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
Hi Meeta!
I just sent you an email with the new (sort of) code for Recent Comments. Check it out. We might get lucky this time.
Thanks T! It works perfectly now. I appreciate your time and help!
@Meeta
You’re welcome!
works perfectly on my blog, thanks very much for this widget!
thanks very much i like it
i want to edit the font color, i’m not familiar with codes, could u please help me
Thanks for the widget. Really like it.
The widget works well but when looking at your widget it actually directly links to the Url if given by someone that comments and it does not show the commented text.
Can you please let me know what to adjust in the script to be able to have them displayed that way as well?
Basically like on your site?
Thanks and Ciao
I see now, you are using the defaults WordPress “recent comments” widget on your own page. It is neatly done from them.
Does something like that exists for Blogger? Somehow strange they did not include it in their widgets by default, it is so easy to do.
Well if you have an js script for it to make it appear like withe the “recent comments” widget from WordPress that would really please a lot of people you can be sure.
Let me know if you find or have something like it.
Thanks & Ciao
Awesome. Works better than any other I’ve tried. So far.
Thank you for the code. I am using it on my blog now.