Recent comments widget for Blogger

Recent comments widget can be added to a Blogger blog using the feed URL as a work around for the lack of a recent comments widget by Blogger. The way to add is is to go your your Dashboard, click LAYOUT, then ADD A GADGET in the place you want it such as the sidebar. Then type in your blog feed URL such as http://YOURBLOG.blogspot.com making sure to replace YOURBLOG with the actual URL of your own blog as shown in the screenshot below: Then click CONTINUE and you will be presented with a CONFIGURE FEED popup. Then type in the title "Recent Comments" or any other title as you wish and tick the options you want as shown in the screenshot below: Click SAVE and you are done. If you have a custom domain for your blog, you may also use the alternative feed URL such as http://www.YOURBLOG.com replacing YOURBLOG with the actual URL of your custom domain blog. If you are comfortable with editing your blog template, you may also add this code to your template:

<MainPage> <h2 class="sidebar-title">Recent Comments</h2> <ul> <Blogger> <BlogItemCommentsEnabled> <BlogItemComments> <li><$BlogCommentAuthor$> // <a href="<$BlogCommentPermalinkURL$>"> <$BlogCommentDateTime$></a></li> </BlogItemComments> </BlogItemCommentsEnabled> </Blogger> </ul> </MainPage>

<MainPage> <h2 class="sidebar-title">Recent Comments</h2> <ul> <Blogger> <BlogItemCommentsEnabled> <BlogItemComments> <li><$BlogCommentAuthor$> // <a href="<$BlogCommentPermalinkURL$>"> <$BlogCommentDateTime$></a></li> </BlogItemComments> </BlogItemCommentsEnabled> </Blogger> </ul> </MainPage> Credits: Template blog: Show recent comments on Blogger Blogger: Recent comments in the sidebar

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