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function emberLoadMainSwiper() { if (!emberMainSwiperReady) { emberMainSwiperReady = new Promise(function (resolve) { var css = document.createElement("link"); css.rel = "stylesheet"; css.href = "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@11.1.14/swiper-bundle.min.css"; css.media = "print"; css.onload = function () { css.media = "all"; }; document.head.appendChild(css); if (window.Swiper) { resolve(); return; } var js = document.createElement("script"); js.src = "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@11.1.14/swiper-bundle.min.js"; js.onload = resolve; document.head.appendChild(js); }); } return emberMainSwiperReady; } var EMBER_SLIDER_MONTHS = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"]; function initFeaturedSlider() { document.querySelectorAll(".ember_featured_widget .HTML .widget-content").forEach(function (content) { var marker = content.querySelector("object.emberslider"); if (!marker) return; var wrapper = content.closest(".feturepostwidgetember"); if (wrapper && getComputedStyle(wrapper).display === "none") return; var label = marker.getAttribute("data-label"); var count = marker.getAttribute("data-count") || 5; emberFetchFeed("/feeds/posts/default/-/" + encodeURIComponent(label) + "?alt=json&max-results=" + count, function (data) { var html = '<div class="ember-featured ember-mainslider swiper"><div class="swiper-wrapper">'; if (data.feed.entry) { data.feed.entry.forEach(function (entry, index) { var url = emberEntryUrl(entry); var title = entry.title.$t; var author = entry.author[0].name.$t; var authorUrl = entry.author[0].uri ? entry.author[0].uri.$t : "#"; var parts = entry.published.$t.split("T")[0].split("-"); var date = " " + EMBER_SLIDER_MONTHS[parts[1] - 1] + " " + parts[2] + ", " + parts[0]; var image = emberEntryImage(entry, index === 0 ? 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}); } else { html += '<style>.ember-empty-panel img{max-width: 600px; width:100%}.ember-empty-panel{text-align: center;}.ember-empty-text h3{font-weight: 600;font-size:18px;line-height: 24px;margin-bottom:50px;}</style><div class="swiper-slide"><div class="ember-empty-panel"><div class="ember-empty-thumb"><img alt="" src="' + EMBER_NO_THUMB + '"></div><div class="ember-empty-text"><h3>No posts found for label : "' + label + '". <br/> <span class="ember-small">You can disable this widget by removing all the widget content from layout tab.</span></h3></div></div></div>'; } html += '</div><div class="swiper-button-prev"></div><div class="swiper-button-next"></div></div>'; content.innerHTML = html; content.parentElement.classList.add("emberfeatured"); content.parentElement.classList.add("embr"); document.querySelectorAll(".ember_featured_widget").forEach(function (section) { section.classList.add("ember-implied"); section.classList.remove("ember-initiate"); }); emberLoadMainSwiper().then(function () { new Swiper(content.querySelector(".ember-mainslider"), { loop: true, slidesPerView: 1, spaceBetween: 10, autoplay: { delay: 5000 }, navigation: { nextEl: content.querySelector(".swiper-button-next"), prevEl: content.querySelector(".swiper-button-prev") } }); }); }); }); } // ---- Sidebar feed widgets: recent comments, recent posts, posts by tag ---- var EMBER_EMPTY_PANEL = '<style>.ember-empty-panel img{max-width: 600px; width:100%}.ember-empty-panel{text-align: center;}.ember-empty-text h3{font-weight: 600;font-size:18px;line-height: 24px;margin-bottom:50px;}.bgr{background: rgb(236,239,241);}.bgr{box-sizing: border-box;padding:5px 10px;}</style><div class="ember-empty-panel bgr"><div class="ember-empty-thumb"><img alt="" src="\' + EMBER_NO_THUMB + \'"></div><div class="ember-empty-text"><h3>{message} <br/></h3></div></div>'; function emberRecentItemHtml(entry) { var url = emberEntryUrl(entry); var image = emberEntryImage(entry, "s400"); return '<div class="ember-recent-item"><a aria-label="' + emberAttr(entry.title.$t) + '" class="ember-recent-thumb" href="' + url + '" style="background:url(' + image + ') no-repeat center center;background-size: cover"><span class="ember-trap"></span></a><div class="ember-recent-content"><h3 class="ember-recent-title"><a href="' + url + '">' + entry.title.$t + '</a></h3><span class="ember-author">' + entry.author[0].name.$t + '</span><span class="ember-time">' + emberFormatShortDate(entry.published.$t) + "</span></div></div>"; } function emberRenderRecentList(span, data, emptyMessage) { var html = '<div class="ember-recent">'; if (data.feed.entry) html += data.feed.entry.map(emberRecentItemHtml).join(""); else html += EMBER_EMPTY_PANEL.replace("{message}", emptyMessage); html += "</div>"; span.parentElement.innerHTML = html; } function initSidebarFeedWidgets() { document.querySelectorAll(".ember-widetize .HTML .widget-content object.ember-recent").forEach(function (span) { emberFetchFeed("/feeds/posts/default?alt=json&max-results=" + span.getAttribute("data-num"), function (data) { emberRenderRecentList(span, data, "No Posts found!"); }); }); document.querySelectorAll(".ember-widetize .HTML .widget-content object.ember-tagswid").forEach(function (span) { emberFetchFeed("/feeds/posts/default/-/" + encodeURIComponent(span.getAttribute("data-label")) + "?alt=json&max-results=" + span.getAttribute("data-num"), function (data) { emberRenderRecentList(span, data, "No Posts found!"); }); }); document.querySelectorAll(".ember-widetize .HTML .widget-content object.ember-cmnt").forEach(function (span) { emberFetchFeed("/feeds/comments/default?alt=json&max-results=" + span.getAttribute("data-num"), function (data) { var html = '<div class="ember-comments">'; if (data.feed.entry) { data.feed.entry.forEach(function (entry) { var url = emberEntryUrl(entry); var text = (entry.content ? entry.content.$t : "").replace(/<\S[^>]*>/g, ""); if (text.length > 70) text = text.substring(0, 50) + "..."; var author = entry.author[0].name.$t; var avatar = entry.author[0].gd$image.src; if (avatar.indexOf("img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif") > -1 || avatar.indexOf("img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif") > -1) avatar = "https://img1.blogblog.com/img/anon36.png"; if (avatar.indexOf("//") === 0) avatar = "https:" + avatar; html += '<div class="ember-comment"><div class="ember-comment-profile"><img alt="" class="ember-comment-thumb" loading="lazy" src="' + avatar + '"/></div><a href="' + url + '">' + author + '</a><span>"' + text + '"</span></div>'; }); } else { html += EMBER_EMPTY_PANEL.replace("{message}", "No comments!"); } html += '</div><div class="clear"></div>'; span.parentElement.innerHTML = html; }); }); } // ---- Smooth scroll from the post header comment link to the comments ---- function initCommentScroll() { document.querySelectorAll(".blsm-comment").forEach(function (trigger) { trigger.addEventListener("click", function () { var placer = document.getElementById("ember-comment-placer"); 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