How to Setup Your Recent Posts and Recent Comments Blogger Page Elements

Posted: Sunday, January 27th, 2008 | Author: David

In order to enable the Recent Posts and Recent Comments page elements in your recently downloaded Blogger template, you need to follow a couple simple steps.

These lists aren’t going to show up when you first install the template so we’re going to bring them to life now. They are actually both RSS Feed widgets so we’ll need to paste in your feed and comment rss feeds to make them work.

Let’s start with the Recent Posts page element so click to edit it. Then paste in your RSS feed url which will most likely be in this format http://YOURSITE.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default . Make sure to replace “YOURSITE” with your actual blog url.

There’s no need to change the title (unless you want to call it something else) so then hit “Save Changes”. Then save your blogger layout and go over to your other browser window, refresh and see the Recent Posts appear in your blog’s sidebar.

Now you’re going to do the exact same thing with the “Recent Comments” page element but you’ll instead use this feed format http://YOURSITE.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default . Again, make sure to replace “YOURSITE” with your actual blog url. Save and make sure it’s working properly. If it doesn’t appear on your blog, chances are you don’t have the correct feed url or you might not have any comments yet.

If you really want to fine tune your Recent Posts and Comments settings like increasing the max number displayed to 10 you can. Go read our advanced recent posts settings article and take your widgets to another level.

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106 Responses to “How to Setup Your Recent Posts and Recent Comments Blogger Page Elements”

Loe on Feb 20, 2008, 11:27 am

great article. helped me a lot.

S.W on Apr 1, 2009, 9:01 am

it didn’t worked first, but I tried this

http://mosul-4all.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default?alt=atom&callback=showrecentcomments

and then it worked greatly

Justin on Feb 23, 2008, 4:30 pm

what if I have a dot.com address, not a blogspot. What is my feed address?

David on Feb 23, 2008, 6:40 pm

Justin, it should be something like this
http://www.YOUR-URL.com/feeds/posts/default

Another way to find out is to scroll down to the bottom of your blogger page and look for the “Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)” link and copy that url.

don on Feb 27, 2008, 1:33 am

is there a way to display more than the max of 5 recent posts? is there a way to tweak the code?

David on Feb 27, 2008, 7:27 pm

don, I think so but I’m still trying to test it. Try adding this to your feed url: ?max-results=10
The url should then look something like: http://YOURURL.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/?max-results=10

Al Maawali on Mar 18, 2008, 6:20 pm

Hi,

I tryed the recent post thing with my older blog and it worked but with the newer one, it shows me that the URL is invalid. What do you think may be causing this problem?

I’de appreciate the help

Ashutosh Mishra on Mar 28, 2008, 3:18 am

I have had the Recent Comments widget on my blog for ages and suddenly it’s not working. Here’s what I get -
http://ashuboss99.googlepages.com/Screenshot.png

I also tried adding the ?alt=rss (or whatever like that) but that doesn’t work either!

Ethan on Mar 30, 2008, 8:14 pm

Hello,

When I configure this recent post and recent comment, I got invalid URL. Why ? I have double check and it is correct.

Ethan on Mar 30, 2008, 8:15 pm

Update : My error exactly same as Ashutosh Mishra

David on Mar 31, 2008, 2:17 am

Ethan & Ashutosh, That’s really strange since it’s always been working for me as well. Blogger must have changed something to prevent it from working anymore. You might want to check out their Help Group and see if any solution has been posted there.

http://groups.google.com/group/blogger-help

sasa on Mar 31, 2008, 10:55 am

I downloaded a great template, implemented otehr feeds…but the above feed above is not working. I get the url..saying that it is not correct. I did everything above correct, but is still is telling me this message. What is wrong? Help!

David on Mar 31, 2008, 6:00 pm

sasa, there seems to be a bug with Blogger on this. Others have also have had similar problems. I’m not sure the Blogger staff even knows about this.

Shawn on Mar 31, 2008, 7:02 pm

The date isn’t displaying for my posts. What do I need to do to get that to happen?

Thanks.

David on Mar 31, 2008, 7:38 pm

Shawn, what template? Did you read the entire post about how to setup the date?

gofree on Apr 25, 2008, 11:32 pm

?max-results=10 is not working as expected

beny_hirmansyah on Apr 28, 2008, 9:32 am

How to make redirect recent comments feed url to feed burner?

Carlo on May 6, 2008, 6:58 pm

Is there any way to get a code like this working on old blogger templates that don’t have widgets?

camille on May 9, 2008, 3:15 pm

Thanks for the nature’s charm template. I really love it. I can’t seem to get the tabs to work. What can I do? I’m extremely new at this sort of thing. Thanks.

David on May 11, 2008, 7:31 pm

@camille, make sure to check the “Expand widget templates” checkbox on the “edit html” blogger page. Then search the template for
<li><a href="#" accesskey="2" title="">Info</a></li> <li><a href="#" accesskey="3" title="">Photos</a></li> <li><a href="#" accesskey="4" title="">About</a></li> <li><a href="#" accesskey="5" title="">Contact</a></li>
That’s where you change the links.

Tony on Jun 5, 2008, 5:51 pm

Hey David,

The recent posts widget still displays posts that I have deleted. Is there a way for it to know to only show the recent posts that still exist.

Also, when I try to change the rss feed url to end with /default?alt=rss it then eliminates the deleted posts form the widget but will not update to show the any new posts I create.

Any help would be great,

Thanks

Everyday Finance on Jun 8, 2008, 7:32 pm

HELP!! Please.

I’m just about through transitioning all my information, blogroll, widgets etc to this new wonderful template and now the oddest thing is happening. The little wrench appears at the bottom right of every html box, etc. even when logged out of blogger (i.e., now every visitor can see this icon which should only be visible when editing in Blogger as a logged-in owner). Any ideas? I’m not sure if this has anything to do with the template, but I’ve never come across this before and I’d hate to have to switch to a lousy google standard again. Thanks to anyone that can help!
Everyday Finance

LVCHEN on Jun 24, 2008, 4:58 am

I use this one
http://lvchen716.googlepages.com/rc20_eng
It is a nice widget with realtime comment and article title

romy on Jun 25, 2008, 9:08 am

Hello,

When I configure this recent post and recent comment, I got invalid URL. Do I need to do something else in Blogger

zEEROCKz on Jul 3, 2008, 6:22 am

Helpful tips.. Thnxxx

Ian Yang on Jul 4, 2008, 7:08 pm

thanks for the great tip, it’s working fine on my blog! =D

toni on Jul 11, 2008, 2:03 am

thanks, it worked so easily is there a way you can help me to also reply to comments directly. so when people read the comments, they will see the reply to it, just beside the said comment . thanks in advance

John on Aug 2, 2008, 7:08 am

Thanks you for your tips. It help me to build my 1st blog.

blankshooting on Aug 25, 2008, 11:13 am

thanks for this great tip!

bekbek on Aug 27, 2008, 12:31 pm

Like Everyday Finance (see previous comments), for some reason I’m getting the little wrench icon on two of my widgets (Archives and Recent Posts), showing on the page itself. They show even if I am logged off –i.e. they show for everybody, not just me.

Any idea how to correct?

Steph on Aug 28, 2008, 9:49 am

Hey everyone, you can bypass the “invalid URL” issue with the recent post feeds by using this link instead:

http://www.YOUR-URL.com/feeds/posts/default

Works like a charm.

blogger on Sep 11, 2008, 11:41 pm

thanks for this great tip , i was thinking only with customise templates only recent blog post can added

Thanks

Charles on Sep 15, 2008, 6:10 pm

Yes. Very good

Nadir on Sep 26, 2008, 3:28 pm

nto bad, I also made my blog called: “how to setup my blog” when I saw how many people has the problem to set it up correctly.

Nadir on Sep 26, 2008, 3:30 pm

You can find some similar tips here:

http://howtosetupmyblog.blogspot.com/

how to add sitemap to your blog, remove the navigation bar etc…

aleef on Oct 10, 2008, 6:35 pm

very good info and help me a lot. thanks david!

Wetter on Oct 16, 2008, 6:01 am

Nice article. It was very helpful for me.

Carlos Cavalcanti on Oct 30, 2008, 6:36 pm

Whats the feed format for “Most Commented”?

bilecem on Nov 20, 2008, 3:25 pm

how can i increase number of resesnt post in this widget?. it shows only 5 post

stare gry on Nov 25, 2008, 5:08 am

I have had the Recent Comments widget on my blog for ages and suddenly it’s not working.

stare gry on Nov 25, 2008, 5:09 am

I have had the Recent Comments widget on my blog for ages and suddenly itâ��s not working.

Fahim Ilyas on Dec 8, 2008, 11:05 pm

Here is how i did it.

http://fahimilyas.blogspot.com/2008/12/showing-recent-comments-in-your.html

mahaputra on Dec 13, 2008, 9:03 am

where can i put my html code(google adsense for search)in this beautiful template

Vijay on Dec 15, 2008, 12:42 pm

Awesome man!! You were upto the point!!

Mr. Wellhead on Dec 17, 2008, 4:27 am

David.

It does not work at my site for the code recent comment. The result is the recent post up to 5, after i put recent comment code (http://YOURSITE.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default).

You could check it at my sidebar for the title recent comment at this URL: http://crude-oil-futures.blogspot.com

Mr. Wellhead on Dec 17, 2008, 4:38 am

Dear David.

My problem about the recent code in okey now since i change the feed address by using this feed:

http://crude-oil-futures.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default?alt=atom&callback=showrecentcomments

and your feed code as the article how to build recent comment is this:

http://YOURSITE.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default

So please update the post david. Thanks you.

Do this web offer forum david?

Your sincerely;
http://crude-oil-futures.blogspot.com
Mr. Wellhead

Oliver on Dec 21, 2008, 12:05 pm

To the people who have trouble on non-updating ‘recent posts’ widget.

If you have a feedburner url, copy/paste that instead of your default feed url. This will not only give updated recent posts but will also un-include your deleted posts.

Hope this helps.

xitalho on Dec 22, 2008, 12:22 pm

Great discuss about Recent comment…

YEH on Dec 22, 2008, 2:47 pm

I use this page to set up
http://lvchen716.googlepages.com/rc20_eng

Check it out and you will find out how easy to set up your comments widget.

christine on Dec 31, 2008, 5:21 am

may be this might be useful

http://www.ceveni.com/2008/10/how-to-embed-comment-form-in-blogger.html

KenAdamsNSA on Dec 31, 2008, 2:41 pm

Great template man. Very easy to manipulate. Have a look-see at what I’ve done with it:

http://safetysoff.blogspot.com

Thanks again!

juicychristians on Jan 1, 2009, 11:16 am

Does anyone know why the date isn’t showing up on my blog? http://www.juicychristians.blogspot.com

Xitalho on Jan 2, 2009, 8:23 am

Thank’s for the tips… it was great!

Modestas on Jan 11, 2009, 5:23 pm

In the Top Tabs - is there any possibility to change “HOME” tab name???

David on Jan 11, 2009, 10:36 pm

@Modestas, you just need to edit the template code and search for “HOME”. There you can replace it to whatever you want.

Shafar on Jan 19, 2009, 6:58 am

Thanks for the info!

Robert Galbnraith on Jan 25, 2009, 11:28 am

hey, i just set up my blog but for some reason this template wont allow me to post any comments, or anyone else to post any comments for that matter, on my blog. are there any reasons why it is doing this?

Julia on Feb 2, 2009, 2:11 am

Hi, how come blogger kept saying my url is invalid, ans ask me to correct errors in the form?? I’m currently using the WP-polaroid for blogger template I got off your site, its very nice.

hope you can help me find out the problem.

blogger templates designs on Feb 3, 2009, 3:57 pm

Thank you for tip.

Parin on Feb 6, 2009, 1:08 am

I have used the feed url for recent posts. It works accurately, but when I try to use the feed url for recent comments. There was nothing show up at all even I have already put several comments. When I inserted the url for recent comments, blogger recognized it, but the result came up as there is not comment at all on my blog. What’s happening?

hendysetyo on Feb 12, 2009, 7:00 am

COol, dude. I like it so much. Need more information about comments….

Bloggers Tricks Zone on Feb 22, 2009, 11:09 am

Thanks Very Usefull Tips.

http://hrinterviewzone.blogspot.com/

syniezam on Mar 1, 2009, 8:43 pm

Dear David:
i had this massage when i want to save the template.
“We were unable to save your template”

“Please correct the error below, and submit your template again.
The new widget id “Recent-Comments-Widget” is invalid for type: Feed”

i don’t know how and where to edit. can you help me..please,
Thanks in advanced

Majed on Mar 2, 2009, 6:30 pm

So I can set up a recent post widget, but the recent comment one will not work. It just appears blank. I’ve used the right URL but I’m thinking it could possibly be the feed URL that should be my comments doesn’t work.

Majed on Mar 2, 2009, 6:32 pm

Nevermind my older post. It just took a couple of minutes for the recent comments widget to work.

blogtrix on Mar 6, 2009, 2:34 am

where should i configure feed,i get only site feed in settings,does this still exist in blogger

blogtrix on Mar 6, 2009, 2:41 am

i figured it out

bisonics on Mar 9, 2009, 6:50 am

Hi there,

When I click on the “Edit” button, I see a blank popup! All it says, is “Configure Feed”… with no fields displayed at all.. could you please help?

Thanks!

Tracy on Mar 12, 2009, 10:51 am

I have the same prob as bisonics. If it can’t be configured, where does the code start to delete it? Thanks!

Tracy on Mar 12, 2009, 10:55 am

Also I think part of the problem may be Blogger. The past few days (even before trying this template), I started getting “Your client has issued a malformed or illegal request.” when I try to submit changes.

Kate Keller on Mar 12, 2009, 7:25 pm

I am using the Aspire template. I was just told that no one can leave me any comments. How do I fix that?

aromatherapy Class course on Mar 14, 2009, 9:43 pm

Thanks it’s really work. Keep it online

mikeyb on Mar 20, 2009, 8:33 pm

I have the same problem as Biosonics, help please. Thanks!

peenkfrik on Mar 24, 2009, 10:22 am

Thank you! This post is very helpful.

e-gadget on Mar 26, 2009, 10:36 am

i cant edit my RSS feed.. dont know why.

zana on Mar 28, 2009, 10:25 am

Hi there..

I’m using the dilectio’s layout. Nice layout & I like it very much.

However, when I click “Edit” button in order to setup the recent posts & comments page elements, a blank popup comes out & all it says “Configure Feed”.

I think it is the same problem as mikeyb, bisonics & tracy were facing..

Please anyone, is there any other way to do those setups??

Benhur on Mar 31, 2009, 3:30 am

Yaar,everthying i done with the blog removed errors ,,,,but at last i saw my comments are not been posted ………
when i clisk to post comment option it redirects to bottom but not able to shoe any box or something……
pls anyone find the error ……
here is my blog HTML
http://rapidshare.com/files/215700537/indianactressingym.blogspot.com.txt
my blog
http://indianactressingym.blogspot.com
pls send hoe to remove error to mail if possible
benhu@rediffmail.com

djonolai on Apr 1, 2009, 8:21 am

bisonics,tracy,mikeyb,e-gadget and zana, i invite all of you for coming to my blog (http://djonolai.blogspot.com). you can fix your problem. i know the solution for all of you..cu.

Benhur on Apr 1, 2009, 11:37 pm

thanks to…..
djonolai

thanks but your blog was not in english ..i required to translate from google…..

above Iwork template has pop up comentbox in its script……

so you have to enable in settings-comments-Comment Form Placement-pop-up window,,,

By default for blogger it is embed below ,you have to change to pop up…..
thanks once again to djonolai …….–in her/his blog –method is given to change from popup to embed below post……..

my blog
-http://indianactressingym.blogspot.com

wazzupweb on Apr 1, 2009, 7:03 pm

i cant also edit my recent post and recent comment widget

djonolai on Apr 2, 2009, 3:27 am

wazzupweb, you may visit to my blog, (http://djonolai.blogspot.com). and fix your problem, i know the solution for you..cu.

vcobbs on Apr 19, 2009, 11:49 pm

Hi, how can you install this template on blogger if you host your blog on your own server instead of theirs? I tried installing it and it went haywire. Otherwise it is a really great template, I love it. Thanks.

durbanbay01 on Apr 23, 2009, 6:07 am

my feeds died. I can still see the feeds if i look at the widgets in the blogger dashboard but the feeds do not appear on the site. Any suggestions. This used to work before.

http://www.durbanbay.com

Custom Logo on May 3, 2009, 10:47 am

Madeleine, I am experiencing the same problem at the moment. Everything was working just fine last night, but not today.

rich01 on May 11, 2009, 11:01 pm

I face a problem with setting up the recent posts and recent comments blogger page elements.
When I try to edit the “recent entries” and the “recent comments” feed, the page that came out after I clicked on that looked exactly like this:(http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/GubPk6U2JDRplA5L2x-26g?feat=directlink)
I am using the Blogging Pro Template(http://www.eblogtemplates.com/blogging-pro-blogger/).
Please help me with this problem! Thank you!

parenteandre on Jun 8, 2009, 3:19 pm

Did you solve it? Im having the same problem. Thanks!

Insider-Insights on May 14, 2009, 6:49 pm

Hi,

when I click on edit nothing is appearing on my screen no fields to put my blogsite. Can you check my test site? I want the footer in columns can I make it at least 2 or 3 columns just like your sample photo on recent comment and posts and money makers.

Insider-Insights on May 14, 2009, 6:49 pm

by the way here’s my test site http://hungrybite.blogspot.com/

Chris on May 22, 2009, 2:18 pm

I’m also having the same problem as rich01 - I try to edit my Recent Posts and Recent Comments page elements but all I get is a blank box.

Can someone please explain how I can fix this problem?

Check the image from rich01 above - my issue is exactly the same - and occurs in Firefox and IE.

manikandan.K on May 23, 2009, 4:14 am

hi,
i am so happy to download this adstheme and used.But i had few problems in it.

If i had clicked the recent posts button in my layout to enable this option i had no chance to create it. also the same porblem for enabling recent posts.
so give ur favourable comments as soon as possible

thanks/regards,
manikandan.K

graphicsbg on May 25, 2009, 3:22 am

look at site

chapsoy on May 25, 2009, 12:22 pm

I was able to configure everything for my site! I like your template David! You’re the best!

chapsoy on May 25, 2009, 12:25 pm

All, if you have questions regarding this template, you can ask me:

http://theforttimes.blogspot.com (where I used David’s template)
http://www.dollarmirror.com (my ‘earn money online’ portal)

rich01 on May 26, 2009, 8:01 am

Chris:

It happens because Blogger changed the way that feeds are handled. See Uncovering Blogs(http://uncoveringblogs.blogspot.com/2009/03/blank-configure-feed-problem.html).

Got these answers from the user of paulantczak.
This works for me, and it will, for you as long as u follow the instructions stated in there.

Tara on May 27, 2009, 3:48 am

Hi I just installed your home-blogger template, but i can’t find the customize links anywhere??!! How do I edit my page elements??? Pls help. My blog is : http://budgethomes.blogspot.com

Tara on May 27, 2009, 3:51 am

Hey I found out how to will ask for help when I am stuck.. Btw, good job David! Really Nice work. Appreciate it!! Thx!!

fixnwin on May 27, 2009, 11:26 pm

thanks for the cool and easy step by step instruction here DAVID and RICH01

ecushla on Jun 6, 2009, 8:21 pm

Hi, I cant seem to post any comments on my site. The recent tabs dont open up properly to alter either. Any suggestions?
Thanks

parenteandre on Jun 8, 2009, 3:16 pm

Hi. I have a problem and a question.

Problem: I can not edit the “Recent Comments” and “Recent Posts” boxes for in the Page Elements panel. When i click to Edit it just open the window but its “blank”, nothing to do there.

Question: How can i put my AdSense Ads runing in that banner on the top of the posts? I cant find it on Page Elements so that i can edit it.

Any help on these, please?

Thanks

jason on Jun 26, 2009, 1:10 pm

parenteandre i got the same with recent posts.Still don’t have an solution for this.

Learn about blogging on Jun 30, 2009, 8:34 pm

Great information for beginners….good looking and good teaching….thanks for sharing with us…

mrfuong on Jul 3, 2009, 12:15 am

thanks

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