How to Replace Older Posts and Newer Posts Links with Blogger Post Titles

If you have ever visited a WordPress blog, you might have noticed that the blog pager on these blogs displays the actual post titles, not just links to the older and newer posts that you find at the bottom of your Blogger blog. This links are parts of the so-called blog pager which helps readers navigate between pages and posts.

If you want to increase your page impressions, one of the ways is to replace the older/newer posts links with the Blogger post titles.

How To Add Post Titles Instead of Older Post/Newer Post Link

Step 1. Log in to Blogger, go to Layout and click on "Add A Gadget" link


Step 2. From the pop-up window, choose "HTML/JavaScript"


 Step 3. Paste the following code into the empty field of the HTML/JavaScript gadget:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var olderLink = $("a.blog-pager-older-link").attr("href");
$("a.blog-pager-older-link").load(olderLink+" h3:first", function() {
var olderLinkTitle = $("a.blog-pager-older-link:first").text();
$("a.blog-pager-older-link").text(olderLinkTitle);
});
var newerLink = $("a.blog-pager-newer-link").attr("href");
$("a.blog-pager-newer-link").load(newerLink+" h3:first", function() {
var newerLinkTitle = $("a.blog-pager-newer-link:first").text();
$("a.blog-pager-newer-link").text(newerLinkTitle);
});
</script>

Note: The line in red is for acquiring jQuery framework. If you have acquired jQuery in your template, then you can just delete this part.

Step 4. Now Save the Widget and drag it under the Blog Posts section.


Step 5. Click on Save arrangement.


Now view your blog and see the older/newer posts link, replaced with your post titles.

For any questions, leave a comment below.


How To Disable or Turn Off Lightbox View For Blogger Images

When you click on your images or photos, a wide black iframe window opens without leaving the page and shows you the image in foreground. This Lightbox (also called as Greybox or thickbox) view effect is enabled for all Blogger blogs by default, and it can be found also on Facebook and Google +. However, for some people this effect has turned into a headache and some may prefer to turn it off.

How to disable Lightbox view?
  • Log in to your Blogger Dashboard 
  • Go to Settings > Posts and comments  
  • Look for the "Showcase images with Lightbox" and select "No".




Save your Settings and you're done!