 3px 5px;

}

The text in red color are comments, for your help, as you can edit those numbers or color codes yourself, so that they can matchyour blog's layout. 
Dowload file tabview.js
Upload javascript (.js) files on Google server  you can view Blogger A - Z: Upload File Javascript (*. js) on Google to know it

Now find (CTRL+F) this in the template;

</Head>

And immediately BEFORE that paste this code

<script src='http://code.google.com/......./tabview.js' type='text/javascript'/>

Replace the link in RED, with the DIRECT LINK of the Tabview.js file

That's it, Now SAVE the template.

2. The second part is for positioning the widget (whether in sidebar, above/below the post body etc.)
For this, click on "Page Elements" tab, and then "Add a Gadget" wherever you like.

Select the widget of the type "HTML/JavaScript"

Now paste the following code in to the widget:

<form action="tabview.html" method="get">

<div class="TabView" id="TabView">

<div class="Tabs" style="width: 350px;">

<a>Tab 1</a>

<a>Tab 2</a>

<a>Tab 3</a>

</div>

<div class="Pages" style="width: 350px; height: 250px;">



<div class="Page">

<div class="Pad">

Content 1.1 <br />

Content 1.2 <br />

Content 1.3 <br />

</div>

</div>


<div class="Page">

<div class="Pad">

Content 2.1 <br />

Content 2.2 <br />

Content 2.3 <br />

</div>

</div>


<div class="Page">

<div class="Pad">

Content 3.1 <br />

Content 3.2 <br />

Content 3.3 <br />

</div>

</div>



</div>

</div>

</form>


<script type="text/javascript">

tabview_initialize('TabView');

</script><span>widget by<a href="http://bloggerstop.net"> BloggerStop</a></span>

You can change the colored content as per your wish, and to remove or add any further tabs,
Either delete Tab3 line, and 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 lines
or Add Tab 4 and 4.1 etc lines.

Save the widget, drag and change it's position if you want.

Source: PHP Development

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