Added support for using text based social sharing links instead of javascript widgets which may track users and do trigger crazy high http requests. Also added a custom sharing template file for injecting any other sharing widget into the sharing section after a post

.themes/classic/sass/base/_theme.scss

@@ -62,9 +62,10 @@ $page-border-bottom: darken($footer-bg, 5) !default;
 /* Core theme application */
 
 a {
+  color: $link-color;
   @include link-colors($link-color, $hover: $link-color-hover, $focus: $link-color-hover, $visited: $link-color-visited, $active: $link-color-active);
 }
-aside.sidebar a {
+.sidebar a {
   @include link-colors($sidebar-link-color, $hover: $sidebar-link-color-hover, $focus: $sidebar-link-color-hover, $active: $sidebar-link-color-active);
 }
 a {

.themes/classic/sass/partials/_blog.scss

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ article {
     }
     .blog-index & { background: none; padding-bottom: 0; }
     p {
-      font-size: .9em;
+      font-size: .8em;
       margin: 0;
       color: $text-color-light;
       &.meta { @extend .sans; position: absolute; top: 0; }

.themes/classic/sass/partials/_sharing.scss

@@ -1,3 +1,37 @@
+@mixin social-button-bg($img, $color: #444) {
+  color: $color;
+  &:visited, &:hover, &:visited:hover { color: $color; }
+  position: relative;
+  padding-left: image-width($img) + 6px;
+  &:before {
+    content: "";
+    background: image-url($img) no-repeat center center;
+    width: image-width($img);
+    height: image-height($img);
+    display: inline-block;
+    position: absolute; left: 3px;
+    top: 3px;
+  }
+}
+
+.simple-social-button {
+  display: inline-block;
+  border: 1px solid #ccc;
+  background-color: #e5e5e5;
+  @include background-image(linear-gradient(#fff, #ddd));
+  &:hover {
+    @include background-image(linear-gradient(#f5f5f5, #ccc));
+    border-color: #b5b5b5;
+    background-color: #ddd;
+  }
+  padding: .2em .5em .1em; line-height: 1.45em;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  font-weight: bold;
+  text-decoration: none;
+  text-shadow: #fff 0 1px;
+  @include border-radius(.3em);
+}
+
 .sharing {
   p.meta + & {
     padding: { top: 1em; left: 0; }
@@ -6,3 +40,16 @@
 }
 
 #fb-root { display: none; }
+
+.googleplus-share {
+  @extend .simple-social-button;
+  @include social-button-bg('googleplus.png', #db583b);
+}
+.facebook-share {
+  @extend .simple-social-button;
+  @include social-button-bg('facebook.png', #4e5a9b);
+}
+.twitter-share, .sidebar a.twitter-follow-button {
+  @extend .simple-social-button;
+  @include social-button-bg('twitter.png');
+}

.themes/classic/sass/partials/sidebar/_base.scss

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .side-shadow-border {
   @include box-shadow(lighten($sidebar-bg, 5) 0 1px);
 }
-aside.sidebar {
+.sidebar {
   overflow: hidden;
   color: $sidebar-color;
   text-shadow: lighten($sidebar-bg, 8) 0 1px;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ aside.sidebar {
     color: inherit;
     @include transition(color .5s);
   }
-  &:hover a {
+  &:hover p a, &:hover li a {
     color: $sidebar-link-color;
     &:hover { color: $sidebar-link-color-hover; }
   }

.themes/classic/source/_includes/after_footer.html

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 {% include disqus.html %}
+{% unless site.do_not_track %}
 {% include facebook_like.html %}
 {% include google_plus_one.html %}
 {% include twitter_sharing.html %}
+{% endunless %}
 {% include custom/after_footer.html %}

.themes/classic/source/_includes/custom/sharing.html

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{% comment %}
+You can add sharing buttons here. Just so you know, some services may use these buttons to track visitors to your site, and also these can trigger lots of http requests slowing your site down for low bandwidth and mobile users.
+{% endcomment %}

.themes/classic/source/_includes/facebook_like.html

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {% if site.facebook_like %}
 <div id="fb-root"></div>
-<script>(function(d, s, id) {
+<script type="text/javascript">(function(d, s, id) {
   var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
   if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}
   js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;

.themes/classic/source/_includes/post/sharing.html

@@ -1,11 +1,24 @@
 <div class="sharing">
   {% if site.twitter_tweet_button %}
-  <a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="{{ site.url }}{{ page.url }}" data-via="{{ site.twitter_user }}" data-counturl="{{ site.url }}{{ page.url }}" >Tweet</a>
+    {% if site.do_not_track %}
+      <a href="http://twitter.com/share" title="Tweet this" class="twitter-share" target="_blank">Tweet</a>
+    {% else %}
+      <a href="http://twitter.com/share" title="Tweet this" class="twitter-share-button twitter-share" data-url="{{ site.url }}{{ page.url }}" data-via="{{ site.twitter_user }}" data-counturl="{{ site.url }}{{ page.url }}" target="_blank" >Tweet</a>
+    {% endif %}
   {% endif %}
   {% if site.google_plus_one %}
+    {% if site.do_not_track %}
+      <a title="+1 on Google Plus" class="googleplus-share" href="https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/confirm?hl=en&url={{site.url}}{{page.url}}" target="_blank">+1</a>
+    {% else %}
       <div class="g-plusone" data-size="{{ site.google_plus_one_size }}"></div>
     {% endif %}
+  {% endif %}
   {% if site.facebook_like %}
+    {% if site.do_not_track %}
+    <a title="Share on Facebook" class="facebook-share" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?s=100&p[url]={{site.url}}{{page.url}}" target="_blank">Share</a>
+    {% else %}
       <div class="fb-like" data-send="true" data-width="450" data-show-faces="false"></div>
     {% endif %}
+  {% endif %}
+  {% include custom/sharing.html %}
 </div>

_config.yml

@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ pagination_dir: blog  # Directory base for pagination URLs eg. /blog/page/2/
 recent_posts: 5       # Posts in the sidebar Recent Posts section
 excerpt_link: "Read on →"  # "Continue reading" link text at the bottom of excerpted articles
 excerpt_in_feed: false # Truncate excerpted articles in the atom feed
-permalink_label: "∞"
-permalink_label_feed: "∞ Permalink"
+permalink_label: "Permalink"
+permalink_label_feed: "⚓ Permalink"
 linklog_marker: "→"
 linklog_marker_position: after
 linklog_marker_position_feed: after
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ default_asides: [asides/recent_posts.html, asides/github.html, asides/twitter.ht
 #   3rd Party Settings    #
 # ----------------------- #
 
+# Use text links instead of Javascript widgets for Twitter, Facebook and Google Plus
+do_not_track: false
+
 # Github repositories
 github_user:
 github_repo_count: 0