This is for Layouts templates ONLY! Classic templates are not supported.
As with any template modifications, always make a backup before preceding!
And feeds for posts must be enabled in your settings
(Blogger>Dashboard>Settings>Site Feed> Post Feed can either be set at Full or Short). Private blogs do not have feeds, so they are not supported.
Step #1
Go to Template>Edit HTML. Leave the Expand Widget Templates box UNCHECKED (default)
This code will replace your Archive widget. Scroll down and find yours in your template. Will look something like this.
Copy the following code, then highlight the archive widget as shown and replace it with a paste.
At this point you may want to save the template. It should save without any errors, if not then make sure you followed the above, and copy/pasted correctly.
Now, we need to copy and paste the scripts themselves. Find in your template the ending ]]> tag and the ending tag. It should look something like this in your template
I've highlighted them to show them off. But you want to copy the following code, and paste it in between these two tags. Here's what you need.
Now save your template. It should save without errors, if not recheck your steps above. One more thing needs to be configured in your Archive Widget. Goto the Page Elements page, find your Archive Widget, and click to edit it. You'll see a screen like this
The title can be anything you want. The style MUST be Flat List as show. Options should NOT have Show Oldest Posts firsts checked. Archive Frequency MUST be Monthly. The Date Format can be anything you want. The calendar will accept whatever you decide here.
Save the widget. Then try it out. Go view your blog and if everything is correct you should have the calendar working now.
If you've made it this far, and it's working you'll note that without any style associated with it the calendar is a bit plain. But we've got some of that covered as well. Admire your work so far. Make sure it seems to function.
Now to add some style to the calendar, you need to add the CSS section. Find the ending
]]<</b:skin>
tags and copy and paste the following code right BEFORE that tag.
Once this is in place, you can use the Advanced tab of the Template Designer to pick and choose different colors, font sizes, etc. They will all have the name "Calendar" in them so you know which ones to pick.
And lastly, there are a few settings you can change if you want. The vast majority of people won't need these, but just in case they are documented here. All of these are in the top section of the calendar script you copied in earlier
var bcLoadingImage = "http://phydeauxredux.googlepages.com/loading-trans.gif";
This is the url for the loading image while the calendar loads. I've 'borrowed' the one Blogger uses for FTP uploads and made the background transparent so it should look a little better on dark backgrounds. But feel free to grab your own loading image.
var bcLoadingMessage = " Loading....";
This is the loading message that displays. You can change it to anything, or leave it blank. Non-English users may want to modify to their own language.
var bcArchiveNavText = "View Archive";
This is the text for the link provided to the whole archive page. Again you can change it to anything, or modify to your own language.
var bcArchiveNavPrev = '◄';
This is what is displayed to go to the previous archive in the bottom navigation pane. The current one makes a back arrow. You can change this to anything you want, or nothing and use a CSS background. If you use an image here, you will have to include the whole image tag.
var bcArchiveNavNext = '►';
Same as above, but for the next archive.
var headDays = ["Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday"];
These are for the tooltip that comes up if you hover over the day abbreviations in the calendar. You may want to match your own language. Just keep the format (between the quote marks, separated by commas. Also, they have to stay in the same order. with Sunday as the first day of the week.
var headInitial = ["Su","Mo","Tu","We","Th","Fr","Sa"];
These are the day initials that are displayed in the calendar. Again they have to be kept in this format, in this order. But you can change what is displayed to either match your own language, or if you want one more or less character displayed as well.
The last one is actually a CSS entry and not in the variables, but it functions as a setting so I'm listing it here. If you should not want all the post titles to be listed beneath the calendar, then add this to your CSS section.
Easiest way to find the CSS section if you don't know is to find the ending ]]></b:skin> tag in your template, and paste the following line right BEFORE that tag.
#calendarDisplay {display:none;}
As with any template modifications, always make a backup before preceding!
And feeds for posts must be enabled in your settings
(Blogger>Dashboard>Settings>Site Feed> Post Feed can either be set at Full or Short). Private blogs do not have feeds, so they are not supported.
Step #1
Go to Template>Edit HTML. Leave the Expand Widget Templates box UNCHECKED (default)
This code will replace your Archive widget. Scroll down and find yours in your template. Will look something like this.
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<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>
<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>
At this point you may want to save the template. It should save without any errors, if not then make sure you followed the above, and copy/pasted correctly.
Now, we need to copy and paste the scripts themselves. Find in your template the ending ]]> tag and the ending tag. It should look something like this in your template
I've highlighted them to show them off. But you want to copy the following code, and paste it in between these two tags. Here's what you need.
<!-- Blogger Archive Calendar -->
<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
var bcLoadingImage = "http://phydeauxredux.googlepages.com/loading-trans.gif";
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 -->
<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
var bcLoadingImage = "http://phydeauxredux.googlepages.com/loading-trans.gif";
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 -->
Now save your template. It should save without errors, if not recheck your steps above. One more thing needs to be configured in your Archive Widget. Goto the Page Elements page, find your Archive Widget, and click to edit it. You'll see a screen like this
The title can be anything you want. The style MUST be Flat List as show. Options should NOT have Show Oldest Posts firsts checked. Archive Frequency MUST be Monthly. The Date Format can be anything you want. The calendar will accept whatever you decide here.
Save the widget. Then try it out. Go view your blog and if everything is correct you should have the calendar working now.
If you've made it this far, and it's working you'll note that without any style associated with it the calendar is a bit plain. But we've got some of that covered as well. Admire your work so far. Make sure it seems to function.
Now to add some style to the calendar, you need to add the CSS section. Find the ending
]]<</b:skin>
tags and copy and paste the following code right BEFORE that tag.
/* Archive Calendar Variable Setups
Do not modify unless you know what's what
=========================================
<Variable name="bcCalenderFonts" description="Calendar Font Sizes"
type="font" default="normal normal 100% Tahoma, Arial, Sans-serif" value="normal normal 100% Tahoma, Arial, Sans-serif"/>
<Variable name="bcTableBackgroundColor" description="Calendar Background Color"
type="color" default="#ffffff" value="#ffffff"/>
<Variable name="bcTableBorderColor" description="Calendar Border Color"
type="color" default="#000000" value="#000000"/>
<Variable name="bcTableTextColor" description="Calendar Text Color"
type="color" default="#000000" value="#000000"/>
<Variable name="bcMenuBackgroundColor" description="Calendar Menu Select Background Color"
type="color" default="#ffffff" value="#ffffff"/>
<Variable name="bcMenuTextColor" description="Calendar Menu Select Text Color"
type="color" default="#000000" value="#000000"/>
<Variable name="bcTableHeaderBackgroundColor" description="Calendar Header Background Color"
type="color" default="#ffffff" value="#ffffff"/>
<Variable name="bcTableHeaderTextColor" description="Calendar Header Text Color"
type="color" default="#000000" value="#000000"/>
<Variable name="bcTableHighLightColor" description="Calendar Highlight Color"
type="color" default="#cccccc" value="#cccccc"/>
<Variable name="bcCalenderLinksColor" description="Calendar Links Color"
type="color" default="#0000ff" value="#0000ff"/>
<Variable name="bcCalenderLinksHoverColor" description="Calendar Links Hover Color"
type="color" default="#0000ff" value="#0000ff"/>
<Variable name="bcTableFooterBackground" description="Calendar Footer Background Color"
type="color" default="#ffffff" value="#ffffff"/>
<Variable name="bcFooterLinksColor" description="Calendar Footer LinksColor"
type="color" default="#0000ff" value="#0000ff"/>
===========================================
End Archive Calendar Variables */
/* Archive Calendar CSS
----------------------------------------------- */
/* div that holds calendar */
#blogger_calendar { margin:5px 0 0 0;width:98%;}
/* Table Caption - Holds the Archive Select Menu */
#bcaption {border:1px solid $bcTableBorderColor;padding:2px;margin:10px 0 0;background:$bcMenuBackgroundColor;font:$bcCalenderFonts}
/* The Archive Select Menu */
#bcaption select {background:$bcMenuBackgroundColor;border:0 solid $bcMenuBackgroundColor;color:$bcMenuTextColor;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 $bcTableBorderColor; font:$bcCalenderFonts;background:$bcTableHeaderBackgroundColor;color:$bcTableHeaderTextColor}
/* The calendar Table */
table#bcalendar {border:1px solid $bcTableBorderColor;border-top:0; margin:0px 0 0px;width:95%;background:$bcTableBackgroundColor}
/* The Cells in the Calendar */
table#bcalendar tbody tr td {text-align:center;padding:2px;border:1px outset $bcTableBorderColor; color:$bcTableTextColor;font:$bcCalenderFonts;}
/* Links in Calendar */
table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:link, table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:visited, table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:active {font-weight:bold;color:$bcCalenderLinksColor;}
table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:hover {color:$bcCalenderLinksHoverColor;}
/* First Row Empty Cells */
td.firstCell {visibility:visible;}
/* Cells that have a day in them */
td.filledCell {}
/* Cells that are empty, after the first row */
td.emptyCell {visibility:hidden;}
/* Cells with a Link Entry in them */
td.highlightCell {background:$bcTableHighLightColor;border:1px solid $bcTableBorderColor}
/* Table Footer Navigation */
table#bcNavigation {width:95%;background:$bcTableFooterBackground;border:1px solid $bcTableBorderColor;border-top:0;color:$bcTableTextColor;font:$bcCalenderFonts;}
table#bcNavigation a:link {text-decoration:none;color:$bcFooterLinksColor}
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 {}
Do not modify unless you know what's what
=========================================
<Variable name="bcCalenderFonts" description="Calendar Font Sizes"
type="font" default="normal normal 100% Tahoma, Arial, Sans-serif" value="normal normal 100% Tahoma, Arial, Sans-serif"/>
<Variable name="bcTableBackgroundColor" description="Calendar Background Color"
type="color" default="#ffffff" value="#ffffff"/>
<Variable name="bcTableBorderColor" description="Calendar Border Color"
type="color" default="#000000" value="#000000"/>
<Variable name="bcTableTextColor" description="Calendar Text Color"
type="color" default="#000000" value="#000000"/>
<Variable name="bcMenuBackgroundColor" description="Calendar Menu Select Background Color"
type="color" default="#ffffff" value="#ffffff"/>
<Variable name="bcMenuTextColor" description="Calendar Menu Select Text Color"
type="color" default="#000000" value="#000000"/>
<Variable name="bcTableHeaderBackgroundColor" description="Calendar Header Background Color"
type="color" default="#ffffff" value="#ffffff"/>
<Variable name="bcTableHeaderTextColor" description="Calendar Header Text Color"
type="color" default="#000000" value="#000000"/>
<Variable name="bcTableHighLightColor" description="Calendar Highlight Color"
type="color" default="#cccccc" value="#cccccc"/>
<Variable name="bcCalenderLinksColor" description="Calendar Links Color"
type="color" default="#0000ff" value="#0000ff"/>
<Variable name="bcCalenderLinksHoverColor" description="Calendar Links Hover Color"
type="color" default="#0000ff" value="#0000ff"/>
<Variable name="bcTableFooterBackground" description="Calendar Footer Background Color"
type="color" default="#ffffff" value="#ffffff"/>
<Variable name="bcFooterLinksColor" description="Calendar Footer LinksColor"
type="color" default="#0000ff" value="#0000ff"/>
===========================================
End Archive Calendar Variables */
/* Archive Calendar CSS
----------------------------------------------- */
/* div that holds calendar */
#blogger_calendar { margin:5px 0 0 0;width:98%;}
/* Table Caption - Holds the Archive Select Menu */
#bcaption {border:1px solid $bcTableBorderColor;padding:2px;margin:10px 0 0;background:$bcMenuBackgroundColor;font:$bcCalenderFonts}
/* The Archive Select Menu */
#bcaption select {background:$bcMenuBackgroundColor;border:0 solid $bcMenuBackgroundColor;color:$bcMenuTextColor;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 $bcTableBorderColor; font:$bcCalenderFonts;background:$bcTableHeaderBackgroundColor;color:$bcTableHeaderTextColor}
/* The calendar Table */
table#bcalendar {border:1px solid $bcTableBorderColor;border-top:0; margin:0px 0 0px;width:95%;background:$bcTableBackgroundColor}
/* The Cells in the Calendar */
table#bcalendar tbody tr td {text-align:center;padding:2px;border:1px outset $bcTableBorderColor; color:$bcTableTextColor;font:$bcCalenderFonts;}
/* Links in Calendar */
table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:link, table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:visited, table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:active {font-weight:bold;color:$bcCalenderLinksColor;}
table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:hover {color:$bcCalenderLinksHoverColor;}
/* First Row Empty Cells */
td.firstCell {visibility:visible;}
/* Cells that have a day in them */
td.filledCell {}
/* Cells that are empty, after the first row */
td.emptyCell {visibility:hidden;}
/* Cells with a Link Entry in them */
td.highlightCell {background:$bcTableHighLightColor;border:1px solid $bcTableBorderColor}
/* Table Footer Navigation */
table#bcNavigation {width:95%;background:$bcTableFooterBackground;border:1px solid $bcTableBorderColor;border-top:0;color:$bcTableTextColor;font:$bcCalenderFonts;}
table#bcNavigation a:link {text-decoration:none;color:$bcFooterLinksColor}
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 {}
Once this is in place, you can use the Advanced tab of the Template Designer to pick and choose different colors, font sizes, etc. They will all have the name "Calendar" in them so you know which ones to pick.
And lastly, there are a few settings you can change if you want. The vast majority of people won't need these, but just in case they are documented here. All of these are in the top section of the calendar script you copied in earlier
var bcLoadingImage = "http://phydeauxredux.googlepages.com/loading-trans.gif";
This is the url for the loading image while the calendar loads. I've 'borrowed' the one Blogger uses for FTP uploads and made the background transparent so it should look a little better on dark backgrounds. But feel free to grab your own loading image.
var bcLoadingMessage = " Loading....";
This is the loading message that displays. You can change it to anything, or leave it blank. Non-English users may want to modify to their own language.
var bcArchiveNavText = "View Archive";
This is the text for the link provided to the whole archive page. Again you can change it to anything, or modify to your own language.
var bcArchiveNavPrev = '◄';
This is what is displayed to go to the previous archive in the bottom navigation pane. The current one makes a back arrow. You can change this to anything you want, or nothing and use a CSS background. If you use an image here, you will have to include the whole image tag.
var bcArchiveNavNext = '►';
Same as above, but for the next archive.
var headDays = ["Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday"];
These are for the tooltip that comes up if you hover over the day abbreviations in the calendar. You may want to match your own language. Just keep the format (between the quote marks, separated by commas. Also, they have to stay in the same order. with Sunday as the first day of the week.
var headInitial = ["Su","Mo","Tu","We","Th","Fr","Sa"];
These are the day initials that are displayed in the calendar. Again they have to be kept in this format, in this order. But you can change what is displayed to either match your own language, or if you want one more or less character displayed as well.
The last one is actually a CSS entry and not in the variables, but it functions as a setting so I'm listing it here. If you should not want all the post titles to be listed beneath the calendar, then add this to your CSS section.
Easiest way to find the CSS section if you don't know is to find the ending ]]></b:skin> tag in your template, and paste the following line right BEFORE that tag.
#calendarDisplay {display:none;}
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