<?php
                  global $wpdb;
                  $sql = "SELECT DISTINCT ID, post_title, post_password, comment_ID, comment_post_ID, comment_author, comment_date_gmt, comment_approved, comment_type,comment_author_url, SUBSTRING(comment_content,1,30) AS com_excerpt FROM $wpdb->comments LEFT OUTER JOIN $wpdb->posts ON ($wpdb->comments.comment_post_ID = $wpdb->posts.ID) WHERE comment_approved = '1' AND comment_type = '' AND post_password = '' ORDER BY comment_date_gmt DESC LIMIT 7";
                
                  $comments = $wpdb->get_results($sql);
                  $output = $pre_HTML;
                  $output .= "<ul>";
                  foreach ($comments as $comment) {
                    $output .= "<li>".strip_tags($comment->comment_author) .":" . " <a href=\"/click?" . get_permalink($comment->ID)."#comment-" . $comment->comment_ID . "\" title=\"on ".$comment->post_title . "\">" . strip_tags($comment->com_excerpt)."</a></li>";
                  }
                  $output .= "</ul>";
                  $output .= $post_HTML;
                  echo $output;
                ?>