Recent Posts and Recent Comments widgets for Blogger
This entry was posted by nhc on Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 at 2:48 am. It is filed under Blogger Tutorials, Blogger Widgets and tagged with blogger widget.
This post was written to provide a step-by-step guide on how to create Recent Posts and Recent Comments widgets for Blogger beta.
I know, these widgets was posted so many times on so many blogs, but I still want to re-write them with more details to make it easier for beginers, also for supporting my blogger templates which use these widgets.
Let’s go.
Step 1. Login to your Blogger account
Step 2. Click on the link “Layout”
Step 3. Make sure you are in tab “Page Elements”
Step 4. Choose a place where you want to put your widgets on, then click “Add a Page Element”. When a pop-up window is opened, choose a Feed element (its location is in the middle of the pop-up window) then click “Add to Blog”
Step 5. Fill in your Feed address
If your blog’s address is http://XYZ.blogspot.com, it means
- Your posts’ feed : http://XYZ.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
- Your comments’ feed : http://XYZ.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default
Step 6. Change the title, options if needed then click Save.
Here are the explanation for the screenshot above.
- Title : title of your widget. You can name it Recent Posts, Recent Comments or anything you like.
- Show :
- Combobox “5 items” : number of your items you want to be displayed (1 to 5 items)
- Checkbox “Item dates” : check it if you want to show date of your posts/ comments
- Checkbox “Item sources/authors” : check it if you want to show sources/ authors of your posts/ comments - Preview : preview your widget before it is published
Step 7. DONE 
If you get into any trouble, feel free to ask me here. I’m willing to help you.
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Great post about blogspot. I have used some pretty useful widgets lately but this one seems to offer more than the usual one does. I hope others find your post because it can really offer some good material. thanks
Thanks for your encouragement, Funny Tees.
nice info about blogger . very useful for the ones interested in blogging. thanks.
Thanks.
Btw, your photo blog is a nice one
The best part of that post was the recommendations of sites with widgets of the author
I say, a link to each of sites outside their widgets, the post is very good
is true, your avatar is very nice, it seems much with my real haha
hello i tried this widget just today, it worked at first but after the next comments it won’t be updated. it’s like it got stucked. i have checked if everything was written correctly and it was. i don’t understnd why it worked first then stopped. thanks for the help.
Hi Toni,
It still works indeed. The trick is Blogger need time to update the feed, your comment will not appear instantly.
thanks a lot. yup i checked it this morning and i saw the new comments. maybe you can also help me with anther thing. is there a way for me to directly reply to comments just like what i do now with your comment? this way the readers can directly see if i have answered their comments and need not scroll down. i figured that would look nicer and i’ve seen it in wordpress. thanks in advance
I’m afraid we can not do this advanced hack with Blogger.
Hey, thanks for the tips. Great site. Looking forward to more tips from you. I’ve just installed this on my blog
http://wonderwealthwisdom.blogspot.com/
You are welcome
I’m adding your website to my blog list. Let me know if you’re not comfortable with it.
Once again, many thanks
Of course, I am very happy when hearing that.
It give me more power
Thanks.
P/s: hope you visit my site again and again
Sure, I’ll drop by often
Keep up the good work.
Your screenshots with the arrows are very much appreciated, especially for noobs bloggers like me
Your comment is much appreciated, Avatar
Thanks for sharing that. So simple yet nowhere near entering my mind.
Hello,
I just used this widget on my blog and im already enjoying this feature.
Thanks a lot.
Why i’m failed with this?? can you help me?
What error did you get ? Please give me information or a screenshot when asking a question.
Great Post my friend. I have done your steps carefully and it worked perefectly. Now i can my post and comments recents :). Thank you again.
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Great Post! Thanks a lot. This was the best and easiest of of the lot. Do you have any widget to show a list of most commented posts.
Hello!
I would like to know whether we can increase the Recent articles widget to show more than 5 articles.
Thanks in advance.
Why Dont You Use Recent Comment And Post Widget Using Feedburner.
Yes, that’s a very good idea. Thanks!
this was the easiest to install .. thanks a ton
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thanks, it worked great.
Would be nice to see a “popular posts” widget in this post to.
How to do that?
i want to see more than 5 post for this addon. i am trying feedburner to make it,but googlebot does not see the feedburner feed post unfortunately.
Thanks!Thanks,it worked great,
but I want to have more than 5 post then how? Please help me!