Add top commentators to your blog to increase readers interaction

Has a beginner in blogging, Getting your blog out there can be stressful and sometimes not inspiring
   Don't worry,I'm always here to help

One thing probloggers do before they get noticed is that they form a method of interaction and free gifts for their subscribers

If you want more comments on your blog, you should add top commentor widget to your blog
You can organise a free gift or free services depending on what you have to the top commentor every week or month

Tips

• Write a great post telling your readers that there would be a free gift section for top commentor everyweek 
• Share the post to All social-media platform you're into 
• Add top commentor to your blog so that readers can see for themselves who is leading

How to add top commentor widget to your Blogger  blog 

===>login to your Blogger dashboard 

===>go to layout, click add gadget on the position you want the widget to be 

===>click html/javascript gadget and copy and paste the below code inside the box 

<style type="text/css">
.top-commentators {
margin: 3px 0;
border-bottom: 1px dotted #ccc;
}
.avatar-top-commentators {
vertical-align:middle;
border-radius: 30px;
}
.top-commentators .commenter-link-name {
padding-left:0;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
var maxTopCommenters = 8;
var minComments = 1;
var numDays = 0;
var excludeMe = true;
var excludeUsers = ["Anonymous", "someotherusertoexclude"];
var maxUserNameLength = 42;
//
var txtTopLine = '<b>[#].</b> [image] [user] ([count])';
var txtNoTopCommenters = 'No top commentators at this time.';
var txtAnonymous = '';
//
var sizeAvatar = 33;
var cropAvatar = true;
//
var urlNoAvatar = "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8GwzSyoVeRoScQB5aCCLSpkSDeyvvYvhyphenhyphenIWnnHHkwjG9UvP34zXgP6NmMpcjXjZsraY77nwHSQvKbjwsbObusJgdNkwQnLJuJD1MQApmd38QvNJy3OVM_TdPCPIv7NzSKwNhyphenhyphen20BMcNt3/s1600/avatar_blue_m_96.png" + sizeAvatar;
var urlAnoAvatar = 'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoCR7ncXtK00w666crIy-KmDWHjAP__9NBrMLfEaZflroRKP1Lf-iKAtmfBKzPrCauzW80Brb0cDa15-OiiwNHUKuUgzqPDptqK6H0rg-exVTqB5ADkjFDV4ci_E3KbhnFVrp9PkENoP_n/s1600/avatar1.png' + sizeAvatar;
var urlMyProfile = '';
var urlMyAvatar = '';
if(!Array.indexOf) {
Array.prototype.indexOf=function(obj) {
  for(var i=0;i<this.length;i++) if(this[i]==obj) return i;
return -1;
}}
function replaceTopCmtVars(text, item, position)
{
  if(!item || !item.author) return text;
var author = item.author;
var authorUri = "";
if(author.uri && author.uri.$t != "")
authorUri = author.uri.$t;
var avaimg = urlAnoAvatar;
var bloggerprofile = "http://www.blogger.com/profile/";
  if(author.gd$image && author.gd$image.src && authorUri.substr(0,bloggerprofile.length) == bloggerprofile)
avaimg = author.gd$image.src;
else {
var parseurl = document.createElement('a');
if(authorUri != "") {
parseurl.href = authorUri;
avaimg = 'http://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=' + parseurl.hostname;
}
}
if(urlMyProfile != "" && authorUri == urlMyProfile && urlMyAvatar != "")
avaimg = urlMyAvatar;
if(avaimg == "http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" && urlNoAvatar != "")
avaimg = urlNoAvatar;
var newsize="s"+sizeAvatar;
avaimg = avaimg.replace(/\/s\d\d+-c\//, "/"+newsize+"-c/");
if(cropAvatar) newsize+="-c";
avaimg = avaimg.replace(/\/s\d\d+(-c){0,1}\//, "/"+newsize+"/");
var authorName = author.name.$t;
  if(authorName == 'Anonymous' && txtAnonymous != '' && avaimg == urlAnoAvatar)
authorName = txtAnonymous;
var imgcode = '<img class="avatar-top-commentators" height="'+sizeAvatar+'" width="'+sizeAvatar+'" title="'+authorName+'" src="'+avaimg+'" />';
if(authorUri!="") imgcode = '<a href="'+authorUri+'">'+imgcode+'</a>';
  if(maxUserNameLength > 3 && authorName.length > maxUserNameLength)
authorName = authorName.substr(0, maxUserNameLength-3) + "...";
var authorcode = authorName;
if(authorUri!="") authorcode = '<a class="commenter-link-name" href="'+authorUri+'">'+authorcode+'</a>';
  text = text.replace('[user]', authorcode);
  text = text.replace('[image]', imgcode);
  text = text.replace('[#]', position);
text = text.replace('[count]', item.count);
  return text;
}
var topcommenters = {};
var ndxbase = 1;
function showTopCommenters(json) {
  var one_day=1000*60*60*24;
var today = new Date();
if(urlMyProfile == "") {
var elements = document.getElementsByTagName("*");
var expr = /(^| )profile-link( |$)/;
for(var i=0 ; i<elements.length ; i++)
if(expr.test(elements[i].className)) {
urlMyProfile = elements[i].href;
break;
}
}
if(json && json.feed && json.feed.entry && json.feed.entry.length) for(var i = 0 ; i < json.feed.entry.length ; i++ ) {
var entry = json.feed.entry[i];
if(numDays > 0) {
var datePart = entry.published.$t.match(/\d+/g);
var cmtDate = new Date(datePart[0],datePart[1]-1,datePart[2],datePart[3],datePart[4],datePart[5]);
var days = Math.ceil((today.getTime()-cmtDate.getTime())/(one_day));
if(days > numDays) break;
}
var authorUri = "";
if(entry.author[0].uri && entry.author[0].uri.$t != "")
authorUri = entry.author[0].uri.$t;
if(excludeMe && authorUri != "" && authorUri == urlMyProfile)
continue;
var authorName = entry.author[0].name.$t;
if(excludeUsers.indexOf(authorName) != -1)
continue;
var hash=entry.author[0].name.$t + "-" + authorUri;
if(topcommenters[hash])
topcommenters[hash].count++;
else {
var commenter = new Object();
commenter.author = entry.author[0];
commenter.count = 1;
topcommenters[hash] = commenter;
}
}
if(json && json.feed && json.feed.entry && json.feed.entry.length && json.feed.entry.length == 200) {
ndxbase += 200;
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="http://'+window.location.hostname+'/feeds/comments/default?redirect=false&max-results=200&start-index='+ndxbase+'&alt=json-in-script&callback=showTopCommenters"></'+'script>');
return;
}
// convert object to array of tuples
  var tuplear = [];
for(var key in topcommenters) tuplear.push([key, topcommenters[key]]);
  tuplear.sort(function(a, b) {
if(b[1].count-a[1].count)
return b[1].count-a[1].count;
return (a[1].author.name.$t.toLowerCase() < b[1].author.name.$t.toLowerCase()) ? -1 : 1;
});
var realcount = 0;
for(var i = 0; i < maxTopCommenters && i < tuplear.length ; i++) {
var item = tuplear[i][1];
if(item.count < minComments)
break;
document.write('<di'+'v class="top-commentators">');
document.write(replaceTopCmtVars(txtTopLine, item, realcount+1));
document.write('</d'+'iv>');
realcount++;
}
if(!realcount)
document.write(txtNoTopCommenters);
}
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="http://'+window.location.hostname+'/feeds/comments/default?redirect=false&max-results=200&alt=json-in-script&callback=showTopCommenters"></'+'script>');
</script>

Configuration

• To modify the number of users displayed in the gadget, look for var maxTopCommenters = 8; and change 8 with any number you want.
• To change the avatar size of the commenters, look for var sizeAvatar = 33; and change number 33 with the number of pixels you want. 
• To hide your name or some other username, replace the someotherusertoexclude text between the quotes (to add more, add another comma after the text in red, then type the username you want to exclude between the quotes)

Save the gadget and don't forget to click save arrangements at the top of your layout


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