From bced40e2e8df1767c8cbbb8d131692fb88930d45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bashynx <bashynx@bashynx.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:19:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added rel="me" flag option into social media links

---
 _EXAMPLE_config.yml | 1 +
 layout/layout.ejs   | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/_EXAMPLE_config.yml b/_EXAMPLE_config.yml
index 2c7a9b5..eba5406 100644
--- a/_EXAMPLE_config.yml
+++ b/_EXAMPLE_config.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ social:
     enable: false
   - url: https://mastodon.social
     icon: fab fa-mastodon
+    relme: true               # rel="me" for verifying your blog / site
     enable: true
   - url: https://www.linkedin.com/  
     icon: fab fa-linkedin
diff --git a/layout/layout.ejs b/layout/layout.ejs
index e7c6065..b1bee99 100644
--- a/layout/layout.ejs
+++ b/layout/layout.ejs
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
     <script src="https://unpkg.com/imagesloaded@4/imagesloaded.pkgd.min.js"></script>
     <script src="https://unpkg.com/infinite-scroll@4/dist/infinite-scroll.pkgd.min.js"></script>
 
+    <script data-goatcounter="https://bashynx.goatcounter.com/count" async src="//gc.zgo.at/count.js"></script>
+
 
     <script>
         document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() {
@@ -111,7 +113,11 @@
                     <% theme.social.forEach(function(social) { %> 
                         <% if (social.enable) { %>
                             <span class="social-icon">
-                                <a href="<%= social.url %>" target="_blank">
+                                <% if (social.relme) { %>
+                                    <a rel="me" href="<%= social.url %>" target="_blank">
+                                <% } else { %>
+                                    <a href="<%= social.url %>" target="_blank">
+                                <% } %>
                                     <% if (theme.fontawesome) { %>
                                         <i class="<%= social.icon %>"></i>
                                     <% } else { %>