Many bloggers search for an "Archive Calendar Widget" for their bloggers because its look so nice against the custom archive widget in blogger. The custom widget is very simple and does not attract visitors but the calendar widget is looking good and visitors attract to and can find posts by day and date. In WordPress, the archive calendar widget is available in active form but in the blogger, we add some codes to create this.
The default BlogSpot archive widget is transformed into a WordPress Type Archive calendar with custom styles and flavors. The easy script and stylesheet today will enable you all to create a calendar archive gadget for your blogs using ITSATGLOBAL custom style sheets for Dark and Light backgrounds. The script is coded by phydeaux3 and redesigned by ISG with custom colors and more easy installation. The plugin has been made compatible and easy to implement. Just follow the basic steps below.
Install Archive calendar on your Blog
01. Go To Blogger > Layout02. Chose the Blog Archive widget which is available in Blogger's default widget directory. Switch to the next page in the directory to find it.
4. Click save
5. Now go to Blogger > Settings > Template. Backup your template and then click Edit HTML > Proceed
6. Search the following code:
<b:widget id='BlogArchive1' locked='false' title='Blog Archive' type='BlogArchive'/>
If you could not find it then simply search BlogArchive and then find a similar code as shown above.
7. Replace the above code in step#6 with the following code:<b:widget id='BlogArchive1' locked='false' title='Blog Archive' type='BlogArchive'>
<b:includable id='main'>
<b:if cond='data:title'>
<h2><data:title/></h2>
</b:if>
<div class='widget-content'>
<div id='ArchiveList'>
<div expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + "_ArchiveList"'>
<b:if cond='data:style == "HIERARCHY"'>
<b:include data='data' name='interval'/>
</b:if>
<b:if cond='data:style == "FLAT"'>
<b:include data='data' name='flat'/>
</b:if>
<b:if cond='data:style == "MENU"'>
<b:include data='data' name='menu'/>
</b:if>
</div>
</div>
<b:include name='quickedit'/>
</div>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='toggle' var='interval'>
<!-- Toggle not needed for Calendar -->
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='flat' var='data'>
<div id='bloggerCalendarList'>
<ul>
<b:loop values='data:data' var='i'>
<li class='archivedate'>
<a expr:href='data:i.url'><data:i.name/></a> (<data:i.post-count/>)
</li>
</b:loop>
</ul>
</div>
<div id='blogger_calendar' style='display:none'>
<table id='bcalendar'><caption id='bcaption'>
</caption>
<!-- Table Header -->
<thead id='bcHead'></thead>
<!-- Table Footer -->
<!-- Table Body -->
<tbody><tr><td id='cell1'> </td><td id='cell2'> </td><td id='cell3'> </td><td id='cell4'> </td><td id='cell5'> </td><td id='cell6'> </td><td id='cell7'> </td></tr>
<tr><td id='cell8'> </td><td id='cell9'> </td><td id='cell10'> </td><td id='cell11'> </td><td id='cell12'> </td><td id='cell13'> </td><td id='cell14'> </td></tr>
<tr><td id='cell15'> </td><td id='cell16'> </td><td id='cell17'> </td><td id='cell18'> </td><td id='cell19'> </td><td id='cell20'> </td><td id='cell21'> </td></tr>
<tr><td id='cell22'> </td><td id='cell23'> </td><td id='cell24'> </td><td id='cell25'> </td><td id='cell26'> </td><td id='cell27'> </td><td id='cell28'> </td></tr>
<tr><td id='cell29'> </td><td id='cell30'> </td><td id='cell31'> </td><td id='cell32'> </td><td id='cell33'> </td><td id='cell34'> </td><td id='cell35'> </td></tr>
<tr id='lastRow'><td id='cell36'> </td><td id='cell37'> </td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table id='bcNavigation'><tr>
<td id='bcFootPrev'></td>
<td id='bcFootAll'></td>
<td id='bcFootNext'></td>
</tr></table>
<div id='calLoadingStatus' style='display:none; text-align:center;'>
<script type='text/javascript'>bcLoadStatus();</script>
</div>
<div id='calendarDisplay'/>
</div>
<script type='text/javascript'> initCal();</script>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='posts' var='posts'>
<!-- posts not needed for Calendar -->
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='menu' var='data'>
Configure your calendar archive widget - Edit archive widget - Flat List - Newest first - Choose any Month/Year Format
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='interval' var='intervalData'>
Configure your calendar archive widget - Edit archive widget - Flat List - Newest first - Choose any Month/Year Format
</b:includable>
</b:widget>
8. Now search </head> and just above it paste the following lines of code:
<!-- Blogger Archive Calendar by www.itsatglobal.blogspot.com -->Optional: The Green highlighted region is where you can change the text "View Archive", loading images, ASCII characters for navigation arrows, and change the abbreviation for Day names.
<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
var bcLoadingImage = "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjQ7W41qGQ5LhXiM6gTiICd5k5SroogTokjQbtapay2fNwSmg99o4DVbi3QuHYTh8ly6G4iVlEqIywNv_h6Ly2tt-OcuyeUViVCkQq-49uqM5BeI-wXnVpsl4tIgikEA47BuwcGO3BHM/s400/loading-trans.gif.png";
var bcLoadingMessage = " Loading....";
var bcArchiveNavText = "View Archive";
var bcArchiveNavPrev = '◄';
var bcArchiveNavNext = '►';
var headDays = ["Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday"];
var headInitial = ["Su","Mo","Tu","We","Th","Fr","Sa"];
// Nothing to configure past this point ----------------------------------
var timeOffset;
var bcBlogID;
var calMonth;
var calDay = 1;
var calYear;
var startIndex;
var callmth;
var bcNav = new Array ();
var bcList = new Array ();
//Initialize Fill Array
var fill = ["","31","28","31","30","31","30","31","31","30","31","30","31"];
function openStatus(){
document.getElementById('calLoadingStatus').style.display = 'block';
document.getElementById('calendarDisplay').innerHTML = '';
}
function closeStatus(){
document.getElementById('calLoadingStatus').style.display = 'none';
}
function bcLoadStatus(){
cls = document.getElementById('calLoadingStatus');
img = document.createElement('img');
img.src = bcLoadingImage;
img.style.verticalAlign = 'middle';
cls.appendChild(img);
txt = document.createTextNode(bcLoadingMessage);
cls.appendChild(txt);
}
function callArchive(mth,yr,nav){
// Check for Leap Years
if (((yr % 4 == 0) && (yr % 100 != 0)) || (yr % 400 == 0)) {
fill[2] = '29';
}
else {
fill[2] = '28';
}
calMonth = mth;
calYear = yr;
if(mth.charAt(0) == 0){
calMonth = mth.substring(1);
}
callmth = mth;
bcNavAll = document.getElementById('bcFootAll');
bcNavPrev = document.getElementById('bcFootPrev');
bcNavNext = document.getElementById('bcFootNext');
bcSelect = document.getElementById('bcSelection');
a = document.createElement('a');
at = document.createTextNode(bcArchiveNavText);
a.href = bcNav[nav];
a.appendChild(at);
bcNavAll.innerHTML = '';
bcNavAll.appendChild(a);
bcNavPrev.innerHTML = '';
bcNavNext.innerHTML = '';
if(nav < bcNav.length -1){
a = document.createElement('a');
a.innerHTML = bcArchiveNavPrev;
bcp = parseInt(nav,10) + 1;
a.href = bcNav[bcp];
a.title = 'Previous Archive';
prevSplit = bcList[bcp].split(',');
a.onclick = function(){bcSelect.options[bcp].selected = true;openStatus();callArchive(prevSplit[0],prevSplit[1],prevSplit[2]);return false;};
bcNavPrev.appendChild(a);
}
if(nav > 0){
a = document.createElement('a');
a.innerHTML = bcArchiveNavNext;
bcn = parseInt(nav,10) - 1;
a.href = bcNav[bcn];
a.title = 'Next Archive';
nextSplit = bcList[bcn].split(',');
a.onclick = function(){bcSelect.options[bcn].selected = true;openStatus();callArchive(nextSplit[0],nextSplit[1],nextSplit[2]);return false;};
bcNavNext.appendChild(a);
}
script = document.createElement('script');
script.src = 'http://www.blogger.com/feeds/'+bcBlogId+'/posts/summary?published-max='+calYear+'-'+callmth+'-'+fill[calMonth]+'T23%3A59%3A59'+timeOffset+'&published-min='+calYear+'-'+callmth+'-01T00%3A00%3A00'+timeOffset+'&max-results=100&orderby=published&alt=json-in-script&callback=cReadArchive';
document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script);
}
function cReadArchive(root){
// Check for Leap Years
if (((calYear % 4 == 0) && (calYear % 100 != 0)) || (calYear % 400 == 0)) {
fill[2] = '29';
}
else {
fill[2] = '28';
}
closeStatus();
document.getElementById('lastRow').style.display = 'none';
calDis = document.getElementById('calendarDisplay');
var feed = root.feed;
var total = feed.openSearch$totalResults.$t;
var entries = feed.entry || [];
var fillDate = new Array();
var fillTitles = new Array();
fillTitles.length = 32;
var ul = document.createElement('ul');
ul.id = 'calendarUl';
for (var i = 0; i < feed.entry.length; ++i) {
var entry = feed.entry[i];
for (var j = 0; j < entry.link.length; ++j) {
if (entry.link[j].rel == "alternate") {
var link = entry.link[j].href;
}
}
var title = entry.title.$t;
var author = entry.author[0].name.$t;
var date = entry.published.$t;
var summary = entry.summary.$t;
isPublished = date.split('T')[0].split('-')[2];
if(isPublished.charAt(0) == '0'){
isPublished = isPublished.substring(1);
}
fillDate.push(isPublished);
if (fillTitles[isPublished]){
fillTitles[isPublished] = fillTitles[isPublished] + ' | ' + title;
}
else {
fillTitles[isPublished] = title;
}
li = document.createElement('li');
li.style.listType = 'none';
li.innerHTML = '<a href="'+link+'">'+title+'</a>';
ul.appendChild(li);
}
calDis.appendChild(ul);
var val1 = parseInt(calDay, 10)
var valxx = parseInt(calMonth, 10);
var val2 = valxx - 1;
var val3 = parseInt(calYear, 10);
var firstCalDay = new Date(val3,val2,1);
var val0 = firstCalDay.getDay();
startIndex = val0 + 1;
var dayCount = 1;
for (x =1; x < 38; x++){
var cell = document.getElementById('cell'+x);
if( x < startIndex){
cell.innerHTML = ' ';
cell.className = 'firstCell';
}
if( x >= startIndex){
cell.innerHTML = dayCount;
cell.className = 'filledCell';
for(p = 0; p < fillDate.length; p++){
if(dayCount == fillDate[p]){
if(fillDate[p].length == 1){
fillURL = '0'+fillDate[p];
}
else {
fillURL = fillDate[p];
}
cell.className = 'highlightCell';
cell.innerHTML = '<a href="/search?updated-max='+calYear+'-'+callmth+'-'+fillURL+'T23%3A59%3A59'+timeOffset+'&updated-min='+calYear+'-'+callmth+'-'+fillURL+'T00%3A00%3A00'+timeOffset+'" title="'+fillTitles[fillDate[p]].replace(/"/g,'\'')+'">'+dayCount+'</a>';
}
}
if( dayCount > fill[valxx]){
cell.innerHTML = ' ';
cell.className = 'emptyCell';
}
dayCount++;
}
}
visTotal = parseInt(startIndex) + parseInt(fill[valxx]) -1;
if(visTotal >35){
document.getElementById('lastRow').style.display = '';
}
}
function initCal(){
document.getElementById('blogger_calendar').style.display = 'block';
var bcInit = document.getElementById('bloggerCalendarList').getElementsByTagName('a');
var bcCount = document.getElementById('bloggerCalendarList').getElementsByTagName('li');
document.getElementById('bloggerCalendarList').style.display = 'none';
calHead = document.getElementById('bcHead');
tr = document.createElement('tr');
for(t = 0; t < 7; t++){
th = document.createElement('th');
th.abbr = headDays[t];
scope = 'col';
th.title = headDays[t];
th.innerHTML = headInitial[t];
tr.appendChild(th);
}
calHead.appendChild(tr);
for (x = 0; x <bcInit.length;x++){
var stripYear= bcInit[x].href.split('_')[0].split('/')[3];
var stripMonth = bcInit[x].href.split('_')[1];
bcList.push(stripMonth + ','+ stripYear + ',' + x);
bcNav.push(bcInit[x].href);
}
var sel = document.createElement('select');
sel.id = 'bcSelection';
sel.onchange = function(){var cSend = this.options[this.selectedIndex].value.split(',');openStatus();callArchive(cSend[0],cSend[1],cSend[2]);};
q = 0;
for (r = 0; r <bcList.length; r++){
var selText = bcInit[r].innerHTML;
var selCount = bcCount[r].innerHTML.split('> (')[1];
var selValue = bcList[r];
sel.options[q] = new Option(selText + ' ('+selCount,selValue);
q++
}
document.getElementById('bcaption').appendChild(sel);
var m = bcList[0].split(',')[0];
var y = bcList[0].split(',')[1];
callArchive(m,y,'0');
}
function timezoneSet(root){
var feed = root.feed;
var updated = feed.updated.$t;
var id = feed.id.$t;
bcBlogId = id.split('blog-')[1];
upLength = updated.length;
if(updated.charAt(upLength-1) == "Z"){timeOffset = "+00:00";}
else {timeOffset = updated.substring(upLength-6,upLength);}
timeOffset = encodeURIComponent(timeOffset);
}
//]]>
</script>
<script src='/feeds/posts/summary?max-results=0&alt=json-in-script&callback=timezoneSet'></script>
<!-- End Blogger Archive Calendar by www.itsatglobal.blogspot.com -->
09. Save your template and you are almost done!
Add Styles
The widget will look dull and grey unless you style them by adding colors. Do this:- Search inside the template for ]]></b:skin> and just above it paste the following CSS codes respectively:
]]></b:skin>
If you are using a lighter theme with a white background then use this code:
/* Start of Post Navigator by ISG (LIGHT Theme) ------ */
#calendarDisplay {display:none;}
/* div that holds calendar */
#blogger_calendar { margin:0px auto 0px 0px;width:100%;}
/* Table Caption - Holds the Archive Select Menu */
#bcaption {border:1px solid #C7C7C7;padding:2px;margin:10px 0 0;background:#fff;font:bold 100% Tahoma, Arial, Sans-serif}
/* The Archive Select Menu */
#bcaption select {background:#ffff;border:0 solid #C7C7C7;color:#0080ff;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;}
/* The Heading Section */
table#bcalendar thead {}
/* Head Entries */
table#bcalendar thead tr th {width:20px;text-align:center;padding:3px; border:1px solid #C7C7C7; font:bold 100% Tahoma, Arial, Sans-serif;background:#fff;color:#0080ff;}
/* The calendar Table */
table#bcalendar {border:1px solid #C7C7C7;border-top:0; margin:0px 0 0px;width:100%;background:#fff}
/* The Cells in the Calendar */
table#bcalendar tbody tr td {cursor:pointer; text-align:center; border-radius:4px; padding:3px;border:1px solid #C7C7C7; color:#666;font:bold 100% Tahoma, Arial, Sans-serif;}
/* Links in Calendar */
table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:link, table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:visited, table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:active {font-weight:bold;color:#ffffff; text-decoration:none;}
table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:hover {color:#ffffff; text-decoration:none;}
/* First Row Empty Cells */
td.firstCell {visibility:visible;}
/* Cells that have a day in them */
td.filledCell { background:#fff;}
td.filledCell:hover { background:#dddddd;}
/* Cells that are empty, after the first row */
td.emptyCell {visibility:hidden;}
/* Cells with a Link Entry in them */
td.highlightCell {background:#53A9FF;border:1px solid #C7C7C7}
td.highlightCell:hover {background:#72B9FF;border:1px solid #C7C7C7}
/* Table Footer Navigation */
table#bcNavigation {width:100%;background:#fff;border:1px solid #C7C7C7;border-top:0;color:#0080ff;font:bold 100% Tahoma, Arial, Sans-serif;}
table#bcNavigation a:link {text-decoration:none;color:#0080ff}
table#bcNavigation a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}
td#bcFootPrev {width:10px;}
td#bcFootAll{text-align:center;}
td#bcFootNext {width:10px;}
ul#calendarUl {margin:5px auto 0!important;}
ul#calendarUl li a:link {}
/* End of Post Navigator by ISG (LIGHT Theme) ------ */
If you are using a Dark template with a black background or similar then use this code instead:
/* Start of Post Navigator by ISG (DARK Theme) ------ */Customization for LIGHT theme:
#calendarDisplay {display:none;}
/* div that holds calendar */
#blogger_calendar { margin:5px 0 5px 10px;width:98%;}
/* Table Caption - Holds the Archive Select Menu */
#bcaption {border:1px solid #666666;padding:2px;margin:10px 0 0;background:#333333;font:bold 100% Tahoma, Arial, Sans-serif}
/* The Archive Select Menu */
#bcaption select {background:#333333;border:0 solid #333333;color:#dddddd;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;}
/* The Heading Section */
table#bcalendar thead {}
/* Head Entries */
table#bcalendar thead tr th {width:20px;text-align:center;padding:2px; border:1px outset #666666; font:bold 100% Tahoma, Arial, Sans-serif;background:#333333;color:#dddddd}
/* The calendar Table */
table#bcalendar {border:1px solid #666666;border-top:0; margin:0px 0 0px;width:95%;background:#333333}
/* The Cells in the Calendar */
table#bcalendar tbody tr td {text-align:center;padding:2px;border:1px outset #666666; color:#F5F202;font:bold 100% Tahoma, Arial, Sans-serif;}
/* Links in Calendar */
table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:link, table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:visited, table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:active {font-weight:bold;color:#ffffff; text-decoration:underline;}
table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:hover {color:#ffffff; text-decoration:none;}
/* First Row Empty Cells */
td.firstCell {visibility:visible;}
/* Cells that have a day in them */
td.filledCell {}
/* Cells that are empty, after the first row */
td.emptyCell {visibility:hidden;}
/* Cells with a Link Entry in them */
td.highlightCell {background:#000000;border:1px solid #666666}
/* Table Footer Navigation */
table#bcNavigation {width:95%;background:#333333;border:1px solid #666666;border-top:0;color:#F5F202;font:bold 100% Tahoma, Arial, Sans-serif;}
table#bcNavigation a:link {text-decoration:none;color:#F5F202}
table#bcNavigation a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}
td#bcFootPrev {width:10px;}
td#bcFootAll{text-align:center;}
td#bcFootNext {width:10px;}
ul#calendarUl {margin:5px auto 0!important;}
ul#calendarUl li a:link {}
/* End of Post Navigator by ISG (DARK Theme) ------ */
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- To change the background color of the cell with blue background in active mode edit 53A9FF
- To change the cell color in mouse hover mode edit 72B9FF
- To change the color of the yellow text edit F5F202
Visit your blogs to see the Archive gadget transformed into a beautiful Calendar. :)