This widget will display the recent comments on Blogger blogs (free-hosted or self-hosted).
Steps:
1. Go to your Blogger Dashboard > Layout > Page Element > Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript
2. Copy and paste the code below:
3. In the code, look for the line…
…src=”http://YourOwnB1og.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default…
…and replace the blog address (indicated in color blue below) with your own blog address
…src=”http://YourOwnB1og.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default…
(For self-hosted blogs)…
…src=”http://www.YourOwnB1og.com/feeds/comments/default…
4. Add a title. Save.
That’s it!
Optional settings:
How to change the number of comments
This widget is set to display 5 recent comments. If you want to change that number, just look for the number 5 in the code and replace it with the number of comments you want to be displayed. I recommend setting it between 4 and 8.
… a_rc=5;var m_rc=false;var n_rc=true;var…
How to change the number of characters (Excerpt)
This widget is set to display an excerpt of 100 characters of each comment. If you want to change that number, just look for the number 100 in the code and replace it with the number of characters you want to be displayed. *
n_rc=true;var o_rc=100;
*Recommended setting: 50 to 100.
How to display the date of comments
If you want to show the dates of comments, look for this line:
… a_rc=5;var m_rc=false;var n_rc=true;var…
and replace the false with true.
Changelog:
April 25, 2010 — Capitalization of blog posts titles.
April 29, 2010 — Enabled comment date option.
June 18, 2010 — Added a div class to the comments list to define style.
Credit: Recent Comments Widget Original by Blogger Templates
I have used your code successfully for months. But all of a sudden — perhaps it started today — it began displaying very old comments, many of them nearly two years old.
Have you heard of this problem before?
Jim, I’m having the exact same problem. I reloaded the html code, and got the same result.
This happened once. After several days, the widget went back to normal. The widget uses the feed element of Blogger, and nothing seems wrong with its code, so I guess the problem is primarily on Blogger itself — fetching the wrong feed. I am not really sure.
I heard of this problem once before. Tthe widget displayed old comments but after several days it’s working fine again.
OK; I’ll leave it as is, and hope for the best. Thanks for your response.
great tricks for my next blog. tks!
Thanks. I’m using this now.
i want to use this, but why is it showing one comment twice? and its not showing my latest comments at all.. thanks
Try clearing your browser’s cache (I updated the code) and copy/paste the code again.