Coded a quick TinyPortal / SSI function you can use to show recent links.
function ssi_links_recent()
{
global $scripturl,$db_prefix;
$dbresult = db_query("SELECT l.ID_LINK, l.rating, l.title,l.date, l.ID_MEMBER, l.description,l.hits FROM {$db_prefix}links AS l WHERE l.approved = 1 ORDER BY l.ID_LINK DESC LIMIT 5", __FILE__, __LINE__);
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($dbresult))
{
echo '<a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=links;sa=visit;id=' . $row['ID_LINK'] . '" target="blank">' . $row['title'] . '</a><br />';
}
echo '<br />';
echo '<a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=links;sa=addlink">Add Link</a>';
mysql_free_result($dbresult);
}