How to Make a Calendar Widget for Blog Archives

To make it you have to be careful and follow all the steps that I will give, confirm the same. Prior to that I get this widget from MBT. And here's how to create a calendar for the blog archives.

1. Login to your blog.
2. Choose Layout> Add Gadget> Select Blog Archive

3. Note the options shown below, make sure you set it percis rich image below ok.

4. Click Save.
5. Now let us go to the next step:
Select Template> Backup (Full Download) first template you> Edit HTML> search code :

<b:widget id='BlogArchive1' locked='false' title='Arsip Blog' type='BlogArchive'/>

Just find the red code, for more details, the red code is the title of the widget.

6. After the meet, replace the code with the code number 5 below.

<b:widget id='BlogArchive1' locked='false' title='Blog Archive' type='BlogArchive'>
<b:includable id='main'>
<b:if cond='data:title'>
    <h2><data:title/></h2>
</b:if>
<div class='widget-content'>
<div id='ArchiveList'>
<div expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + "_ArchiveList"'>
    <b:if cond='data:style == "HIERARCHY"'>
     <b:include data='data' name='interval'/>
    </b:if>
    <b:if cond='data:style == "FLAT"'>
      <b:include data='data' name='flat'/>
    </b:if>
    <b:if cond='data:style == "MENU"'>
      <b:include data='data' name='menu'/>
    </b:if>
</div>
</div>
<b:include name='quickedit'/>
</div>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='toggle' var='interval'>

</b:includable>
<b:includable id='flat' var='data'>
<div id='bloggerCalendarList'>
<ul>
    <b:loop values='data:data' var='i'>
      <li class='archivedate'>
        <a expr:href='data:i.url'><data:i.name/></a> (<data:i.post-count/>)
      </li>
    </b:loop>
</ul>
</div>
<div id='blogger_calendar' style='display:none'>
<table id='bcalendar'><caption id='bcaption'>
</caption>

<thead id='bcHead'></thead>


<tbody><tr><td id='cell1'> </td><td id='cell2'> </td><td id='cell3'> </td><td id='cell4'> </td><td id='cell5'> </td><td id='cell6'> </td><td id='cell7'> </td></tr>
<tr><td id='cell8'> </td><td id='cell9'> </td><td id='cell10'> </td><td id='cell11'> </td><td id='cell12'> </td><td id='cell13'> </td><td id='cell14'> </td></tr>
<tr><td id='cell15'> </td><td id='cell16'> </td><td id='cell17'> </td><td id='cell18'> </td><td id='cell19'> </td><td id='cell20'> </td><td id='cell21'> </td></tr>
<tr><td id='cell22'> </td><td id='cell23'> </td><td id='cell24'> </td><td id='cell25'> </td><td id='cell26'> </td><td id='cell27'> </td><td id='cell28'> </td></tr>
<tr><td id='cell29'> </td><td id='cell30'> </td><td id='cell31'> </td><td id='cell32'> </td><td id='cell33'> </td><td id='cell34'> </td><td id='cell35'> </td></tr>
<tr id='lastRow'><td id='cell36'> </td><td id='cell37'> </td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table id='bcNavigation'><tr>
<td id='bcFootPrev'></td>
<td id='bcFootAll'></td>
<td id='bcFootNext'></td>
</tr></table>
<div id='calLoadingStatus' style='display:none; text-align:center;'>
<script type='text/javascript'>bcLoadStatus();</script>
</div>
<div id='calendarDisplay'/>
</div>
<script type='text/javascript'> initCal();</script>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='posts' var='posts'>

</b:includable>
<b:includable id='menu' var='data'>
Configure your calendar archive widget - Edit archive widget - Flat List - Newest first - Choose any Month/Year Format
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='interval' var='intervalData'>
Configure your calendar archive widget - Edit archive widget - Flat List - Newest first - Choose any Month/Year Format
</b:includable>
</b:widget>

7. The next step for the code </ head> and copy the code below just above </ head>

<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
var bcLoadingImage = "http://mybloggertricks.googlecode.com/files/loading-trans.gif.png";
var bcLoadingMessage = " Loading....";
var bcArchiveNavText = "Lihat Arsip";
var bcArchiveNavPrev = '◄';
var bcArchiveNavNext = '►';
var headDays = ["Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday"];
var headInitial = ["Su","Mo","Tu","We","Th","Fr","Sa"];
// Nothing to configure past this point ----------------------------------
var timeOffset;
var bcBlogID;
var calMonth;
var calDay = 1;
var calYear;
var startIndex;
var callmth;
var bcNav = new Array ();
var bcList = new Array ();
//Initialize Fill Array
var fill = ["","31","28","31","30","31","30","31","31","30","31","30","31"];
function openStatus(){
   document.getElementById('calLoadingStatus').style.display = 'block';
   document.getElementById('calendarDisplay').innerHTML = '';
}
function closeStatus(){
   document.getElementById('calLoadingStatus').style.display = 'none';
}
function bcLoadStatus(){
   cls = document.getElementById('calLoadingStatus');
   img = document.createElement('img');
   img.src = bcLoadingImage;
   img.style.verticalAlign = 'middle';
   cls.appendChild(img);
   txt = document.createTextNode(bcLoadingMessage);
   cls.appendChild(txt);
}
function callArchive(mth,yr,nav){
// Check for Leap Years
if (((yr % 4 == 0) && (yr % 100 != 0)) || (yr % 400 == 0)) {
      fill[2] = '29';
   }
else {
      fill[2] = '28';
   }
   calMonth = mth;
   calYear = yr;
   if(mth.charAt(0) == 0){
      calMonth = mth.substring(1);
      }
   callmth = mth;
   bcNavAll = document.getElementById('bcFootAll');
   bcNavPrev = document.getElementById('bcFootPrev');
   bcNavNext = document.getElementById('bcFootNext');
   bcSelect = document.getElementById('bcSelection');
   a = document.createElement('a');
   at = document.createTextNode(bcArchiveNavText);
   a.href = bcNav[nav];
   a.appendChild(at);
   bcNavAll.innerHTML = '';
   bcNavAll.appendChild(a);
   bcNavPrev.innerHTML = '';
   bcNavNext.innerHTML = '';
   if(nav < bcNav.length -1){
      a = document.createElement('a');
      a.innerHTML = bcArchiveNavPrev;
      bcp = parseInt(nav,10) + 1;
      a.href = bcNav[bcp];
      a.title = 'Previous Archive';
      prevSplit = bcList[bcp].split(',');
      a.onclick = function(){bcSelect.options[bcp].selected = true;openStatus();callArchive(prevSplit[0],prevSplit[1],prevSplit[2]);return false;};
      bcNavPrev.appendChild(a);
      }
   if(nav > 0){
      a = document.createElement('a');
      a.innerHTML = bcArchiveNavNext;
      bcn = parseInt(nav,10) - 1;
      a.href = bcNav[bcn];
      a.title = 'Next Archive';
      nextSplit = bcList[bcn].split(',');
      a.onclick = function(){bcSelect.options[bcn].selected = true;openStatus();callArchive(nextSplit[0],nextSplit[1],nextSplit[2]);return false;};
      bcNavNext.appendChild(a);
     }
   script = document.createElement('script');
   script.src = 'http://www.blogger.com/feeds/'+bcBlogId+'/posts/summary?published-max='+calYear+'-'+callmth+'-'+fill[calMonth]+'T23%3A59%3A59'+timeOffset+'&published-min='+calYear+'-'+callmth+'-01T00%3A00%3A00'+timeOffset+'&max-results=100&orderby=published&alt=json-in-script&callback=cReadArchive';
   document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script);
}
function cReadArchive(root){
// Check for Leap Years
if (((calYear % 4 == 0) && (calYear % 100 != 0)) || (calYear % 400 == 0)) {
      fill[2] = '29';
   }
else {
      fill[2] = '28';
   }
    closeStatus();
    document.getElementById('lastRow').style.display = 'none';
    calDis = document.getElementById('calendarDisplay');
    var feed = root.feed;
    var total = feed.openSearch$totalResults.$t;
    var entries = feed.entry || [];
    var fillDate = new Array();
    var fillTitles = new Array();
    fillTitles.length = 32;
    var ul = document.createElement('ul');
    ul.id = 'calendarUl';
    for (var i = 0; i < feed.entry.length; ++i) {
      var entry = feed.entry[i];
      for (var j = 0; j < entry.link.length; ++j) {
       if (entry.link[j].rel == "alternate") {
       var link = entry.link[j].href;
       }
      }
      var title = entry.title.$t;
      var author = entry.author[0].name.$t;
      var date = entry.published.$t;
      var summary = entry.summary.$t;
      isPublished = date.split('T')[0].split('-')[2];
      if(isPublished.charAt(0) == '0'){
         isPublished = isPublished.substring(1);
         }
      fillDate.push(isPublished);
      if (fillTitles[isPublished]){
          fillTitles[isPublished] = fillTitles[isPublished] + ' | ' + title;
          }
      else {
          fillTitles[isPublished] = title;
          }
      li = document.createElement('li');
      li.style.listType = 'none';
      li.innerHTML = '<a href="'+link+'">'+title+'</a>';
      ul.appendChild(li);
      }
   calDis.appendChild(ul);
   var val1 = parseInt(calDay, 10)
   var valxx = parseInt(calMonth, 10);
   var val2 = valxx - 1;
   var val3 = parseInt(calYear, 10);
   var firstCalDay = new Date(val3,val2,1);
   var val0 = firstCalDay.getDay();
   startIndex = val0 + 1;
var dayCount = 1;
for (x =1; x < 38; x++){
      var cell = document.getElementById('cell'+x);
      if( x < startIndex){
          cell.innerHTML = ' ';
          cell.className = 'firstCell';
         }
      if( x >= startIndex){
          cell.innerHTML = dayCount;
          cell.className = 'filledCell';
          for(p = 0; p < fillDate.length; p++){
              if(dayCount == fillDate[p]){
                  if(fillDate[p].length == 1){
                     fillURL = '0'+fillDate[p];
                     }
                  else {
                     fillURL = fillDate[p];
                     }
                  cell.className = 'highlightCell';
                  cell.innerHTML = '<a href="/search?updated-max='+calYear+'-'+callmth+'-'+fillURL+'T23%3A59%3A59'+timeOffset+'&updated-min='+calYear+'-'+callmth+'-'+fillURL+'T00%3A00%3A00'+timeOffset+'" title="'+fillTitles[fillDate[p]].replace(/"/g,'\'')+'">'+dayCount+'</a>';
                 }
              }
          if( dayCount > fill[valxx]){
             cell.innerHTML = ' ';
             cell.className = 'emptyCell';
             }
          dayCount++;
         }
      }
    visTotal = parseInt(startIndex) + parseInt(fill[valxx]) -1;
    if(visTotal >35){
        document.getElementById('lastRow').style.display = '';
       }
}
function initCal(){
   document.getElementById('blogger_calendar').style.display = 'block';
   var bcInit = document.getElementById('bloggerCalendarList').getElementsByTagName('a');
   var bcCount = document.getElementById('bloggerCalendarList').getElementsByTagName('li');
   document.getElementById('bloggerCalendarList').style.display = 'none';
   calHead = document.getElementById('bcHead');
   tr = document.createElement('tr');
   for(t = 0; t < 7; t++){
       th = document.createElement('th');
       th.abbr = headDays[t];
       scope = 'col';
       th.title = headDays[t];
       th.innerHTML = headInitial[t];
       tr.appendChild(th);
      }
   calHead.appendChild(tr);
for (x = 0; x <bcInit.length;x++){
     var stripYear= bcInit[x].href.split('_')[0].split('/')[3];
     var stripMonth = bcInit[x].href.split('_')[1];
     bcList.push(stripMonth + ','+ stripYear + ',' + x);
     bcNav.push(bcInit[x].href);
     }
var sel = document.createElement('select');
sel.id = 'bcSelection';
sel.onchange = function(){var cSend = this.options[this.selectedIndex].value.split(',');openStatus();callArchive(cSend[0],cSend[1],cSend[2]);};
q = 0;
for (r = 0; r <bcList.length; r++){
       var selText = bcInit[r].innerHTML;
       var selCount = bcCount[r].innerHTML.split('> (')[1];
       var selValue = bcList[r];
       sel.options[q] = new Option(selText + ' ('+selCount,selValue);
       q++
       }
   document.getElementById('bcaption').appendChild(sel);
   var m = bcList[0].split(',')[0];
   var y = bcList[0].split(',')[1];
   callArchive(m,y,'0');
}
function timezoneSet(root){
   var feed = root.feed;
   var updated = feed.updated.$t;
   var id = feed.id.$t;
   bcBlogId = id.split('blog-')[1];
   upLength = updated.length;
   if(updated.charAt(upLength-1) == "Z"){timeOffset = "+00:00";}
   else {timeOffset = updated.substring(upLength-6,upLength);}
   timeOffset = encodeURIComponent(timeOffset);
}
//]]>
</script>
<script src='/feeds/posts/summary?max-results=0&alt=json-in-script&callback=timezoneSet'></script>

8. Now to modify the calendar archive view, select one of the 2 code below and place it just above the code]]> </ b: skin>

Style 1:

/* Start of Post Navigator by BlazerBlog (LIGHT Theme) ------ */
#calendarDisplay {display:none;}
/* div that holds calendar */
#blogger_calendar { margin:0px auto 0px 0px;width:100%;}
/* Table Caption - Holds the Archive Select Menu */
#bcaption {border:1px solid #C7C7C7;padding:2px;margin:10px 0 0;background:#fff;font:bold 100% Tahoma, Arial, Sans-serif}
/* The Archive Select Menu */
#bcaption select {background:#ffff;border:0 solid #C7C7C7;color:#0080ff;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;}
/* The Heading Section */
table#bcalendar thead {}
/* Head Entries */
table#bcalendar thead tr th {width:20px;text-align:center;padding:3px; border:1px solid #C7C7C7; font:bold 100% Tahoma, Arial, Sans-serif;background:#fff;color:#0080ff;}
/* The calendar Table */
table#bcalendar {border:1px solid #C7C7C7;border-top:0; margin:0px 0 0px;width:100%;background:#fff}
/* The Cells in the Calendar */
table#bcalendar tbody tr td {cursor:pointer; text-align:center; border-radius:4px; padding:3px;border:1px solid #C7C7C7; color:#666;font:bold 100% Tahoma, Arial, Sans-serif;}
/* Links in Calendar */
table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:link, table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:visited, table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:active {font-weight:bold;color:#ffffff; text-decoration:none;}
table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:hover {color:#ffffff; text-decoration:none;}
/* First Row Empty Cells */
td.firstCell {visibility:visible;}
/* Cells that have a day in them */
td.filledCell { background:#fff;}
td.filledCell:hover { background:#dddddd;}
/* Cells that are empty, after the first row */
td.emptyCell {visibility:hidden;}
/* Cells with a Link Entry in them */
td.highlightCell {background:#53A9FF;border:1px solid #C7C7C7}
td.highlightCell:hover {background:#72B9FF;border:1px solid #C7C7C7}
/* Table Footer Navigation */
table#bcNavigation {width:100%;background:#fff;border:1px solid #C7C7C7;border-top:0;color:#0080ff;font:bold 100% Tahoma, Arial, Sans-serif;}
table#bcNavigation a:link {text-decoration:none;color:#0080ff}
table#bcNavigation a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}
td#bcFootPrev {width:10px;}
td#bcFootAll{text-align:center;}
td#bcFootNext {width:10px;}
ul#calendarUl {margin:5px auto 0!important;}
ul#calendarUl li a:link {}
/* End of Post Navigator by BlazerBlog (LIGHT Theme) ------ */

Style 2:

/* Start of Post Navigator by BlazerBlog (DARK Theme) ------ */

#calendarDisplay {display:none;}
/* div that holds calendar */
#blogger_calendar { margin:5px 0 5px 10px;width:98%;}
/* Table Caption - Holds the Archive Select Menu */
#bcaption {border:1px solid #666666;padding:2px;margin:10px 0 0;background:#333333;font:bold 100% Tahoma, Arial, Sans-serif}
/* The Archive Select Menu */
#bcaption select {background:#333333;border:0 solid #333333;color:#dddddd;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;}
/* The Heading Section */
table#bcalendar thead {}
/* Head Entries */
table#bcalendar thead tr th {width:20px;text-align:center;padding:2px; border:1px outset #666666; font:bold 100% Tahoma, Arial, Sans-serif;background:#333333;color:#dddddd}
/* The calendar Table */
table#bcalendar {border:1px solid #666666;border-top:0; margin:0px 0 0px;width:95%;background:#333333}
/* The Cells in the Calendar */
table#bcalendar tbody tr td {text-align:center;padding:2px;border:1px outset #666666; color:#F5F202;font:bold 100% Tahoma, Arial, Sans-serif;}
/* Links in Calendar */
table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:link, table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:visited, table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:active {font-weight:bold;color:#ffffff; text-decoration:underline;}
table#bcalendar tbody tr td a:hover {color:#ffffff; text-decoration:none;}
/* First Row Empty Cells */
td.firstCell {visibility:visible;}
/* Cells that have a day in them */
td.filledCell {}
/* Cells that are empty, after the first row */
td.emptyCell {visibility:hidden;}
/* Cells with a Link Entry in them */
td.highlightCell {background:#000000;border:1px solid #666666}
/* Table Footer Navigation */
table#bcNavigation {width:95%;background:#333333;border:1px solid #666666;border-top:0;color:#F5F202;font:bold 100% Tahoma, Arial, Sans-serif;}
table#bcNavigation a:link {text-decoration:none;color:#F5F202}
table#bcNavigation a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}
td#bcFootPrev {width:10px;}
td#bcFootAll{text-align:center;}
td#bcFootNext {width:10px;}
ul#calendarUl {margin:5px auto 0!important;}
ul#calendarUl li a:link {}
/* End of Post Navigator by BlazerBlog (DARK Theme) ------ */