Custom Popular Post Widget with Sliding Color Effect

I just come with another Popular post widget which I named Popular Post with sliding Color effect. In this widget you will see an extra effect on Popular post title on mouse over. When a user mouse over on Popular post image then a sliding color will be visible behind the post title. And after release the mouse from post title then the effect will disappear. Among various popular post widget effect this is pretty cool and you will love it. For adding this cool popular post widget just follow the  below steps-

Live Demo

Step 1 Log in to your Blogger account and Go to your Blogger Dashboard

Step 2 Go to your Layout tab.

Step 3 Click on "Add a Gadget" then select "Popular Posts" Widget.

Step 4 In configuration window check image thumbnail option only. And set the number of posts that you want to display.

Step 5 Now click on Save button.

Step 6 Now go to Click on -> Template -> Edit HTML

Step 7 Now Find this code ]]></b:skin>  by pressing Ctrl+F (Windows) or CMD+F (Mac)   

Step 8 Paste the below code  Before/above ]]></b:skin> 

/*--Widget by www.bloggerspice.com--*/
.PopularPosts .widget-content ul li .item-thumbnail img{
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #FFFFFF;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
z-index: 99;
position:relative;
background:#fff;
-moz-box-shadow:  0;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0;
box-shadow: 0;
}
.PopularPosts .widget-content ul li:hover img {
background:#008CDB;
-moz-box-shadow:  5px 0 3px #088BD5;
-webkit-box-shadow: 5px 0 3px #088BD5;
box-shadow: 5px 0 3px #088BD5;
border: 1px solid #088BD5;
}
.PopularPosts .widget-content {
background:#fff;
padding: 0 10px;
}
.PopularPosts .widget-content ul li {
position:relative;
}
.PopularPosts .widget-content ul li .item-title {
position:relative;
left: 5px;
top: 20px;
z-index: 1;
}
.PopularPosts .widget-content ul li .item-title a{
-webkit-transition: all 0.5s;
-moz-transition: all 0.5s;
transition: all 0.5s;
text-decoration: none;
color:#3FA5CD;
text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #fff;
}
.PopularPosts .widget-content ul li:hover .item-title a{
color:#fff;
text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #04AFFF;
}
.PopularPosts .widget-content ul li .item-title:before {
left: 30px;
display: inline-block;
position: absolute;
content: "";
width: 0px;
height: 100%;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
position:absolute;
-webkit-transition: all 0.5s;
transition: all 0.5s;
z-index: -1;
background:#008CDB;
}
.PopularPosts .widget-content ul li:hover .item-title:before{
width: 90%;
}

Step 9 Finally click on Save template button. 

Customization

• Alter all Bold color code for changing the background and link color of the widget.

To see your new popular post widget with sliding color effect visit your Blog. Final output will be like above image. I hope you would like this widget. If you need further customization then feel free to leave a comment below.