diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a9dcb0..057cfca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,10 +25,59 @@ Reference 'github.commits.widget.js' and containter div and place such script.
 </script>
 ```
 
-where, user is your github account, repo is name of repository and branch is the name of branch you want to track.
+This sample shows a short *last modification* message related to the site (e.g., `Last modification just now`):
+
+```yaml
+...
+baseurl:             "/my-repo"
+branch:              "gh-pages"
+...
+author:
+  name:              itsme
+...
+```
+
+```html
+Last modification<span id="last-site-mod"> unknown</span>
+```
+
+```html
+$(function() {
+	$('#last-site-mod').githubInfoWidget(
+		{ user: '{{ site.author.name }}', repo: '{{ site.baseurl }}', branch: '{{ site.branch }}', nouser: true, nomsg: true, abstime: false, simple: 2, last: 1, limitMessageTo: 500 });
+});
+</script>
+```
+
+This sample shows a short *last modification* message related to a specific page (e.g., `Last modification: 2016-10-03, about 2 hours ago`):
+
+```html
+Last modification: <span id="last-page-mod">unknown</span>
+```
+
+```html
+<script>
+$(function() {
+	$('#last-page-mod').githubInfoWidget(
+		{ user: '{{ site.author.name }}', repo: '{{ site.baseurl }}', branch: '{{ site.branch }}', path: '{{ page.path }}', nouser: true, nomsg: true, abstime: true, simple: 1, last: 1, limitMessageTo: 500 });
+});
+</script>
+```
 
 Configuration
 -------------
+
+* user is your github account
+* repo is name of repository; can be with or without initial `/`
+* branch is the name of branch you want to track
+* nouser (true/false/unset): if set to true, does not show user
+* noavatar (true/false/unset): if set to true, does not show avatar
+* nomsg (true/false/unset): if set to true, does not show message
+* abstime (true/false/unset): if set to true, shows absolute time
+* noreltime (true/false/unset): if set to true, does not show relative time
+* simple (unset, 1, 2): if set to 1, shows a simple message without list; if set to 2, also show the number of commits in the tooltip
+
+
 You might limit number commits shown in widget by providing with 'last' parameter:
 
 ```html
diff --git a/js/github.commits.widget.js b/js/github.commits.widget.js
index c043fd1..993a08a 100644
--- a/js/github.commits.widget.js
+++ b/js/github.commits.widget.js
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 /*
 
+Modified by ircama, 2016; added the following options:
+- nouser (true/false/unset): if set to true, does not show user
+- noavatar (true/false/unset): if set to true, does not show avatar
+- nomsg (true/false/unset): if set to true, does not show message
+- abstime (true/false/unset): if set to true, shows absolute time
+- noreltime (true/false/unset): if set to true, does not show relative time
+- simple (unset, 1, 2): if set to 1, shows a simple message without list; if set to 2, also show the number of commits in the tooltip
+
 https://github.com/alexanderbeletsky/github-commits-widget
 
 # Legal Info (MIT License)
@@ -35,11 +43,18 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 
     widget.prototype = (function() {
 
-        function getCommits(user, repo, branch, callback) {
+        function getCommits(user, repo, branch, path, simple, element, callback) {
             $.ajax({
-                url: "https://api.github.com/repos/" + user + "/" + repo + "/commits?sha=" + branch,
+                url: "https://api.github.com/repos/" + user + repo + "/commits?sha=" + branch + (path === undefined ? '' : "&path=" + path),
                 dataType: 'jsonp',
-                success: callback
+                success: callback,
+                error: function(){
+                  if (simple)
+                  {
+                    element.empty();
+                    element.append((simple < 2 ? ' ' : ': ') + '<span class="noprint">check ' + '<a class="github-commit" href="' + 'https://github.com/' + user + repo + '/commits/' + branch + (path === undefined ? '' : '/' + path) + '" target="_blank">here</a></span>');
+                  }
+                }
             });
         }
 
@@ -51,43 +66,84 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
             var callback = widget.callback;
             var element = widget.element;
             var user = widget.options.user;
+            var nouser = widget.options.nouser === undefined ? 0 : nouser = widget.options.nouser;
+            var noavatar = widget.options.noavatar === undefined ? 0 : noavatar = widget.options.noavatar;
+            var nomsg = widget.options.nomsg === undefined ? 0 : widget.options.nomsg;
+            var abstime = widget.options.abstime === undefined ? 0 : widget.options.abstime;
+            var noreltime = widget.options.noreltime === undefined ? 0 : widget.options.noreltime;
             var repo = widget.options.repo;
+            if ((repo.length<1) || (repo.substring(0, 1) != '/'))
+              repo = '/' + repo;
             var branch = widget.options.branch;
+            var path = widget.options.path;
             var avatarSize = widget.options.avatarSize || 20;
+            var simple = widget.options.simple === undefined ? 0 : widget.options.simple;
             var last = widget.options.last === undefined ? 0 : widget.options.last;
             var limitMessage = widget.options.limitMessageTo === undefined ? 0 : widget.options.limitMessageTo;
 
-            getCommits(user, repo, branch, function (data) {
+            getCommits(user, repo, branch, path, simple, element, function (data) {
                 var commits = data.data;
                 var totalCommits = (last < commits.length ? last : commits.length);
 
                 element.empty();
 
-                var list = $('<ul class="github-commits-list">').appendTo(element);
+                if (totalCommits  === undefined)
+                {
+                  element.append((simple < 2 ? ' ' : ': ') + '<span class="noprint">check ' + '<a class="github-commit" href="' + 'https://github.com/' + user + repo + '/commits/' + branch + (path === undefined ? '' : '/' + path) + '" target="_blank">here</a></span>');
+                  return;
+                }
+
+                if (!simple)
+                  var list = $('<ul class="github-commits-list">').appendTo(element);
+
                 for (var c = 0; c < totalCommits; c++) {
                     var cur = commits[c];
-                    var li = $("<li>");
 
-                    var e_user = $('<span class="github-user">');
-                    //add avatar & github link if possible
-                    if (cur.author !== null) {
-                        e_user.append(avatar(cur.author.gravatar_id, avatarSize));
-                        e_user.append(author(cur.author.login));
+                    if (simple)
+                    {
+                    element.append(' ');
+
+                    var li = $('<a class="github-commit">')
+                      .attr("title", ((simple < 2) ? 'Last commits: ' + commits.length + '. Message in last commit:\n' : '') + cur.commit.message)
+                      .attr("href", 'https://github.com/' + user + repo + '/commits/' + branch + (path === undefined ? '' : '/' + path))
+                      .attr("target","_blank")
+                      .appendTo(element);
                     }
-                    else //otherwise just list the name
+                    else
                     {
-                        e_user.append(cur.commit.committer.name);
+                      var li = $("<li>");
                     }
 
-                    li.append(e_user);
+                    if (!nouser)
+                    {
+                      var e_user = $('<span class="github-user">');
+                      //add avatar & github link if possible
+                      if (cur.author !== null) {
+                          if (!noavatar)
+                            e_user.append(avatar(cur.author.gravatar_id, avatarSize));
+                          e_user.append(author(cur.author.login));
+                      }
+                      else //otherwise just list the name
+                      {
+                          e_user.append(cur.commit.committer.name);
+                      }
+                      li.append(e_user);
+                    }
 
                     //add commit message
-                    li.append(message(cur.commit.message, cur.sha));
-                    li.append(when(cur.commit.committer.date));
+                    if (!nomsg)
+                      li.append(message(cur.commit.message, cur.sha));
 
-                    list.append(li);
-                }
+                    if (abstime)
+                    {
+                      li.append('<span class=github-commit-date>' + timewhen(cur.commit.committer.date) + '</span>');
+                    }
+                    if (!noreltime)
+                      li.append('<span class="github-commit-reltime noprint">' + (abstime ? ', ' : '') + when(cur.commit.committer.date) + '</span>');
 
+                    if (!simple)
+                      list.append(li);
+                }
 
                 callback(element);
 
@@ -112,7 +168,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 
                     var link = $('<a class="github-commit"></a>')
                       .attr("title", originalCommitMessage)
-                      .attr("href", 'https://github.com/' + user + '/' + repo + '/commit/' + sha)
+                      .attr("href", 'https://github.com/' + user + repo + '/commit/' + sha)
                       .text(commitMessage);
 
                     return link;
@@ -139,8 +195,21 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
                     } else if (differenceInDays == 1) {
                         return 'yesterday';
                     }
+                    if (differenceInDays > 365)
+                    {
+                      return 'about ' + ( Math.round( differenceInDays / 365 * 10) / 10 )  + ' year(s) ago';
+                    }
+                    if (differenceInDays > 60)
+                    {
+                      return 'about ' + ( Math.round( differenceInDays / 30 * 10) / 10 )  + ' month(s) ago';
+                    }
                     return differenceInDays + ' days ago';
                 }
+
+                function timewhen(commitDate) {
+                    var localedate = new Date(commitDate).toISOString().slice(0, 10);
+                    return localedate;
+                }
             });
         }