I donot use jQuery in my blogger template. Is there a way to implement automatic lazy loading or defering of images without using jQuery? Or using some lightweight scripts like https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lazyload/2.0.3/lazyload-min.js ?
The simplest way is to :
Go to the Blogger dashboard and click on the theme section.
Then click on Edit HTML from the drop-down menu.
On the HTML Editor click on Ctrl + F and search for </body> or
scroll down to the end you will find this </body> tag.
Paste the javascript code just above the </body> tag and save it
Please note put the Below code in <script> </script>
//<;b.loaded=true}).attr("src",a(b).attr("original"))}});if("scroll"!=c.event){a(b).bind(c.event,function(c){if(!b.loaded){a(b).trigger("appear")}})}});a(c.container).trigger(c.event);return this};a.belowthefold=function(b,c){if(c.container===undefined||c.container===window){var d=a(window).height()+a(window).scrollTop()}else{var d=a(c.container).offset().top+a(c.container).height()}return d<=a(b).offset().top-c.threshold};a.rightoffold=function(b,c){if(c.container===undefined||c.container===window){var d=a(window).width()+a(window).scrollLeft()}else{var d=a(c.container).offset().left+a(c.container).width()}return d<=a(b).offset().left-c.threshold};a.abovethetop=function(b,c){if(c.container===undefined||c.container===window){var d=a(window).scrollTop()}else{var d=a(c.container).offset().top}return d>=a(b).offset().top+c.threshold+a(b).height()};a.leftofbegin=function(b,c){if(c.container===undefined||c.container===window){var d=a(window).scrollLeft()}else{var d=a(c.container).offset().left}return d>=a(b).offset().left+c.threshold+a(b).width()};a.extend(a.expr[":"],{"below-the-fold":"$.belowthefold(a, {threshold : 0, container: window})","above-the-fold":"!$.belowthefold(a, {threshold : 0, container: window})","right-of-fold":"$.rightoffold(a, {threshold : 0, container: window})","left-of-fold":"!$.rightoffold(a, {threshold : 0, container: window})"})})(jQuery);$(function(){$("img").lazyload({placeholder:"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XNnCtsmVWps/WwUzI4O3OMI/AAAAAAAAGzM/s5IzNI42txMh8ZglfGk9ktfD7CqQ0JkMgCLcBGAs/s1600/sun.gif",effect:"fadeIn",threshold:"-50"})});
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