Categories using Javascript

From Bloggerhacks

Revision as of 23:18, 24 June 2006

Platform

For use with Blogger blogs, requires a Del.icio.us account.

Authors

• M at Pappmaskin Diare Techblog
• Naked Sex Monkey
• Marc Morales
• 3Spots

Homepages

Blogger Categories, with a great how-to by Gretchen at YLCF.

Blogger Tags and Categories: How To

Categories in Blogger

Sidebar expand/collapse sub-categories using javascript RSS/linkrolls

Skill Level

You must be comfortable with editing your Blogger template and using Del.icio.us and JavaScript.

Description

This series of hacks uses JavaScript to display the contents of a tag in your Del.icio.us account in a post on your blog. These solutions pull results from Del.icio.us and integrate them into your template, making the categories appear to be part of your blog set-up and addressing the issue raised by folks who don't like to be taken off-blog to see a list of tagged content.

Method

Please visit the links above to obtain detailed instructions. In general, the method is as follows:

1. Create a post in your blog for each category.
2. Use a Feed2Javascript service to take the Del.icio.us feed and reformat it as a script.
3. Publish the script in the post you created.
4. Hard-code links in your sidebar to each of these dynamic posts.

Sites Using This Hack

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See Also

In-Blog Categories Using JavaScript