How to add an Estimate Post Reading Timer Plugin in Blogspot Blog – Today I will share a new widget that is quite interesting. With the help of this plugin, your readers can easily know about your article reading time (e.g How much time it will take to read this article).
Now, before you set up this timer plugin on your blog, make sure to take a look of this widget by clicking on the below demo button. (Just look at the “Title” of this article.)
For those who want to try this plugin on your own blog, simply follow the below simple steps.
At the first, visit your blogger dashboard, Go to the “Template” section and then click on the “Edit HTML” button.
Add the below Font Awesome code just after(Leave this step if you have already installed this CSS code).
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.5.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">Apply the below code just before ]]></b:skin>
span.right {float:center;display:inline-block;padding:10px 5px;}.read-time{padding:5px;width:100%;background:#ebebeb;margin-bottom:10px;font-family: "Avant Garde",Avantgarde,"Century Gothic",CenturyGothic,AppleGothic,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-size:12px;}Copy the below JavaScript code and paste it just before </body>
<script type='text/javascript'>//<![CDATA[// Reading Time Author: Michael Lynch http://michaelynch.com Licensed under the MIT license!function(e){e.fn.readingTime=function(n){var t={readingTimeTarget:".eta",wordCountTarget:null,wordsPerMinute:270,round:!0,lang:"en",lessThanAMinuteString:"",prependTimeString:"",prependWordString:"",remotePath:null,remoteTarget:null,success:function(){},error:function(){}},i=this,r=e(this);i.settings=e.extend({},t,n);var a=i.settings;if(!this.length)return a.error.call(this),this;if("it"==a.lang)var s=a.lessThanAMinuteString||"Meno di un minuto",l="min";else if("fr"==a.lang)var s=a.lessThanAMinuteString||"Moins d'une minute",l="min";else if("de"==a.lang)var s=a.lessThanAMinuteString||"Weniger als eine Minute",l="min";else if("es"==a.lang)var s=a.lessThanAMinuteString||"Menos de un minuto",l="min";else if("nl"==a.lang)var s=a.lessThanAMinuteString||"Minder dan een minuut",l="min";else if("sk"==a.lang)var s=a.lessThanAMinuteString||"Menej než minútu",l="min";else if("cz"==a.lang)var s=a.lessThanAMinuteString||"Méně než minutu",l="min";else if("hu"==a.lang)var s=a.lessThanAMinuteString||"Kevesebb mint egy perc",l="perc";else var s=a.lessThanAMinuteString||"Less than a minute",l="min";var u=function(n){if(""!==n){var t=n.trim().split(/s+/g).length,i=a.wordsPerMinute/60,r=t/i;if(a.round===!0)var u=Math.round(r/60);else var u=Math.floor(r/60);var g=Math.round(r-60*u);if(a.round===!0)u>0?e(a.readingTimeTarget).text(a.prependTimeString+u+" "+l):e(a.readingTimeTarget).text(a.prependTimeString+s);else{var o=u+":"+g;e(a.readingTimeTarget).text(a.prependTimeString+o)}""!==a.wordCountTarget&&void 0!==a.wordCountTarget&&e(a.wordCountTarget).text(a.prependWordString+t),a.success.call(this)}else a.error.call(this,"The element is empty.")};r.each(function(){null!=a.remotePath&&null!=a.remoteTarget?e.get(a.remotePath,function(n){u(e("<div>").html(n).find(a.remoteTarget).text())}):u(r.text())})}}(jQuery);$(function(){$('.post-body').readingTime();});//]]></script>Now apply the below code anywhere you want to show this widget.
<div class='read-time'><span class='right'><i class='fa fa-clock-o'/> Estimated Post Reading Time <span class='eta'/></span></div>After that, click on the save template button to apply the changes.