Sunday, 24 March 2013

How to add a Floating Facebook Like box in Blogger

Floating Facebook like box for blogger blogs which is very easy to use and can be useful for those who want to make their blog more attractive by adding different social media widgets to different parts of their blogs. This widget is very unique one and can be found on many websites and blogs on the web. It only appears when someone will hovers it. Otherwise, it will be shrinking it right side of your blog's body. You can change it's position to left side as well. But keeping it on right side is better for human eyes. 


This widget has already been shared by many bloggers, but we're just re-sharing it with you for expanding it to more users. This widget is built within JavaScript, CSS, HTML and JQuery. It can be more useful for you if you've a decent amount of Facebook likes for your blog i.e more than 1000. Now let's start adding it to blogger.

How to Add Floating Facebook Like box to blog?


Follow simple steps below and add this widget. 

  • Go to Blogger >> Layout >> Add a Gadget >> Select HTML/JavaScript Gadget
  • Add an HTML/JavaScript Widget and paste below inside that
<script type="text/javascript">
 /*<![CDATA[*/
 jQuery(document).ready(function() {jQuery(".abtlikebox").hover(function() {jQuery(this).stop().animate({right: "0"}, "medium");}, function() {jQuery(this).stop().animate({right: "-250"}, "medium");}, 500);});
 /*]]>*/
 </script>
 <style type="text/css">
 .abtlikebox{background: url("https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqMDApzir_JUH_h20FKgn-paxZhO4nEBqb1rViJJZVqvKw3tIpjRWBIrFHiEhgvYp5z0HckRkiFsnk2Jp7KcPIZIQlj4_9EiP2adsrvnuQo-GM6lmsEMPURAGkMqgWy72iQlJ2LnzfUUg/s320/fb1-right.png") no-repeat scroll left center transparent !important; float: right;height: 270px;padding: 0 5px 0 46px;width: 245px;z-index:  99999;position:fixed;right:-250px;top:20%;}
.abtlikebox div{ padding: 0; margin-right:-8px; border:4px solid  #3b5998; background:#fafafa;}
.abtlikebox span{bottom: 4px;font: 8px "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;position: absolute;right: 6px;text-align: right;z-index: 99999;}
 .abtlikebox span a{color: gray;text-decoration:none;}
 .abtlikebox span a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}
}
</style>
 <div class="abtlikebox" style="">
     <div>
     <iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/likebox.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Ffacebook.com%2FParadizevelley&amp;width=245&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;show_faces=true&amp;border_color=white&amp;connections=12&amp;stream=false&amp;header=false&amp;height=350" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="border: white; overflow: hidden; height: 350px; width: 245px;background:#fafafa;"></iframe><span>Widget by :<a href="/"></a></span>
     </div>
 </div>


Save the widget and now the initial part has done.

After adding above code now find this tag </head> in your Template >> HTML >> Proceed and right before it paste below code:
<script src='https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.1/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'/>
 
Save the template and everything is done. View your blog and you'll find a new facebook like box shrinking it right side or your blog
Save the template and everything is done. View your blog and you'll find a new facebook like box shrinking it right side or your blog.



New Facebook Button Styles:


  Image URL: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCDZUjp9Om-6nSkFJc-hi1bIggUPzzq3mf7kWCJmxRqL5Sq0zOu0a04jfLQDZLc-iOjvRHkzXFgfjChwCAgMNVjDmjjorLzc0UYZh1FItke9RUtZXCda-FKWEBmWSDWJBPrimn8574msE3/s1600/Calendar-Facebook-64.png


Image URL: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqcQsGgtKOPCDUrZ838r6KDPtGbti6MzfiBRsVYs6NyQ2x8VIU-asjInxxivTOXfHASpgbHzwnMX8lbWHowoWh4KdrjtRBmM_ORG2fGBs4Fr7eFERYeudqs7D09nolDE3valWxQ10UPk4t/s1600/Facebook+Colorflow-128.png

Image URL: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbnHKTIxUiHPeLPQyEJ7ZTvbAfiurKT14Uj_rg0i6jnMJmlMNq69UM_hx0P0khK5CcwootGAth1_Tl7gZI4u-hDfDA7VcS5-KvQ1cywe9g-UXdLCBlpRLaSxNYH72eGtRYcRQM8AUmRU5/s1600/Facebook-64(1).png



Image URL:https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6uoLU2YokrP_WR6KJDo6X4ZPbVP-1IKkcjq59cKBftVAZd74e9UlOtLc9D3bn0g40Ns6chE_W4XrKQomgp4pl4ODBqgYZaUFiPhfebkKGlHW2JncViaQCu8CBQfdCfyyOSXM8d9ABvBp/s1600/Facebook-green-64.png

Image URL: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPU-wzJQxR6Ewiar1juzcz2BuxJRp7PKGGEexjhaYKBsizgyKIvMhvjR4YCh2JBiLoFt6BcTVYQM6RztbAKnaqLvFyhjHWk7nJzvzTqyTdGcVnIYx2n5q96g-pDNb_W8lJk1e9jOTYzYhS/s1600/Facebook-green-hover-64.png


Image URL: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUCF-w0b8aNVmvAkHBGqhJcmc-Vom7wYYePuPsarhyOgIjlolg2iJZREid89jHqpdj6yxnCAvzGZXWi3v73zfgAPYE0hgeLFI6jK4wllIu1-oPXMHlHTA1Lt1hXQGw-bQrcMP-TYtK2uc/s1600/fb-right.png
 

Customization:

There are two customization you can do in this widget, the first one is changing paradizevalley with your Facebook's page user name and the second is float:right, if you want this widget to appear at left side then change the property right to left in float:right;. You can also Height and width and also increase/decrease user Porfile Pictures in Facebook like box. In above Code Height is 350 , Width 245 and User Profile Pic 12 in Box. You can change all of these items according to your choice but both Height highlighted item shuld have been same values. And Blue highlighted text is the images URL . That's all. 

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