How To Add Stylish Numbered Pagination On your Blogger Blog

Blogger platform provides its users with a traditional style of pagination which shows two links OLDER and NEWER, or PREVIOUS/NEXT, to browse through the index.

The above method however, has become mundane and you need to update your design to a numbered pagination if you want to keep your visitors, as you know, quality contents and a good design are the two major keys to a successful blog.

I will discuss two methods in this tutorial so you choose the one that best matches your template.

Now lets get straight to the steps.

This tutorial involves two steps

1. Adding the CSS
2. Adding the javascript.

How to add stylish numbered pagination to your blogger blog.

METHOD 1:Grey paged navigation with a red selected page.

• Login to your blogger dashboard
• Click on template and backup your template (precaution measure)
• Now click edit html
• Use CTRL F to find the following code on your HTML.

]]></b:skin>

• then add the below code  after ]]></b:skin>

#blog-pager{clear:both;margin:30px auto;text-align:center; padding: 7px; }.blog-pager {background: none;}.displaypageNum a,.showpage a,.pagecurrent{font-size: 12px;padding: 5px 12px;margin-right:5px; color: #222; background-color:#eee; border: 1px solid #EEEEEE;}.displaypageNum a:hover,.showpage a:hover, .pagecurrent{background:#E5E5E5;text-decoration:none;color: #222;}#blog-pager .pagecurrent{font-weight:bold;color: #fff;background:#DB4920;} .showpageOf{display:none!important}#blog-pager .pages{border:none;}

NOTE:if you want to hide the "first" and "last" buttons, then add the following code below the css code above.

.firstpage, .lastpage {display: none;}

Step 2: adding the script.

• Use CTRL F to find the following tag.

</body>

• Then add the following code just above it.

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != &quot;item&quot;'><b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != &quot;static_page&quot;'><script type='text/javascript'>  /*<![CDATA[*/    var perPage=3;    var numPages=3;    var firstText ='First';    var lastText ='Last';    var prevText ='« Previous';    var nextText ='Next »';    var urlactivepage=location.href;    var home_page="/"; if(typeof firstText=="undefined")firstText="First";if(typeof lastText=="undefined")lastText="Last";var noPage;var currentPage;var currentPageNo;var postLabel;pagecurrentg();function looppagecurrentg(pageInfo){var html='';pageNumber=parseInt(numPages / 2);if(pageNumber==numPages-pageNumber){numPages=pageNumber*2+1}pageStart=currentPageNo-pageNumber;if(pageStart<1)pageStart=1;lastPageNo=parseInt(pageInfo / perPage)+1;if(lastPageNo-1==pageInfo / perPage)lastPageNo=lastPageNo-1;pageEnd=pageStart+numPages-1;if(pageEnd>lastPageNo)pageEnd=lastPageNo;html+="<span class='showpageOf'>Page "+currentPageNo+' of '+lastPageNo+"</span>";var prevNumber=parseInt(currentPageNo)-1;if(currentPageNo>1){if(currentPage=="page"){html+='<span class="showpage firstpage"><a href="'+home_page+'">'+firstText+'</a></span>'}else{html+='<span class="displaypageNum firstpage"><a href="/search/label/'+postLabel+'?&max-results='+perPage+'">'+firstText+'</a></span>'}}if(currentPageNo>2){if(currentPageNo==3){if(currentPage=="page"){html+='<span class="showpage"><a href="'+home_page+'">'+prevText+'</a></span>'}else{html+='<span class="displaypageNum"><a href="/search/label/'+postLabel+'?&max-results='+perPage+'">'+prevText+'</a></span>'}}else{if(currentPage=="page"){html+='<span class="displaypageNum"><a href="#" onclick="redirectpage('+prevNumber+');return false">'+prevText+'</a></span>'}else{html+='<span class="displaypageNum"><a href="#" onclick="redirectlabel('+prevNumber+');return false">'+prevText+'</a></span>'}}}if(pageStart>1){if(currentPage=="page"){html+='<span class="displaypageNum"><a href="'+home_page+'">1</a></span>'}else{html+='<span class="displaypageNum"><a href="/search/label/'+postLabel+'?&max-results='+perPage+'">1</a></span>'}}if(pageStart>2){html+=' ... '}for(var jj=pageStart;jj<=pageEnd;jj++){if(currentPageNo==jj){html+='<span class="pagecurrent">'+jj+'</span>'}else if(jj==1){if(currentPage=="page"){html+='<span class="displaypageNum"><a href="'+home_page+'">1</a></span>'}else{html+='<span class="displaypageNum"><a href="/search/label/'+postLabel+'?&max-results='+perPage+'">1</a></span>'}}else{if(currentPage=="page"){html+='<span class="displaypageNum"><a href="#" onclick="redirectpage('+jj+');return false">'+jj+'</a></span>'}else{html+='<span class="displaypageNum"><a href="#" onclick="redirectlabel('+jj+');return false">'+jj+'</a></span>'}}}if(pageEnd<lastPageNo-1){html+='...'}if(pageEnd<lastPageNo){if(currentPage=="page"){html+='<span class="displaypageNum"><a href="#" onclick="redirectpage('+lastPageNo+');return false">'+lastPageNo+'</a></span>'}else{html+='<span class="displaypageNum"><a href="#" onclick="redirectlabel('+lastPageNo+');return false">'+lastPageNo+'</a></span>'}}var nextnumber=parseInt(currentPageNo)+1;if(currentPageNo<(lastPageNo-1)){if(currentPage=="page"){html+='<span class="displaypageNum"><a href="#" onclick="redirectpage('+nextnumber+');return false">'+nextText+'</a></span>'}else{html+='<span class="displaypageNum"><a href="#" onclick="redirectlabel('+nextnumber+');return false">'+nextText+'</a></span>'}}if(currentPageNo<lastPageNo){if(currentPage=="page"){html+='<span class="displaypageNum lastpage"><a href="#" onclick="redirectpage('+lastPageNo+');return false">'+lastText+'</a></span>'}else{html+='<span class="displaypageNum lastpage"><a href="#" onclick="redirectlabel('+lastPageNo+');return false">'+lastText+'</a></span>'}}var pageArea=document.getElementsByName("pageArea");var blogPager=document.getElementById("blog-pager");for(var p=0;p<pageArea.length;p++){pageArea[p].innerHTML=html}if(pageArea&&pageArea.length>0){html=''}if(blogPager){blogPager.innerHTML=html}}function totalcountdata(root){var feed=root.feed;var totaldata=parseInt(feed.openSearch$totalResults.$t,10);looppagecurrentg(totaldata)}function pagecurrentg(){var thisUrl=urlactivepage;if(thisUrl.indexOf("/search/label/")!=-1){if(thisUrl.indexOf("?updated-max")!=-1){postLabel=thisUrl.substring(thisUrl.indexOf("/search/label/")+14,thisUrl.indexOf("?updated-max"))}else{postLabel=thisUrl.substring(thisUrl.indexOf("/search/label/")+14,thisUrl.indexOf("?&max"))}}if(thisUrl.indexOf("?q=")==-1&&thisUrl.indexOf(".html")==-1){if(thisUrl.indexOf("/search/label/")==-1){currentPage="page";if(urlactivepage.indexOf("#PageNo=")!=-1){currentPageNo=urlactivepage.substring(urlactivepage.indexOf("#PageNo=")+8,urlactivepage.length)}else{currentPageNo=1}document.write("<script src=\""+home_page+"feeds/posts/summary?max-results=1&alt=json-in-script&callback=totalcountdata\"><\/script>")}else{currentPage="label";if(thisUrl.indexOf("&max-results=")==-1){perPage=20}if(urlactivepage.indexOf("#PageNo=")!=-1){currentPageNo=urlactivepage.substring(urlactivepage.indexOf("#PageNo=")+8,urlactivepage.length)}else{currentPageNo=1}document.write('<script src="'+home_page+'feeds/posts/summary/-/'+postLabel+'?alt=json-in-script&callback=totalcountdata&max-results=1" ><\/script>')}}}function redirectpage(numberpage){jsonstart=(numberpage-1)*perPage;noPage=numberpage;var nameBody=document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];var newInclude=document.createElement('script');newInclude.type='text/javascript';newInclude.setAttribute("src",home_page+"feeds/posts/summary?start-index="+jsonstart+"&max-results=1&alt=json-in-script&callback=finddatepost");nameBody.appendChild(newInclude)}function redirectlabel(numberpage){jsonstart=(numberpage-1)*perPage;noPage=numberpage;var nameBody=document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];var newInclude=document.createElement('script');newInclude.type='text/javascript';newInclude.setAttribute("src",home_page+"feeds/posts/summary/-/"+postLabel+"?start-index="+jsonstart+"&max-results=1&alt=json-in-script&callback=finddatepost");nameBody.appendChild(newInclude)}function finddatepost(root){post=root.feed.entry[0];var timestamp1=post.published.$t.substring(0,19)+post.published.$t.substring(23,29);var timestamp=encodeURIComponent(timestamp1);if(currentPage=="page"){var pAddress="/search?updated-max="+timestamp+"&max-results="+perPage+"#PageNo="+noPage}else{var pAddress="/search/label/"+postLabel+"?updated-max="+timestamp+"&max-results="+perPage+"#PageNo="+noPage}location.href=pAddress}   /*]]>*/</script></b:if></b:if>

Then Click on save template

METHOD 2:

Grey paged navigation with a blue selected page

• Login to your blogger dashboard
• Click on template>Edit template
• Then find the following code using CTRL F.

</head>

• Now place the following code just above the </head> tag

<style type="text/css">.showpageArea {    clear: both;    border: 1px solid #eee;    border-width: 1px 0;    padding: 15px;    margin: 15px 0;}.showpageOf {    color: #888;    margin-right: 10px;}.showpagePoint,
.showpageNum a,
.showpage a {    /*border-radius*/    -webkit-border-radius: 3px;    -moz-border-radius: 3px;    border-radius: 3px;    padding: 5px 10px;    display: inline-block;    margin: 0 5px;    background-color: #eee;    /*box-shadow*/    -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 -2px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, .15);    -moz-box-shadow: inset 0 -2px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, .15);    box-shadow: inset 0 -2px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, .15);}.showpageArea, .showpageArea a {    color: #333;}.showpage a: hover, .showpageNum a: hover, .showpagePoint {    background-color: #3498DB;    color: #f5f5f5;}.showpagePoint {    font-weight: 700;}</style> 

• Again you have to find this tag </body> then add the following code above it.

<!-- Begin Page Navigation --><b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != &quot;item&quot;'><b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != &quot;static_page&quot;'><script type='text/javascript'>var pageCount=6;var displayPageNum=6;var upPageWord =&#39;Previous&#39;;var downPageWord =&#39;Next&#39;;</script><script src='https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0BxdeKliyEmFxeFJkblhPd0phYUU' /></b:if></b:if><!-- End Page Navigation -->

Now save your template, and reload your blog.

That’s all.

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