Weekly Hack: Show your Live Stats

If you want to impress your readers that you've posted numerous articles then this widget is for you.

Example:

Total Posts: 2654
Total Comments: 3235

Follow the steps and you'll be amazed to what this widget can do. :D

1. Click Layout > Page Element > Add a Gadget
2. Find the HTML/Javascript and click add.
3. Copy the code below and paste it there.
   

   <script style="text/javascript">
   function numberOfPosts(json) {
   document.write('Total Posts: <b>' + json.feed.openSearch$totalResults.$t + '</b><br>');
   }
   function numberOfComments(json) {
   document.write('Total Comments: <b>' + json.feed.openSearch$totalResults.$t + '</b><br>');
   }
   </script>
   <font color="black"><script src="yourblogurl/feeds/posts/default?alt=json-in-script&callback=numberOfPosts"></script>
   <script src="yourblogurl/feeds/comments/default?alt=json-in-script&callback=numberOfComments"></script></font>

   
   
4. Replace yourblogurl with your link
5. Save

You can tweak it if you like. :p