Add Spinning Hover Effect To Blogger's Popular Posts Widget

Popular posts is a widget provided by blogger which shows a list of most viewed posts from your blog.We have already shared three hacks about popular posts widget (Multi Colored Popular Posts | Popular Posts Hack 1 | Popular Posts Hack 2).Today we will add spinning popular posts widget to blogger blog,in this widget when any user hover on the image thumbnail of popular posts the spinning effect activated and rotates the thumbnail until the user hovers out from it.We will add this hack with using pure CSS3 i.e this will not affect the the loading speed of your blog.But If you have not added popular posts widget to your blog still then you have it first.(Note-While adding popular posts gadget to your blog,tick the image thumbnail and save it) Now see how to add apply this hack.

How To Apply This Hack

1. Go to Dashboard > Template
2. Download a copy of your template first.
3. Tick the Expand Widget Templates check box.
4. Now find for below code in your template

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Add below code just above/before of above code.

#PopularPosts1 {
    max-width: 300px
}

#PopularPosts1 dd {
    float: left;
    border-bottom: none;
    margin: 8px 8px 0 8px;
    background: none;
    display: block;
    padding: 0
}

#PopularPosts1 img {
    -webkit-transition: all 0.5s ease;
    -moz-transition: all 0.5s ease;
    transition: all 0.5s ease;
    padding: 4px;
    background: #eee;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#eee), color-stop(0.5, #ddd), color-stop(0.5, #c0c0c0), to(#aaa));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #eee, #ddd 50%, #c0c0c0 50%, #aaa);
    -webkit-border-radius: 4px;
    -moz-border-radius: 4px;
    border-radius: 4px;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.7);
    -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.7);
    box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.7);
}

#PopularPosts1 img:hover {
    -moz-transform: scale(1.2) rotate(-350deg);
    -webkit-transform: scale(1.2) rotate(-350deg);
    -o-transform: scale(1.2) rotate(-350deg);
    -ms-transform: scale(1.2) rotate(-350deg);
    transform: scale(1.2) rotate(-350deg);
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 20px rgba(255,0,0,.4), inset 0 0 20px rgba(255,255,255,1);
    -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 20px rgba(255,0,0,.4), inset 0 0 20px rgba(255,255,255,1);
    box-shadow: 0 0 20px rgba(255,0,0,.4), inset 0 0 20px rgba(255,255,255,1);
}

Now be careful in this step.

Find below piece of code in your template

<b:widget id='PopularPosts1' locked='false' title='Popular Posts' type='PopularPosts'>
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</b:widget>

replace above piece of code with below one

<b:widget id='PopularPosts1' locked='false' title='Popular Posts' type='PopularPosts'>
    <b:includable id='main'>
        <b:if cond='data:title'>
            <h2>
                <data:title/>
            </h2>
        </b:if>
        <div class='widget-content popular-posts'>
            <ul>
                <b:loop values='data:posts' var='post'>
                    <dd>
                        <b:if cond='data:showThumbnails == &quot;false&quot;'>
                            <b:if cond='data:showSnippets == &quot;false&quot;'>
                                <!-- (1) No snippet/thumbnail -->
                                <a expr:href='data:post.href'><data:post.title/></a>
                                <b:else/>
                                <!-- (2) Show only snippets -->
                                <div class='item-title'>
                                    <a expr:href='data:post.href'><data:post.title/></a>
                                </div>
                                <div class='item-snippet'>
                                    <data:post.snippet/>
                                </div>
                            </b:if>
                            <b:else/>
                            <b:if cond='data:showSnippets == &quot;false&quot;'>
                                <!-- (3) Show only thumbnails -->
                                <div class='item-thumbnail-only'>
                                    <b:if cond='data:post.thumbnail'>
                                        <div class='item-thumbnail'>
                                            <a expr:href='data:post.href' target='_blank'>
<img alt='' border='0' expr:height='data:thumbnailSize' expr:src='data:post.thumbnail' expr:width='data:thumbnailSize'/>
</a>
                                        </div>
                                    </b:if>
                                    <div class='item-title'>
                                        <a expr:href='data:post.href'><data:post.title/></a>
                                    </div>
                                </div>
                                <div style='clear: both;' />
                                <b:else/>
                                <!-- (4) Show snippets and thumbnails -->
                                <b:if cond='data:post.thumbnail'>
                                    <a expr:href='data:post.href' expr:title='data:post.title' rel='bookmark'><img expr:alt='data:post.title' expr:src='data:post.thumbnail' height='60px' width='60px'/></a>
                                    <b:else/>
                                    <a expr:href='data:post.href' expr:title='data:post.title' rel='bookmark'><img alt='no image' height='60px' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiuEuoAufVyalkMlbDe5GUdf7-UZvIY8l5Eg4CUyOiiLBJYFaBtkgB5ZwUAyPGuE6D04VqEF4ae272WvHpqYdgraIHlnSuZ-FQgCTX-Y7xuSdwFYgwpVbtL6YvQx-2vaj3183AYf1qgMk/s1600/helperblogger-default-image.jpg' width='60px'/></a>
                                </b:if>
                            </b:if>
                        </b:if>
                    </dd>
                </b:loop>
            </ul>
            <div class='clear' />
            <b:include name='quickedit' />
        </div>
    </b:includable>
</b:widget>

Now save your template and you are done... :)

If you have any queries then feel free to ask me.I will reply to your questions as soon as time allows.