Do you want to make your blog Navigation more easy and user-friendly? Are you fed up with the default blogger "Older Posts" and "Newer Posts" navigation? By default, Blogger provides us an option to set the number of posts on our homepage, when the limit of the posts exceeds it shows Older Posts or Newer Posts button for navigating posts. But if you want to make your blog more user-friendly Numbered Page Navigation is better than the Newer and Older Posts. Page numbers instead of older and newer could help our visitors to navigate quicker and easily. If you're looking to add a Numbered Page Navigation to your website then you're at the place. In this tutorial we're going to show you that How to Add Numbered Page Navigation to Blogger. We have also designed 7 clean and stylish styles for this navigation, choose the one you like and don't forget to leave your feedback about our designs in the comments section below.
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How to Add Numbered Page Navigation to Blogger
Step 1. Log in to your Blogger Account
Step 2. Select your Blog and go to Template >> Edit HTML and Search (Ctrl + F) for the following tag
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Step 3. Now choose one of the following numbered page navigation styles, copy its code and paste it just above/before ]]></b:skin> tag
Style #1
#blog-pager{clear:both;margin:30px auto;text-align:center; padding: 7px;}
.blog-pager {background: none;}
.displaypageNum a,.showpage a,.pagecurrent{padding: 5px 10px;margin-right:5px; color: #F4F4F4; background-color:#404042;border:2px solid #ccc;}
.displaypageNum a:hover,.showpage a:hover, .pagecurrent{background:#666666;text-decoration:none;color: #fff;}
#blog-pager .showpage, #blog-pager, .pagecurrent{font-weight:bold;color: #000;}
.showpageOf{display:none!important}
#blog-pager .pages{border:none;-webkit-box-shadow: 0px 5px 3px -1px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.53);-moz-box-shadow:0px 5px 3px -1px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.53);box-shadow: 0px 5px 3px -1px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.53);}
Style #2
#blog-pager{clear:both;margin:30px auto;text-align:center; padding: 7px;}
.blog-pager {background: none;}
.displaypageNum a,.showpage a,.pagecurrent{padding: 5px 10px;margin-right:5px; color: #000; background-color:#fff;border:2px solid #ccc;}
.displaypageNum a:hover,.showpage a:hover, .pagecurrent{background:#222;text-decoration:none;color: #fff;}
#blog-pager .showpage, #blog-pager, .pagecurrent{font-weight:bold;color: #ccc;}
.showpageOf{display:none!important}
#blog-pager .pages{border:none;-webkit-box-shadow: 0px 5px 3px -1px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.53);-moz-box-shadow:0px 5px 3px -1px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.53);box-shadow: 0px 5px 3px -1px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.53);}
Style #3
#blog-pager{clear:both;margin:30px auto;text-align:center; padding: 7px;}
.blog-pager {background: none;}
.displaypageNum a,.showpage a,.pagecurrent{padding: 5px 10px;margin-right:5px; color: #F4F4F4; background-color:#2aa4cf;}
.displaypageNum a:hover,.showpage a:hover, .pagecurrent{background:#1D7290;text-decoration:none;color: #fff;}
#blog-pager .showpage, #blog-pager, .pagecurrent{font-weight:bold;color: #000;}
.showpageOf{display:none!important}
#blog-pager .pages{border:none;-webkit-box-shadow: 0px 5px 3px -1px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.53);-moz-box-shadow:0px 5px 3px -1px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.53);box-shadow: 0px 5px 3px -1px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.53);}
Style #4
#blog-pager{clear:both;margin:30px auto;text-align:center; padding: 7px;}
.blog-pager {background: none;}
.displaypageNum a,.showpage a,.pagecurrent{padding: 5px 10px;margin-right:5px; color: #F4F4F4; background-color:#00CC00;border:2px solid #008E00;border-radius:2px;}
.displaypageNum a:hover,.showpage a:hover, .pagecurrent{background:#008E00;text-decoration:none;color: #fff;}
#blog-pager .showpage, #blog-pager, .pagecurrent{font-weight:bold;color: #000;}
.showpageOf{display:none!important}
#blog-pager .pages{border:none;-webkit-box-shadow: 0px 5px 3px -1px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.53);-moz-box-shadow:0px 5px 3px -1px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.53);box-shadow: 0px 5px 3px -1px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.53);}
Style #5
#blog-pager{clear:both;margin:30px auto;text-align:center; padding: 7px;}
.blog-pager {background: none;}
.displaypageNum a,.showpage a,.pagecurrent{padding: 5px 10px;margin-right:5px; color: #F4F4F4; background-color:#FF8000;border:2px solid #B25900;border-top-right-radius:7px;border-bottom-left-radius:7px;}
.displaypageNum a:hover,.showpage a:hover, .pagecurrent{background:#B25900;text-decoration:none;color: #fff;}
#blog-pager .showpage, #blog-pager, .pagecurrent{font-weight:bold;color: #000;}
.showpageOf{display:none!important}
#blog-pager .pages{border:none;-webkit-box-shadow: 0px 5px 3px -1px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.53);-moz-box-shadow:0px 5px 3px -1px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.53);box-shadow: 0px 5px 3px -1px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.53);}
Style #6
#blog-pager{clear:both;margin:30px auto;text-align:center; padding: 7px;}
.blog-pager {background: none;}
.displaypageNum a,.showpage a,.pagecurrent{padding: 5px 10px;margin-right:5px; color: #F4F4F4; background-color:#009999;border:2px solid #006B6B;border-radius:999px 999px 999px 0px;}
.displaypageNum a:hover,.showpage a:hover, .pagecurrent{background:#006B6B;text-decoration:none;color: #fff;}
#blog-pager .showpage, #blog-pager, .pagecurrent{font-weight:bold;color: #000;}
.showpageOf{display:none!important}
#blog-pager .pages{border:none;-webkit-box-shadow: 0px 5px 3px -1px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.53);-moz-box-shadow:0px 5px 3px -1px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.53);box-shadow: 0px 5px 3px -1px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.53);}
Style #7
#blog-pager{clear:both;margin:30px auto;text-align:center; padding: 7px;}
.blog-pager {background: none;}
.displaypageNum a,.showpage a,.pagecurrent{padding: 5px 10px;margin-right:5px; color: #F4F4F4; background-color:#FFCC00;border:2px solid #B28F00;border-radius:999px 999px 999px 999px;}
.displaypageNum a:hover,.showpage a:hover, .pagecurrent{background:#B28F00;text-decoration:none;color: #fff;}
#blog-pager .showpage, #blog-pager, .pagecurrent{font-weight:bold;color: #000;}
.showpageOf{display:none!important}
#blog-pager .pages{border:none;-webkit-box-shadow: 0px 5px 3px -1px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.53);-moz-box-shadow:0px 5px 3px -1px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.53);box-shadow: 0px 5px 3px -1px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.53);}
Step 4. Again find (Ctrl + F) this tag
</body>
Step 5. And add the following script just above/before it
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != "item"'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != "static_page"'>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/*<![CDATA[*/
var perPage=6;
var numPages=6;
var prevText ='◄';
var nextText ='►';
var urlactivepage=location.href;
var home_page="/";
/*]]>*/
</script>
<script src='https://googledrive.com/host/0B43vwjPtKakCYW43X0V3LTM0ZGs'/>
</b:if>
</b:if>
Customization:
var perPage=6; No. of posts to show perPage
var numPages=6; No. of pages to show in Navigation
var prevText ='◄'; Text to show for Previous Page button
var nextText ='►'; Text to show for Next Page button
Step 6. Press the Save Template button
And you're done
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