A cool random post Blogger addon.

[NathanKP]

I recently programmed a cool Javascript addon for Blogger.

Basically what it does is parse through you blog archive and select a random post. Then it puts a random text link to the post it selected. You can see it in action at the top of my blog:

Inkweaver Review - Book Reviews & Cover Art

Just refresh the page a few times and you'll see a variety of random messages about different posts I have done over the past months.

If you want the code, then visit my blog post:
Random post addon for Blogger - Inkweaver Review - Book Reviews & Cover Art

[Bloggeries]

Thanks for sharing; I'm moving this to Addons and Extras. I don't use blogger but those who do should find this useful.

Nice work,

[NathanKP]

Ah, I wasn't quite sure about the correct place to start the thread.

[QuirkyJessi]

I was asking for something similar to this multiple times over the past few months. This still isn't quite what I'm looking for, but it's kinda cool. Thanks.

[QuirkyJessi]

Here's what I was looking for: Archivist for Blogger I think I might give yours a go, though.

[NathanKP]

That sounds more complicated by far. You would need to open the pages and pull content out. I may give it a try eventually, but I think that what you want then might be a widget from Engaging and Beautiful Widgets - Wowzio

They have some that pull out pictures as well.

I programmer this script to be lightweight and to load fast, so I just wanted text.

[QuirkyJessi]

Yeah, I like the text, but it just gets overlooked usually. And I don't want just a picture because my posts are mostly text with just some pictures spread out....it's not a photo blog. I do think I'll try yours out, though...customize some of the intro phrases and make it work for me. It's the closest thing I've come across yet....I'd already given up!

[QuirkyJessi]

Alright, and now for some troubleshooting. I copied/pasted the code exactly as you had listed....no modifications. Any idea what would be a reason why it would pull up "undefined" where the link should be instead of an archived post?

[NathanKP]

First thing, could you give me the URL of the blog where you are trying to put the code?

That way I can look at the HTML and see what's going on.

This is the checklist of things that may be wrong:

• Is the blog a Blogger/Blogspot blog?
  
• Do you have a Blog Archive Widget on the page, with archive frequency monthly and archive style heirarchical? (Go to settings on the Archive.)
  
• Is the second code section below the blog archive widget, perhaps at the very bottom of the page?