diff --git a/exampleSite/config.toml b/exampleSite/config.toml
index fcfef786..4e1d846c 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config.toml
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ defaultContentLanguageInSubdir = false
   # Show estimated reading time for posts?
   reading_time = true
 
+  # Display comment count? Requires commenting to be enabled.
+  comment_count = true
+
+  # Display section pager for posts?
+  section_pager = false
+
   # Enable global LaTeX math rendering?
   #   If false, you can enable it locally on a per page basis.
   math = false
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index 1f4c329c..596bfd0e 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -11,13 +11,26 @@
     <div class="article-style" itemprop="articleBody">
       {{ .Content }}
     </div>
+
+    {{ if isset $.Params "tags" }}
+    {{ $tagsLen := len $.Params.tags }}
+    {{ if gt $tagsLen 0 }}
+    <div class="article-tags">
+      {{ range $k, $v := $.Params.tags }}
+      <a class="btn btn-primary btn-outline" href="{{ "/tags/" | relLangURL }}{{ . | urlize | lower }}">{{ . }}</a>
+      {{ end }}
+    </div>
+    {{ end }}
+    {{ end }}
+
   </div>
 
 </article>
 
 {{ $related := .Site.RegularPages.Related . | first 5 }}
 {{ with $related }}
-<div class="article-container">
+<div class="article-container article-widget">
+  <div class="hr-light"></div>
   <h3>{{ i18n "related" }}</h3>
   <ul>
     {{ range . }}
@@ -27,9 +40,11 @@
 </div>
 {{ end }}
 
-<div class="container">
+{{ if .Site.Params.section_pager }}
+<div class="container article-widget">
   {{ partial "section_pager.html" . }}
 </div>
+{{ end }}
 
 <div class="article-container">
   {{ partial "comments.html" . }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/article_metadata.html b/layouts/partials/article_metadata.html
index 811ce3d9..b90e6048 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/article_metadata.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/article_metadata.html
@@ -12,14 +12,22 @@
   </span>
 
   {{ if ne $.Site.Params.reading_time false }}
+  <span class="middot-divider"></span>
   <span class="article-reading-time">
     {{ $.ReadingTime }} {{ i18n "minute_read" }}
   </span>
   {{ end }}
 
+  {{ $comments_enabled := and $.Site.DisqusShortname (not (or $.Site.Params.disable_comments $.Params.disable_comments)) }}
+  {{ if and $comments_enabled ($.Site.Params.comment_count | default true) }}
+  <span class="middot-divider"></span>
+  <a href="{{ $.Permalink }}#disqus_thread"><!-- Count will be inserted here --></a>
+  {{ end}}
+
   {{ if isset $.Params "categories" }}
   {{ $categoriesLen := len $.Params.categories }}
   {{ if gt $categoriesLen 0 }}
+  <span class="middot-divider"></span>
   <span class="article-categories">
     <i class="fa fa-folder"></i>
     {{ range $k, $v := $.Params.categories }}
@@ -30,19 +38,6 @@
   {{ end }}
   {{ end }}
 
-  {{ if isset $.Params "tags" }}
-  {{ $tagsLen := len $.Params.tags }}
-  {{ if gt $tagsLen 0 }}
-  <span class="article-tags">
-    <i class="fa fa-tags"></i>
-    {{ range $k, $v := $.Params.tags }}
-    <a href="{{ "/tags/" | relLangURL }}{{ . | urlize | lower }}">{{ . }}</a
-    >{{ if lt $k (sub $tagsLen 1) }}, {{ end }}
-    {{ end }}
-  </span>
-  {{ end }}
-  {{ end }}
-
   {{ if ne $is_list 1 }}
   {{ partial "share.html" $ }}
   {{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/css/academic.css b/layouts/partials/css/academic.css
index 422ff76c..67e73633 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/css/academic.css
+++ b/layouts/partials/css/academic.css
@@ -516,11 +516,14 @@ article {
   margin-bottom: 5px;
 }
 
-.article-metadata .article-date,
-.article-metadata .article-reading-time,
-.article-metadata .article-categories,
-.article-metadata .article-tags {
-  margin-right: 10px;
+.middot-divider {
+  padding-right: .45em;
+  padding-left: .45em;
+  font-size: 15px;
+}
+
+.middot-divider::after {
+  content: '\00B7';
 }
 
 .article-style img,
@@ -544,6 +547,20 @@ article {
   margin-bottom: 0;
 }
 
+.article-widget {
+  padding-top: 1rem;
+}
+
+.article-widget h3 {
+  margin-top: 0;
+}
+
+.hr-light {
+  border-top: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,.05);
+  margin-top: 0.5rem;
+  margin-bottom: 1rem;
+}
+
 #comments {
   padding-top: 1rem;
 }
diff --git a/layouts/partials/footer.html b/layouts/partials/footer.html
index 1e46620d..c164f0b4 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/footer.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/footer.html
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
     {{ $js := .Site.Data.sri.js }}
+
+    {{ $comments_enabled := and $.Site.DisqusShortname (not (or $.Site.Params.disable_comments $.Params.disable_comments)) }}
+    {{ if and $comments_enabled ($.Site.Params.comment_count | default true) }}
+    <script id="dsq-count-scr" src="//{{ .Site.DisqusShortname }}.disqus.com/count.js" async></script>
+    {{ end }}
+
     {{ if not .Site.Params.disable_sri }}
     {{ printf "<script src=\"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/%s/jquery.min.js\" integrity=\"%s\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"></script>" $js.jQuery.version $js.jQuery.sri | safeHTML }}
     {{ printf "<script src=\"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery.imagesloaded/%s/imagesloaded.pkgd.min.js\" integrity=\"%s\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"></script>" $js.imagesLoaded.version $js.imagesLoaded.sri | safeHTML }}