Comments in gutters

CLONMEL -- I am burrowing into Movable Type and trying to sort out my gutter content. Although it might make more sense to follow some kind of logical tutorial, I'm entertained by learning through random hyperlink. Thanks to Shelley, I've learned how to integrate recent comments from a separate blog into the right hand gutter area.

1. Create a new Index Template in a separate blog called Recent SSI and set the output file to ssi/recent.shtm (ssi being the directory where you keep all the various include files I use on the separate blog).
2. Use this barebones code in the template:

   <MTEntries lastn="5" sort_order="descend">
   
   
   <a href="<MTEntryLink>"><MTEntryTitle></a><br />
   
   
   </MTEntries>
   
   

3. In the Main Index Template for your blog, use SSI to include the recent entries file:

   <!--#include virtual="/journal/ssi/recent.shtm"-->

I'll be using server-side includes until I convert over to PHP.

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Thanks to Shelley (the girlie matters) for the tip about "recent entries with includes."
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