Graham tiaxgame This script uses a combination of xtscript and javascript
The xtscript is used to convert the blog post list into a javascript array which is then shuffled and a number of the elements are then used to create the post list.

The code is based on a standard blog without custom twig although it should still work as long as you do not change the standard post list too much.

It requires that the list entries are still in a <div class="xt_item"> and that there are no other <div> elements inside the <div class="xt_item"> so the post list tag code would need to use something like <span class="xt_tag" style="display:block"> instead of a <div>
NOTE: using the list tags in this list will probably break it

There are parts of the script that use urlencoded data so that it displays correctly in the xtgem building tool
the #</xt:code>...#<xt:code> lines are so you can still use the blog function from the building tool
everything else must only be edited in the code editor

How slow it will be with a really big blog with hundreds of posts I do not know
DEMONSTRATION PAGE http://twig.yn.lt/blogtest

<script type="text/javascript"> function shuffleArray(array) { for (var i = array.length - 2; i > 0; i--) { var j = Math.floor(Math.random() * (i + 1)); var temp = array[i]; array[i] = array[j];array[j] = temp;} return array;} </script> <!--parser:xtscript--> # Note this script will not work in preview # some data is urlencoded to protect the building tool layout # The blog function # NOTE entries_per_page Must be 0 # </xt:code> var $blog_list=<xt:blog tzone="0" format="Y-m-d" display="5" show_time="1" entries_per_page="0" comments_per_page="20" comments_sort="-1" entries_sort="-1" display_limit="0" display_symbol="" version="2" t_back_to_posts="" t_comments="" t_comments_empty="" t_post_a_comment="" t_name="" t_comment="" t_post="" t_tags="" t_search="" t_created="" t_showing_tagged_posts="" t_no_entries_found="" t_no_search_results_found="" t_show_all_comments="" t_see_parent_thread="" t_show_all_replies="" t_show_replies="" t_reply="" t_posting_as="" t_comments_login_required="" t_login="" t_signup="" t_confirm_email="" t_report_spam="" /> # <xt:code> # Number of random posts to display in the list var $posts_to_display=5 # Check for post or post list get __xtblog_entry if not $__xtblog_entry # Convert the post list into a javascript array # Trim data var $trim_start=call strpos $haystack=$blog_list;$needle=div class="xt_item" var $trim_end=call strrpos $haystack=$blog_list;$needle=span var $blog_list=call substr $val=$blog_list;$start=($trim_start-1);$length=($trim_end-$trim_start+6) # Remove carriage returns var $cr=call urldecode $val=%0A var $blog_list=call str_replace $subject=$blog_list;$search=$cr;$replace # Remove excess white space var $ws=call urldecode $val=++ var $blog_list=call str_replace $subject=$blog_list;$search=$ws;$replace # Separate into array elements var $close_div=call urldecode $val=%3C%2Fdiv%3E var $blog_list=call str_replace $subject=$blog_list;$search=$close_div;$replace=$close_div',' var $blog_list='$blog_list$close_div' # Set up the standard blog post list divs (encoded to protect building tool) call urldecode $val=%3Cdiv+class%3D%22xt_blog_parent%22+id%3D%22xt_blog%22%3E%3Cdiv+class%3D%22xt_list%22%3E%3Cdiv+class%3D%22xt_blog_post_list%22%3E # Output the random post list print <script type="text/javascript">var list=[$blog_list] print_raw ;var list = shuffleArray(list);for(var i=0;i< print $posts_to_display print_raw ;i++){document.write(list[i]);}</script> # Close the post list divs print $close_div$close_div$close_div else # Fix a bug in the comment form var $blog_list=call str_replace $subject=$blog_list;$search=name="__xtblog_entry" value="";$replace=name="__xtblog_entry" value="$__xtblog_entry" # Output the post print $blog_list endif <!--/parser:xtscript-->