Remove share buttons

About 0.19% of visitors in the past 12 months have clicked the share buttons at all. The code is a little ugly, and it wastes a tiny bit of space at the bottom of the page. I don't think it's really worth having. And I think people probably print a page through the browser UI anyways.
2025-09-02 17:37:35 -05:00 · 2025-08-09 00:22:27 -05:00
11 changed files with 14 additions and 195 deletions
--- a/assets/css/bobastyle.css
+++ b/assets/css/bobastyle.css
@@ -668,43 +668,6 @@ footer p {
  padding: 8px 15px;
 }

-/* Social media share buttons */
-
-.share-buttons {
-  background: var(--background-1);
-  color: var(--text-1);
-  margin: 25px 0;
-  padding: 8px 0;
-  border-radius: 8px;
-  display: flex;
-  gap: 8px;
-  justify-content: center;
-  font-size: 32px;
-}
-
-.share-buttons a {
-  background-color: var(--background-2);
-  color: var(--text-2);
-  padding: 4px;
-  border-radius: 8px;
-}
-.share-buttons a:hover {
-  background-color: var(--background-3);
-  color: var(--text-3);
-}
-
-.share-buttons svg {
-  display: block;
-}
-
-/* https://stackoverflow.com/a/72073682/19003757 */
-/*
-.telegram-share > svg {
-  transform: scale(1.5);
-  margin: 9px -9px -9px 9px;
-}
-*/
-
 /* See also formating */
 .see-also {
  background-color: var(--background-1);
@@ -784,13 +747,10 @@ footer p {
  padding: 4px 8px;
  border-top-left-radius: 8px;
  border-top-right-radius: 8px;
-  height: 2em;
-}
-.code-block > .code-header > * {
-  margin: auto 0;
 }
 .code-block > .code-header > .code-type {
  border-top-left-radius: 8px;
+  margin: auto 0;
 }
 /* TODO: make the code copy button prettier */
 .code-block > .code-header > .code-copy-button {
@@ -940,7 +900,6 @@ aside.quote {
  .post-meta-view-markdown,
  .code-copy-button,
  .prevnext,
-  .share-buttons,
  .related-posts {
    display: none;
  }
--- a/assets/css/comments.css
+++ b/assets/css/comments.css
@@ -1,14 +1,3 @@
-.comments > h2 {
-    margin-bottom: 0;
-}
-.comments .email-address-notice {
-    margin: 0;
-    font-size: smaller;
-}
-.comments .enable-javascript-notice {
-    font-style: italic;
-}
-
 /* Isso styling */
 h4.isso-thread-heading {
    color: var(--text-0);
--- a/assets/css/noscript.css
+++ b/assets/css/noscript.css
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-.code-copy-button {
-  display: none;
-}
--- a/assets/js/share-event.js
+++ b/assets/js/share-event.js
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-function share_event(service) {
-    plausible("Share", {props: {Network: service}});
-}
--- a/i18n/en.yaml
+++ b/i18n/en.yaml
@@ -125,21 +125,3 @@ aria_navbar:

 aria_table_of_contents:
  other: "table of contents"
-
-aria_share_twitter:
-  other: "share to twitter button"
-
-aria_share_facebook:
-  other: "share to facebook button"
-
-aria_share_linkedin:
-  other: "share to linkedin button"
-
-aria_share_reddit:
-  other: "share to reddit button"
-
-aria_share_telegram:
-  other: "share to telegram button"
-
-aria_share_print:
-  other: "print article button"
--- a/layouts/_partials/comments.html
+++ b/layouts/_partials/comments.html
@@ -1,20 +1,15 @@
-{{/* put comments CSS here instead of in <head> so that it doesn't get
-   * loaded unnecessarily on regular pages
-   */}}
 {{ with resources.Get "css/comments.css" | fingerprint "sha512" }}
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{{ .Permalink }}" integrity="{{ .Data.Integrity }}" crossorigin="anonymous">
 {{ end }}

-<h2>Comments</h2>
-<p class="email-address-notice">
+<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0;">Comments</h2>
+<p style="margin: 0; font-size: smaller;">
    If you provide an email address, you can enable notifications for
    replies to your comment. It will not be shown publicly.
 </p>

 <noscript>
-    <p class="enable-javascript-notice">
-        Enable JavaScript to see the comment section.
-    </p>
+    <i>Enable JavaScript to see the comment section.</i>
 </noscript>

 <section id="isso-thread" data-title="{{ .Title }}"></section>
--- a/layouts/_partials/head.html
+++ b/layouts/_partials/head.html
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@
    {{ with resources.Get "css/bobastyle.css" | fingerprint "sha512" }}
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{{ .Permalink }}" integrity="{{ .Data.Integrity }}" crossorigin="anonymous">
    {{ end }}
-    {{ with resources.Get "css/noscript.css" | fingerprint "sha512" }}
-        <noscript>
-            <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{{ .Permalink }}" integrity="{{ .Data.Integrity }}" crossorigin="anonymous">
-        </noscript>
-    {{ end }}
-
    {{ with resources.Get "css/syntax.css" | fingerprint "sha512" }}
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{{ .Permalink }}" integrity="{{ .Data.Integrity }}" crossorigin="anonymous" media="print" onload="this.media='all'">
    {{ end }}
@@ -25,9 +19,6 @@
    {{ if not hugo.IsServer }}
        <script defer data-domain="bbaovanc.com" src="https://plausible.bbaovanc.com/js/bobalytics.outbound-links.js"></script>
        <script>window.plausible = window.plausible || function() { (window.plausible.q = window.plausible.q || []).push(arguments) }</script>
-        {{ with resources.Get "js/share-event.js" | fingerprint "sha512" }}
-            <script defer src="{{ .Permalink }}" integrity="{{ .Data.Integrity }}" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
-        {{ end }}
    {{ end }}
    {{ $isso_url := .Permalink }}
    {{ if .IsTranslated }}
--- a/layouts/_partials/seo-tags/opengraph.html
+++ b/layouts/_partials/seo-tags/opengraph.html
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@
 <meta property="og:type" content="{{ if .IsPage }}article{{ else }}website{{ end }}">
 <meta property="og:url" content="{{ .Permalink }}">

+{{ $images := $.Resources.ByType "image" }}
+{{ $featured := $images.GetMatch "*feature*" }}
+{{ if not $featured }}
+    {{ $featured = $images.GetMatch "{*cover*,*thumbnail*}" }}
+{{ end }}
+
+{{ with $featured }}
+    <meta property="og:image" content="{{ $featured.Permalink }}">
+{{ end }}
+
 {{ with .Section }}
    <meta property="article:section" content="{{ . }}">
 {{ end }}
@@ -27,38 +37,12 @@
    <meta property="og:site_name" content="{{ . }}">
 {{ end }}

-{{ $images := $.Resources.ByType "image" }}
-{{ $featured := $images.GetMatch "*feature*" }}
-{{ if not $featured }}
-    {{ $featured = $images.GetMatch "{*cover*,*thumbnail*}" }}
-{{ end }}
-
-{{ with $featured }}
-    <meta property="og:image" content="{{ $featured.Permalink }}">
-    {{ with .Params.alt }}
-        <meta property="og:image:alt" content="{{ . }}">
-    {{ end }}
-    {{ with .MediaType }}
-        <meta property="og:image:type" content="{{ . }}">
-    {{ end }}
-    {{ with .Width }}
-        <meta property="og:image:width" content="{{ . }}">
-    {{ end }}
-    {{ with .Height }}
-        <meta property="og:image:height" content="{{ . }}">
-    {{ end }}
-{{ end }}
-
 {{ $videos := $.Resources.ByType "video" }}
 {{ $featured_video := $videos.GetMatch "*feature*" }}
 {{ if not $featured_video }}
    {{ $featured_video = $videos.GetMatch "{*cover*,*thumbnail*}" }}
 {{ end }}

-
 {{ with $featured_video }}
    <meta property="og:video" content="{{ $featured_video.Permalink | absURL }}">
-    {{ with .MediaType }}
-        <meta property="og:video:type" content="{{ . }}">
-    {{ end }}
 {{ end }}
--- a/layouts/_partials/seo-tags/twitter-cards.html
+++ b/layouts/_partials/seo-tags/twitter-cards.html
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
   */}}
 {{ with .Site.Params.social.twitter }}
    <meta name="twitter:site" content="@{{ . }}">
-{{ else }}
-    {{ errorf "a twitter username is required for twitter cards to work" }}
 {{ end }}
 {{ with .GetTerms "authors" }}
    {{ range . }}
--- a/layouts/_partials/share.html
+++ b/layouts/_partials/share.html
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-<div class="share-buttons">
-    {{ if .Site.Params.shareButtons.twitter }}
-        <a class="twitter-share"
-           target="_blank"
-           rel="noopener"
-           aria-label="{{ i18n "aria_share_twitter" }}"
-           onclick="share_event('Twitter');"
-           href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url={{ .Permalink }}&text={{ .Title }}&via=bbaovanc">
-            {{- partial "icon.html" "twitter" -}}
-        </a>
-    {{ end }}
-
-    {{ if .Site.Params.shareButtons.facebook }}
-        <a class="facebook-share"
-           target="_blank"
-           rel="noopener"
-           aria-label="{{ i18n "aria_share_facebook" }}"
-           onclick="share_event('Facebook');"
-           href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u={{ .Permalink }}">
-            {{- partial "icon.html" "facebook" -}}
-        </a>
-    {{ end }}
-
-    {{ if .Site.Params.shareButtons.linkedin }}
-        <a class="linkedin-share"
-           target="_blank"
-           rel="noopener"
-           aria-label="{{ i18n "aria_share_linkedin" }}"
-           onclick="share_event('LinkedIn');"
-           href="https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url={{ .Permalink }}">
-            {{- partial "icon.html" "linkedin" -}}
-        </a>
-    {{ end }}
-
-    {{ if .Site.Params.shareButtons.reddit }}
-        <a class="reddit-share"
-           target="_blank"
-           rel="noopener"
-           aria-label="{{ i18n "aria_share_reddit" }}"
-           onclick="share_event('Reddit');"
-           href="https://reddit.com/submit?url={{ .Permalink }}&title={{ .Title }}">
-            {{- partial "icon.html" "reddit" -}}
-        </a>
-    {{ end }}
-
-    {{/* Telegram icon doesn't have `viewbox` set, which breaks the sizing.
-            https://stackoverflow.com/q/72073399/19003757
-            https://github.com/michaelampr/jam/issues/39
-    {{ if .Site.Params.shareButtons.telegram }}
-        <a class="telegram-share"
-           target="_blank"
-           rel="noopener"
-           aria-label="{{ i18n "aria_share_telegram" }}"
-           onclick="share_event('Telegram');"
-           href="https://t.me/share/url?url={{ .Permalink }}&text={{ .Title }}">
-            {{- partial "icon.html" "telegram" -}}
-        </a>
-    {{ end }}
-    */}}
-
-    {{ if .Site.Params.shareButtons.print }}
-        <a class="print-share"
-           aria-label="{{ i18n "aria_share_print" }}"
-           href="javascript:void(0)"
-           onclick="window.print(); share_event('Print');">
-            {{- partial "icon.html" "printer" -}}
-        </a>
-    {{ end }}
-</div>
--- a/layouts/page.html
+++ b/layouts/page.html
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@
        </div>
    {{ end }}

-    {{ if .Site.Params.shareButtons }}
-        {{ partial "share.html" . }}
-    {{ end }}
-
    {{ if .Params.comments }}
        <div class="comments">
            {{ partial "comments.html" . }}