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Here is the code that I use to show Recent Comments on Learning Movable Type. To add a Recent Comments section to the main page of your weblog, add the following code to the sidebar section of the Main Index Template. You can tweek elements of the code to customize it more for your needs. For example, if you want to show more or less than 5 recent comments, change the 5 listed after recently_commented_on=" to another number.

<br /> <div class="sidetitle"><br /> Recent Comments<br /> </div></p> <div class="side"> <MTEntries recently_commented_on="5" sort_order="descend"> <a href="<$MTEntryPermalink$>"><$MTEntryTitle$></a> (<$MTEntryCommentCount$>)<br><MTComments lastn="1"> <$MTCommentAuthorLink spam_protect="1"$> wrote: <$MTCommentBody trim_to="35" remove_html="1" convert_breaks="0"$>...[<a href="<$MTEntryLink$>#<$MTCommentID$>">more</a>]<br><br></MTComments> </MTEntries> </div>

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