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How to Add Syntax Highlighter to Blogger or Blogspot Blog

May 18, 2012 itswadesh Leave a comment Go to comments

I run a web programming blog with tutorials. Where programming code has got the most importance. Hence i needed my code in any tutorial to be highlighted with colors. I searched throughout. I landed into the SyntaxHighlighter plugin for WordPress. Which easily integrates into WordPress.

But my requirement was to embed SyntaxHighlighter into Bloggeras i run my blog on Blogger.com. The following steps may help.

Step 1: Backup your blogger template

In your left side navigation menu click on Template. Then at the very top-right corner you can find a button to “Backup/Restore” your blogger template design.

Step 2: Edit Blogger Template in New Blogger Interface

Navigate to Blogger dashboard > Layout > Edit HTML and Expand Widget Templates. Search for <head> and replace it with the below code

<head>

<link href='https://sites.google.com/site/itswadesh/codehighlighter/shCore.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'/>

<link href='http://sites.google.com/site/itswadesh/codehighlighter/shThemeDefault.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'/>

<script src='http://sites.google.com/site/itswadesh/codehighlighter/shCore.js' type='text/javascript'/>

<script src='http://sites.google.com/site/itswadesh/codehighlighter/shBrushCss.js' type='text/javascript'/>

<script src='http://sites.google.com/site/itswadesh/codehighlighter/shBrushJScript.js' type='text/javascript'/>

<script src='http://sites.google.com/site/itswadesh/codehighlighter/shBrushXml.js' type='text/javascript'/>

<script type='text/javascript'>

SyntaxHighlighter.all()

</script>

Step 3: Write Your Programming Code inside <pre> Tag

Whenever you publish a post with Programming Code, include the code within the <pre> section

<pre class=”brush: js”>
Your script here
</pre>

Example:

<pre class="brush: js">
$(document).bind('click', function(e) {

            var $clicked = $(e.target);
            if (! $clicked.parents().hasClass("staticMenu")){
                $(".staticMenu dd ul").hide();
                $(".staticMenu dt a").removeClass("selected");
            }        });

</pre>