New AJAX Navigation Menu Widget for Blogger ~ MyTricksWeb

After so long time almost two months, i am here with awesome new blogger widget. It is very hard to manage the works and blogs simultaneously. But still love to give the new blogger widgets and tips.

AJAX Navigation menu for blogger is very new widget created by Me in Blogger platform that uses Blogger JSON feed API and AJAX. This navigation menu is inspired from Mashable.com old site. I coded this widget some months ago, but there is no time for publishing this article. And now i recoded and improved this widget and added customizable features.

HOW IT WORKS ?

Well, this widget is works based on jQuery library and Blogger JSON feed API. Your blog must be for Public visitors. other wise the Blogger JSON Feed API won’t works.
The menu is works just like normal drop-down menu when javascript is disabled, And it will turns to AJAX powered drop-down menu when javascript is enabled.

HOW TO INSTALL THIS WIDGET?

Go to Blogger Dashboard > Select the Blog > Go to Template page of the Blog
Click Edit HTML button

THE CSS

Add the Following CSS Code before ]]></b:skin>

/* Menu Stylings */
.w2bmenu *{margin: 0;padding: 0;}
ul.w2bmenu {list-style: none;line-height: 1;overflow: visible !important;}
ul.w2bmenu:after{margin: 0;padding: 0;content: ' ';display: block;height: 0px;clear: both;}
ul.w2bmenu li{list-style: none;position:relative;float: left;margin: 0 !important;padding: 0 !important;}
ul.w2bmenu li a{margin: 0;padding: 12px 16px !important;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;color: #6b6b6b !important;text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff;font-weight: 700 !important;text-transform: uppercase !important;font-size: 12px !important;display: block !important;border: 0 none !important;}
ul.w2bmenu li a:hover,ul.w2bmenu li a.hoverover{background: #f5f5f5 !important;}
ul.w2bmenu ul{position: absolute;display: none;top: 100%;border:1px solid #ccc;}
ul.w2bmenu li:hover > ul{display: block;}
ul.w2bmenu ul li{float: none;min-width: 160px;background:#f5f5f5;text-shadow: none;}
ul.w2bmenu ul li a{padding: 12px 14px;text-transform: none;font-weight: normal;}
ul.w2bmenu ul li a:hover,ul.w2bajaxmenu ul li a.hoverover{background: #fff !important;}
ul.w2bmenu ul ul{display: none;left: 100%;top: 0;}
/* AJAX Menu Stylings */
ul.w2bajaxmenu li div.submenu {display: none;position: absolute;width: 600px;z-index: 90;left: -1px;top: 100%;overflow: hidden;min-height: 150px;background: #fff;border:1px solid #cccccc;border-top: 0 none;}
ul.w2bajaxmenu li:hover div.submenu {display: block;}
ul.w2bajaxmenu ul ,ul.w2bajaxmenu ul li{display: block !important;border: 0 none !important;margin: 0 !important;padding:0 !important;}
ul.w2bajaxmenu ul li{background: none !important;float: none !important;}
ul.w2bajaxmenu ul.verticlemenu{position: absolute;width: 33%;left:0;top:0;bottom: 0;background: #f5f5f5;}
ul.w2bajaxmenu ul.postslist {position: relative;display: block;width:65%;float: right;margin: 8px 0 !important;background: none;}
ul.w2bajaxmenu ul.postslist li{display: block;overflow: hidden;border-bottom: 1px #eee solid;position: relative;min-height: 60px;padding: 8px 8px 8px 110px !important;}
ul.w2bajaxmenu ul.postslist li:last-child{border-bottom: none 0;}
ul.w2bajaxmenu ul.postslist li .imgCont{position: absolute;left: 0;top:8px;width: 100px;height: 60px;overflow: hidden;border:1px solid #dcdcdc;font-size: 0;line-height: 0;}
ul.w2bajaxmenu ul.postslist li .imgCont img{position: relative;top:-20px;padding: 0;width: 100px;height: 100px;display: block;}
ul.w2bajaxmenu ul.postslist li a{display: block;line-height: 1.4;padding: 0 !important;}
ul.w2bajaxmenu .loader{background:url('http://i.imgur.com/SeivG.gif') no-repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;width:22px;height:22px;position: absolute;top:50%;margin-top: -11px;right:5px;}
ul.w2bajaxmenu .menuArrow {border-bottom: 4px solid transparent;border-top: 4px solid transparent;border-left: 4px solid #999999;display: block;height: 0;margin-top: -4px;position: absolute;right: 11px;top: 50%;width: 0;}
#w2bajaxmenu {background: #ededed;background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #ededed 0%, #e0e0e0 100%);background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#ededed), color-stop(100%,#e0e0e0));background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #ededed 0%,#e0e0e0 100%);background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #ededed 0%,#e0e0e0 100%);background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #ededed 0%,#e0e0e0 100%);background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #ededed 0%,#e0e0e0 100%);filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#ededed', endColorstr='#e0e0e0',GradientType=0 );border: 1px solid #cccccc;}

THE JAVASCRIPT

If your Blog has jQuery plugin, then don’t add this plugin in your blog template,
Otherwise add the below line of code before </head> tag

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.min.js"></script>

Add the following Javascript code before </head> tag

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.way2blogging.org/blogger-widgets/ajaxbloggermenu.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
 $('#w2bajaxmenu').ajaxBloggerMenu({
  numPosts : 4, // Number of Posts to show
  defaultImg : 'http://url-to-image.com/default-image.jpeg' // Default thumbnail Image
 });
});
</script>

THE HTML

In this section you should be carefully add the HTML, otherwise it won’t works.
The AJAX Menu accepts three types of urls. You must use this urls only in the menu. They are Label,Search Query and Label w/ Search Query.

Label URL	`http://yourblogdomain.blogspot.com/search/label/LABELNAME`
Search Query	`http://yourblogdomain.blogspot.com/search?q=SEARCHQUERY`
Label w/ Search Query	`http://yourblogdomain.blogspot.com/search/label/LABELNAME?q=SEARCHQUERY`

Note:- Search Query must be Url encoded. You can use this tool to encode your search query.

Use this MENU Example code and add it in HTML/JavaScript gadget.

<ul id="w2bajaxmenu" class="w2bmenu">
 <li>
  <a href="#">Home</a>
 </li>
 <li>
  <a href="#">Example 1</a>
  <ul>
   <li><a href="http://yourblogdomain.blogspot.com/search/label/AdSense">Sample Label</a></li>
   <li><a href="http://yourblogdomain.blogspot.com/search/label/Gadgets?q=harish">Label w/ Search</a></li>
   <li><a href="http://yourblogdomain.blogspot.com/search?q=way2blogging">Search Query</a></li>
   <li><a href="http://yourblogdomain.blogspot.com/search?q=This+is+long+query+you+do+not+get+any+results,+so+try+others">Unknown Search</a>
  </ul>
 </li>
 <li>
  <a href="#">Example 2</a>
  <ul>
   <li><a href="http://yourblogdomain.blogspot.com/search/label/Design">Design</a></li>
   <li><a href="http://yourblogdomain.blogspot.com/search/label/Facebook?q=Like+Button">Facebook</a></li>
   <li><a href="http://yourblogdomain.blogspot.com/search/label/Templates">Templates</a></li>
   <li><a href="http://yourblogdomain.blogspot.com/search?q=Guest+Posts">Guest Posts</a></li>
  </ul>
 </li>
 <li><a href="http://yourblogdomain.blogspot.com">Normal Link</a></li>
</ul>