How to install the Spotback widget on new Blogger platforms:


1. Log in to your account

2. On the dashboard press on Template

3. check the Expand Widget Templates box

4. Insert the spotback widget code in these 2 places:

the slider:

After:

<p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'>

<span class='post-labels'>

<b:if cond='data:post.labels'>

<data:postLabelsLabel/>

<b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'>

<a expr:href='data:label.url' rel='tag'><data:label.name/></a><b:if cond='data:label.isLast != "true"'>,</b:if>

</b:loop>

</b:if>

</span>

</p>



Insert :

<b:if cond='data:post.dateHeader'>

<script>var sb_post_date = &quot;<data:post.dateHeader/>&quot;;</script>

</b:if>

<script>var sb_url_to_rate = &quot;<data:post.url/>&quot;;</script>

<script>var sb_rated_title = &quot;<data:post.title/>&quot;;</script>

<script>try { var sb_dp = Date.parse(sb_post_date + ' ' + &quot;<data:post.timestamp/>&quot;); var sb_rated_creation = isNaN(sb_dp)? new Date() : new Date(sb_dp); } catch (e) { sb_rated_creation = new Date(); }</script>

<script src='http://spotback.com/scripts/widgets/load.js?wid=The id number you gor from the builder' ></script>

<noscript><a alt='Rate everything widget' href='http://spotback.com'><img alt='user rating' expr:src='"http://spotback.com/images/rating.gif?q=" + data:post.url'/></a></noscript>


And also The recommendation/top story box:


After:

<a class='profile-link' expr:href='data:userUrl'><data:viewProfileMsg/></a>

</b:if>

Insert :

<script src='http://spotback.com/scripts/widgets/load.js?wid=The id number you gor from the builder'></script>

Press save template

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Another way to install the recommendation/top story box:
1. on the dashbord press "layout".
2. press "Add a Page Element".
3. choose "HTML/JavaScript" and press "add to blog".
4. give it a title and in the content put this code:

<script src='http://spotback.com/scripts/widgets/load.js?wid=The id number you gor from the builder'></script>
5. press "save changes".

6. now you can change the "box" location simply by drag and drop.

If your main interest is page load time, checkout:
http://forum.spotback.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=47

hi
I tried to put The recommendation/top story box in my template of blogger:

but I don't find the code:

<a class='profile-link' expr:href='data:userUrl'><data:viewProfileMsg/></a>

</b:if>

in my tempalte

In addition to that, there's no way to just allow one vote per IP per post.?

thanks

victor castilla

Hi Victor,
First, please try the alternative way to install the sidebar widget: Another way to install the recommendation/top story box:
1. on the dashbord press "layout".
2. press "Add a Page Element".
3. choose "HTML/JavaScript" and press "add to blog".
4. give it a title and in the content put this code:

<script src='http://spotback.com/scripts/widgets/load.js?wid=2'></script>

5. press "save changes".
6. now you can change the "box" location simply by drag and drop.

If this doesn't work, please tell us your URL so we can see your blog and help you out.

Regarding the 'one vote' - each user can vote only once, when they vote again it only changes their previous rating status, it does not add another vote to the system. If you would like, we can change the settings so that when a user rated once on a story he wont be able to rate that story again.

Maor
Spotback

Hi.My tamplate doesn't look like that at all

http://covers-and-covers.blogspot.com/

Do you know how to insert it in this template?
Thx.

I've found it out

Hi,

I visited your blog at http://covers-and-covers.blogspot.com/ and saw that our widget is properly installed. If you would like to have lighter letters to contrast with your blog's background, or if I can help you with anything else regarding the widget, please let me know.

Dana,
Spotback

Hey, yea everything seems to be working okay now.
Would be cool if the "Rate this" and "Be the first to rate" was white insteaed of black.
Thx
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I installed the code as you said in my blog http://bethei.blogspot.com/ . But the rating widget doesn't appera in my posts. The Personal recommendations widget is coming up in sie bar. Please help

Am attaching my full template of http://bethei.blogspot.com/ here.

Hi I wonder if it is possible to change the rate bar for stars or something similar, it is more helpful to realize that the stars could be use to rate a post instead of the bar, and also it is easier to see how other people rated the post
thanks in advance