Create A Multi-Tab Widget In BlogSpot / Blogger Blogs

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, Login 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 the code, paste the following code:

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;
}

2. Download this File: Tabview.zip
Then in your PC, unzip it (using Winzip or 7-Zip), and then upload it to MyDataNest.com, to get a DIRECT LINK to the file (Tabview.js).

3. Now find (CTRL+F) this in the template:

4. And immediately BEFORE that paste this code.

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

After you upload the tabview.js file into MyDataNest.com, then you can get the direct link. Replace the link in RED, with the DIRECT LINK of the. Tabview.js file.

That's it, Now SAVE the template.

5. Next 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://mysecondpayment.blogspot.com/">MySecondPayment</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.