Recent Posts and Recent Comments widgets for Blogger

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 were posted in many blogs somany times, 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 :
  - Checkbox“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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