[Plugin: Simple Facebook Connect] shortcut codes or function?

I am using SFC & STC to add Fb-like and Twitter-Tweet buttons on my blog.

Although I can use the shortcodes [fb-like] [tweetbutton] to add the buttons before my post, I’d actually like to place the buttons to the right of my post title in order to conserve space.

It seems like the best thing for me to do is not use the shortcode for the buttons, but use a function to add the buttons in the php file. The only problem is I”m not sure where to try to add the function.

I’m using a theme, so I guess I’d need to add the function to one of the theme files, but I don’t know which one or where specifically to add the code. There are several files: loop.php, category.php, single.php. ???

I’d like to be able to wrap the function in a div, so I could style/postion the buttons. If it helps, this is my blog page. Oh, I’m also wondering if you can remove the numbers of likes/tweets to the right of the buttons. I’m not having success with CSS. (Maybe it’s not possible?)

Any assistance with this would be greatly appreciated.