Hi shlogos,
Your idea is great, however it is definitely a bit complicated to carry out.
1. In our demo, the ‘8’ number is a fixed value, It will not update automatically.
You must write your own custom module to display those values.
2. Hits is the number of times that the item has been viewed. It is not the facebook like.
And we are not able to customize the facebook like button,
For adding facebook like please add this block code
<div class="fb-like" data-send="false" data-layout="button_count" data-width="100" data-show-faces="true" data-href="<?php echo $this->item->readmore_link; ?>" ></div>
to templatesja_wallhtmlcom_contentcategoryblog_item.php at line 240 like below.
<?php if (($params->get('show_hits'))) : ?>
<dl class="article-hit">
<dd class="hits">
<?php echo JText::sprintf('TPL_WALL_COM_CONTENT_ARTICLE_HITS', $this->item->hits); ?>
</dd>
<div class="fb-like" data-send="false" data-layout="button_count" data-width="100" data-show-faces="true" data-href="<?php echo $this->item->readmore_link; ?>" ></div>
</dl>
<?php endif; ?>
You might give it a try, the result may not be good!
About the popup: Please give a try on ‘Image View’.
Regards