This open-source web app, built with the magical documentation site generator Docsify, provides a quick way to publish one or more online Markdown files as standalone web pages without needing to set up your own website.
Figure 1. Docsify-This.net Web Page Builder.
- What Problem Does Docsify-This Solve?
- Docsify-This Core Design Principles
- How Docsify-This Works
- Read What People are Saying about Docsify-This
- Example Content Workflows
- Ready-to-Use Docsify-This Markdown Templates
- Additional Docsify-This Markdown Examples and Templates
- Page Appearance URL Parameters
- Embedding Docsify-This Pages into Other Platforms
- Markdown Syntax References
- Font Awesome Icons
- Supported Markdown CSS Classes
- Custom Markdown CSS Classes
- Tips and Techniques
- Editing Docsify-This Markdown Files on your Desktop
- Improving Markdown Previews in Text Editors
- Looking for Even More Customization and Control?
- Troubleshooting
- Privacy Policy Summary
- Contact and Support
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Docsify-This provides an easy way to display and share Markdown content in various contexts, with no website setup or build process required. Collaborative authoring using GitHub or Codeberg is also supported.
With Docsify-This you can:
- Publish your Markdown files as standalone web pages, with no website setup or build process required
- Visually style your standalone web pages using a point-and-click Web Page Builder
- Share existing GitHub-hosted Markdown files as standalone web pages, with an optional 'Edit this Page' link
- Seamlessly embed constraint-free Markdown/HTML, which you have authored, into other platforms (e.g. LMS or CMS)
- Reuse existing Markdown content by seamlessly embedding it within other platforms (e.g. LMS or CMS)
- Utilize the supported URL parameters when embedding content to match each destination platform better visually
- Frictionless Markdown publishing
- Flexible content display handling
- Your content, your control
- Support the 5 Rs of OER
- Authors helping other authors
Docsify-This is a customized Docsify Open Publishing Starter Kit site configured to render remote Markdown files via URL parameters in the following format:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=URLpath&homepage=filename.md
The basePath Docsify parameter is the URL path containing the raw source Markdown file to render. If the file is named the expected default README.md then no other parameter are required, otherwise the homepage Docsify parameter must also be included set to the name of the file to render. An example Docsify-This URL would be: https://docsify-this.net/?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-this-one-page-article/main&homepage=home.md
To render a file stored in a public GitHub repository you need to use the raw source URL of that file (i.e. raw.githubusercontent.com) - tap the Raw button when viewing a file to get this URL when not using the above Web Page Builder, which does this automatically. It is also possible to render a file stored in a private GitHub repository by activating GitHub Pages within that repository and then using the GitHub Pages URL of that file (i.e. username.github.io).
The appearance of rendered Markdown files can be customized by optional URL parameters and a small set of available CSS Classes within source Markdown files. In addition to supporting standard Markdown, Embed.ly, H5P, Katex, Mermaid Diagrams and RunKit are included. Optionally, page annotation with Hypothes.is can be enabled.
Looking for an overall introduction to publishing with Docsify-This? Check out Markdown Publishing with Docsify-This.
I’m blown away just by the fact you put a (Markdown file) URL into Docsify-This and then you get a URL back for a web page… done! Take the URL and go. It is so seamless.
— J. Groom, Reclaim Today Episode 39 (Co-founder, Reclaim Hosting)
I've been using Docsify-This for my graduate publishing production course, partly to explore new models in markdown publishing, but partly also to tame Canvas, which I find awkward and cumbersome. Keeping all my course notes as plain text files and deploying them through Github and Docsify-this is easy and makes my course development a breeze. Plus, I keep all my materials locally, and can use re-use them without being reliant on Canvas.
— J. Maxwell (Director & Associate Professor in the Publishing Program at Simon Fraser University)
Docsify-This has significantly improved my WordPress themes by being able to seamlessly embed into the interface the same documentation I use in the GitHub repository. This in turn has lead me to write better docs! I've barely scratched the surface of what Docsify-This can do as a simple-to-use web publishing tool.
— A. Levine aka CogDog (Independent Educational Technologist)
Docsify-This.net open and collaborative workflow using GitHub Markdown files.
Docsify-This.net workflow using Webserver Markdown files.
While all you need to get going with Docsify-This is a basic Markdown file, below are some templates you can use that show what is possible with Markdown, images, and even a few HTML snippets!
To use these templates you would generally do the following (template specific instructions are included with each template):
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Tap Use this template in the chosen template repository (upper-right green button) and then choose Create a new repository
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Choose the name for your new repository to contain the files and then tap Create repository to copy the template files to your own GitHub account
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View the home.md Markdown file in your newly created repository and copy it's URL
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Go to https://docsify-this.net and paste the copied URL into the Markdown File URL field
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Select the page options you want (e.g. Docsify Sidebar) and tap the Publish as a Standalone Web Page button to view your Markdown file as a web page for sharing or embedding
Now that the template files are located on your own GitHub account, modify their content to fit your needs.
One Page Article home.md file displayed by Docsify-This as a:
- Standalone Page
- Standalone Page with Table of Contents including h2 and h3 Headers and an 'Edit this Page' link
- Standalone Page with Docsify Sidebar with maxLevel of 3 (H3) and an 'Edit this Page' link
One Page Course home.md file displayed by Docsify-This as a:
- Standalone Page
- Standalone Page with Table of Contents and an 'Edit this Page' link
- Standalone Page with Docsify Sidebar and an 'Edit this Page' link
Multiple Page Site home.md file, including the use of the Markdown CSS class header-image-full-width, displayed by Docsify-This as:
- Standalone Pages
- Standalone Pages using the Merriweather font
- Standalone Pages using the Merriweather font and red links
- Standalone Pages and 'Edit this Page' links
- Standalone Pages and 'Edit this Page' links using the Merriweather font
- Standalone Pages with Docsify Navbar
- Standalone Pages with Footer and an 'Edit this Page' link
- Standalone Pages with Docsify Navbar and 'GitHub Repository' link
Multiple Page Course Site home.md file, including the use of a Docsify custom Sidebar file and Docsify custom Navbar file, displayed by Docsify-This as:
- Standalone Site
- Standalone Site with custom Favicon
- Standalone Site with Website logo
- Standalone Site with Search
- Standalone Site with Pagination buttons
- Standalone Site with a 'Propose an Edit to this Site' link
- Standalone Site with Footer and a 'Propose an Edit to this Site' link
Example pages, including the use of the font-family, font-size and hide-credits URL parameters for seamless content embedding within the Canvas LMS, as displayed by Docsify-This:
- Embeddable Home Page
- Embeddable Weekly Module Page
- Embeddable Schedule Page
- Embeddable Topics Page
- Embeddable Resources Page
- Embeddable UX Techniques Guide Page (using Accordion format)
- Embeddable Contact Page
View an example Canvas LMS site using Docsify-This content at https://canvas.sfu.ca/courses/76692.
GitHub Training Manual Working Locally with Git Markdown file, displayed by Docsify-This as a:
Easy Markdown to Github Pages linked set of Markdown files, displayed by Docsify-This as:
- Standalone Pages
- Standalone Pages with Table of Contents and an 'Edit this Page' link
- Standalone Pages with Docsify Sidebar and an 'Edit this Page' link
A Collection of GitHub Markdown files used as course content within an SFU CMPT-363 Canvas LMS site.
A Collection of GitHub Markdown files with inline CSS used as a standalone multiple page SFU CMPT-363 course site with SFU visual branding and the Docsify Search plugin enabled, standalone multiple page SFU CMPT-363 course site with SFU visual branding and website logo, and an example single Markdown file with default visual styling for embeddeding.
GitHub Markdown Content Demo file, displayed by Docsify-This as a Standalone Page with 'Edit this Page' link using the new GitHub.dev Web editor (currently in Beta).
GitHub Markdown Content Demo file, displayed by Docsify-This as a Standalone Page with 'View raw Markdown' link.
Codeberg Markdown Content Demo file, displayed by Docsify-This as a Standalone Page with 'View raw Markdown' link.
GitHub's LaTeX Support Examples Markdown file, displayed by Docsify-This as a Standalone Page with an 'Edit this Page' link.
Mermaid-Docsify Example GitHub Markdown file, displayed by Docsify-This as a Standalone Page with an 'Edit this Page' link.
Docsify-This Multi-language Site Template, displayed by Docsify-This as a:
- Standalone Site with Docsify Sidebar and Navbar
- Standalone Site with Docsify Sidebar, Navbar and Footer
Docsify-This Simple Visual Portfolio Template (based on Notion Portfolio Template), displayed by Docsify-This as a:
- Standalone Site
- Standalone Site with automatic light/dark theme switching
- Standalone Site using the Merriweather font
- Standalone Site with zoomable images
Docsify-This Visual Portfolio Template (based on Notion Portfolio Template), displayed by Docsify-This as a:
- Standalone Site
- Standalone Site with automatic light/dark theme switching
- Standalone Site with larger font size
- Standalone Site with zoomable images
- Standalone Site with pagination
A simple Markdown Student Portfolio Starter Template (based on Markdown Student Portfolio Template by Justin Thoreson) which is viewable on both GitHub and with Docsify-This.net, displayed by Docsify-This as:
- Standalone Site
- Standalone Site with automatic light/dark theme switching
- Standalone Site using the Merriweather font
- Standalone Site using the Merriweather font and red links
- Standalone Site with zoomable images
- Standalone Site with 'Edit this Page' links
- browser-tab-title
- edit-link
- edit-link-text
- edit-link-top
- font-family
- font-size
- header-weight
- hide-credits
- hypothesis
- line-height
- link-color
- maxLevel
- sidebar
- toc
- toc-headings
- toc-narrow
- zoom-images
Set a custom title on Browser tab for your standalone pages with the optional browser-tab-title parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paulhibbitts/demo-grav-open-matter-course-hub/master/pages/04.resources&homepage=page.md&browser-tab-title=Resources Please note to use titles with spaces they must be encoded, so "My Page" would be "My%20Page".
Display a "Edit this Page" link (default location is bottom of page) with the optional edit-link parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-course-starter-kit/main&edit-link=https://github.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-publishing-starter-kit/blob/main/README.md
Change the default text for a "Edit this Page" link with the optional edit-link-text parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-course-starter-kit/main&edit-link=https://github.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-publishing-starter-kit/blob/main/README.md&edit-link-text=View%20as%20Markdown Please note to use text with spaces they must be encoded, so "View as Markdown" would be "View%20as%20Markdown".
Change the location of the "Edit this Page" link from the bottom of pages to be the top of pages with the optional edit-link-top parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-course-starter-kit/main&toc=true&edit-link=https://github.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-publishing-starter-kit/blob/main/README.md&edit-link-top=true
Set a custom font for your standalone pages with the optional font-family parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-course-starter-kit/main/docs&homepage=resources.md&font-family=Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif. This parameter can be particularly valuable when trying to better match the visual presentation of embedded content with your destination platform. Please note to use fonts with spaces in their names they must be encoded, so "Courier New" would be "Courier%20New".
Set a custom font size for your standalone pages with the optional font-size parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-course-starter-kit/main/docs&homepage=resources.md&font-size=1. This parameter can be particularly valuable when trying to better match the visual presentation of embedded content with your destination platform. Please note the font size is set in REM units.
Set a custom header weight (default is 400 - regular) for your standalone pages with the optional header-weight parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-course-starter-kit/main/docs&homepage=resources.md&header-weight=600.
Hide the credits usually shown at the bottom of every displayed Docsify-This page with the optional hide-credits parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-course-starter-kit/main/docs&homepage=resources.md&hide-credits=true.
Enable page annotation with Hypothes.is with the optional hypothesiss parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-course-starter-kit/main/docs&homepage=resources.md&hypothesis=true.
Set a custom line height for your standalone pages with the optional line-height parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-course-starter-kit/main/docs&homepage=resources.md&line-height=1.5.
Set a custom color for all links, defined using the standard hexadecimal format without the '#' symbol with the optional link-color parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-course-starter-kit/main/docs&homepage=resources.md&link-color=CC0000.
Set the maximum header level of the Docsify sidebar with the optional maxLevel Docsify parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-publishing-starter-kit/main/docs&homepage=introduction.md&sidebar=true&maxLevel=3
Display a Docsify sidebar with the optional sidebar parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-course-starter-kit/main&sidebar=true
Display a page table of contents with the optional toc parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-publishing-starter-kit/main/docs&homepage=introduction.md&toc=true
Set the page heading levels (i.e. h1, h2, etc.) to be included in the Page Table of Contents with the optional toc-headings parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-publishing-starter-kit/main/docs&homepage=introduction.md&toc=true&toc-headings=h1,h2,h3.
Use a less wide Page Table of Contents with the optional toc-narrow parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-publishing-starter-kit/main/docs&homepage=introduction.md&toc-narrow=true. This parameter can be particularly valuable when embedding content where a smaller screen area is likely.
Enable image zoom (tapping on images to enlarge them) with the optional zoom-images Docsify parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paulhibbitts/docsify-this-markdown-content-demo/main&zoom-images=true. To exclude images, use .
The following additional URL parameters are also available for use in Docsify-This URLs, and are included in the Advanced Web Page Builder.
- coverpage
- coverpage-color
- coverpage-color-dark-mode
- dark-mode
- link-color-dark-mode
- loadFavicon
- loadFooter
- loadNavbar
- loadSidebar
- logo
- name
- page-title
- pagination
- search
- submaxLevel
Display a Docsify custom coverpage with the optional coverpage parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-publishing-starter-kit/main/docs&homepage=home.md&coverpage=_coverpage.md
Set a custom color for the coverpage with the optional coverpage-color parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-publishing-starter-kit/main/docs&homepage=home.md&coverpage=_coverpage.md&coverpage-color=cc0000
Set a custom color for the coverpage in dark mode with the optional coverpage-color-dark-mode parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-publishing-starter-kit/main/docs&homepage=home.md&dark-mode=true&link-color=CC0000&link-color-dark-mode=FF9E9E&coverpage=_coverpage.md&coverpage-color=cc0000&coverpage-color-dark-mode=4d0000
Automatically switch light/dark theme based on system OS-level preference, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-publishing-starter-kit/main/docs&homepage=introduction.md&dark-mode=true
Set a custom color for all links in dark mode, defined using the standard hexadecimal format without the '#' symbol with the optional link-color-dark-mode parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-course-starter-kit/main/docs&homepage=resources.md&link-color=CC0000&dark-mode=true&link-color-dark-mode=FF9E9E.
You can set a custom Favicon from the image file passed from the optional loadFavicon parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paulhibbitts/docsify-this-markdown-content-demo/main&loadFavicon=open-access.png
Load a Docsify footer from the Markdown file in the current directory passed with the optional loadFooter Docsify parameter, for example: https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-publishing-starter-kit/main/docs&homepage=introduction.md&loadFooter=_footer.md
Load a Docsify custom navbar from the Markdown file passed with the optional loadNavbar Docsify parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-open-publishing-starter-kit/main/docs&homepage=introduction.md&loadNavbar=_navbar.md
Load a Docsify custom sidebar from the Markdown file passed with the optional loadSidebar Docsify parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net/?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paulhibbitts/docsify-this-cmpt-363-222-site/main&homepage=home.md&sidebar=true&loadSidebar=_sidebar-with-home.md
Display a logo image for the Website in a Docsify custom Sidebar (i.e. file 'logo.png) with the optional logo Docsify parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net/?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-this-multiple-page-course-site/main&homepage=home.md&sidebar=true&loadSidebar=_sidebar.md&loadNavbar=_navbar.md&name=CPT-363&logo=/images/logo.png The full folder path and filename must be provided. When a Website name is provided it will be used as the alt text for the logo.
Display the name for the Website in a Docsify custom Sidebar (i.e. file '_sidebar.md) with the optional name Docsify parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net/?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-this-multiple-page-course-site/main&homepage=home.md&sidebar=true&loadSidebar=_sidebar.md&loadNavbar=_navbar.md&search=true&name=CPT-363 When this parameter is provided it will be automatically used as the Browser tab title as well.
Set a custom page title at the top of your standalone pages with the optional page-title parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paulhibbitts/demo-grav-open-matter-course-hub/master/pages/04.resources&homepage=page.md&page-title=Resources Please note to use titles with spaces they must be encoded, so "My Page" would be "My%20Page".
Display Pagination buttons in page content area (Docsify custom Sidebar required) with the optional pagination parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-this-multiple-page-course-site/main&homepage=home.md&sidebar=true&loadSidebar=_sidebar.md&loadNavbar=_navbar.md&search=true&pagination=true
Enable the Docsify Search plugin (which currently includes matches for text and markup) on multiple page sites including a custom Sidebar with the optional search Docsify parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-this-multiple-page-course-site/main&homepage=home.md&sidebar=true&loadSidebar=_sidebar.md&loadNavbar=_navbar.md&search=true
Set the maximum automatic table of contents header levels in Docsify custom Sidebar (i.e. file '_sidebar.md) with the optional subMaxLevel Docsify parameter, for example:
https://docsify-this.net/?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paulhibbitts/docsify-this-cmpt-363-222-site/main&homepage=home.md&sidebar=true&loadSidebar=_sidebar-with-home.md&subMaxLevel=1
Embed content in Canvas
iFrame code example, including URL parameters to seamlessly match Docsify-This content to Canvas:
<p><iframe style="overflow: hidden; border: 0px #ffffff none; background: #ffffff;" src="https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paulhibbitts/cmpt-363-222-pages/main&homepage=home.md&font-family=Lato%20Extended,Lato,Helvetica%20Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif&font-size=1&hide-credits=true" width="800px" height="1400px" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>If a scroll bar is present, you may want to re-edit your iFrame code and adjust the "height" value.
How do I add an external URL as a module item?
Module external link example, with Page Table of Contents:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paulhibbitts/cmpt-363/main/docs/222&homepage=week-02.md&toc-narrow=true&font-family=Lato%20Extended,Lato,Helvetica%20Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif&font-size=1&hide-credits=trueCreating a custom link in your course navigation using the Redirect Tool
Redirect URL field example:
https://docsify-this.net/?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paulhibbitts/cmpt-363-222-pages/main&homepage=resources.md&edit-link=https://github.com/paulhibbitts/cmpt-363-222-pages/blob/main/resources.md&font-family=Lato%20Extended,Lato,Helvetica%20Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif&font-size=1&hide-credits=trueiFrame (for embedding content within pages)
External tool (for adding a link to course navigation or elements)
The display of Font Awesome Free icons within Markdown content is supported with the following format:
:fas fa-home fa-fw:
The above Markdown is equivalent to the HTML markup <i class="fas fa-home fa-fw"></i>.
The following style prefixes are available with Docsify-This:
- accordion
- badge
- banner-image
- banner-tall-image
- button
- button-rounded
- button-secondary
- button-secondary-rounded
- embedly-card
- header-image-fade
- header-image-full-width
- image-75/image-50/image-25
- image-75-border/image-50-border/image-25-border
- image-border
- image-border-rounded
- navpill
- responsive
- row/column
- video-container-4by3
- video-container-16by9
The following CSS classes are available when authoring your own Markdown content.
<div class="accordion">
<details>
<summary>Topic One</summary>
Topic one details here.
</details>
<details>
<summary>Topic Two</summary>
Topic two details here.
</details>
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Suggested size of 1200px to 2000px width and 400px to 600px height, and display of Table of Contents is not available.
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</div><div class="video-container-4by3"><div class="video-container-16by9"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lJIrF4YjHfQ"></iframe></div>Automatically added to all iFrames with the source domains 'youtube.com' or 'docs.google.com'.
<div class="video-container-16by9"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lJIrF4YjHfQ"></iframe></div>In addition to the Markdown CSS classes supported by Docsify-This, you can also define your own custom classes within your displayed Markdown files, for example:
CSS in Markdown file:
<style>
.markdown-section .mybutton, .markdown-section .mybutton:hover {
cursor: pointer;
color: #CC0000;
height: auto;
display: inline-block;
border: 2px solid #CC0000;
border-radius: 4rem;
margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px;
padding: 8px 18px 8px 18px;
line-height: 1.2rem;
background-color: white;
font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
}
</style>Markdown:
[Required Reading Quiz due Jun 4th](https://canvas.sfu.ca/courses/44038/quizzes/166553 ':class=mybutton')There are multiple ways to get a raw Markdown file available online, here are three options to help you get started:
GitHub or Codeberg:
- Signup for a GitHub or Codeberg account
- Create a new repository and upload your Markdown file
- View the uploaded file, and copy/paste that URL into the Docsify-This Markdown File URL field
Gist (GitHub Gists):
- Signup for a GitHub account
- Create a gist with your Markdown file at https://gist.github.com
- Enter a filename ending with
.md(e.g.myfile.md) - Choose Create public gist and tap on that button
- Tap on Raw button in the upper right of your Gist field and copy/paste that URL into the Docsify-This Markdown File URL field
Personal or Organizational Website:
- Obtain login information for your server
- Upload the Markdown file to your server
- Navigate to the location of that file, view the contents in your Browser, and copy/paste that URL into the Docsify-This Markdown File URL field
Use a page inspector to identify the font family and font size used in the platform you are embedding Docsify-This content in, and then pass that font family using the font-family (encoded, where spaces are replaced with '%20') and font-size (REM units) URL parameters to Docsify-This. For example, to match fonts with the Canvas LMS:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paulhibbitts/cmpt-363-222-pages/main&homepage=topics.md&font-family=Lato%20Extended,Lato,Helvetica%20Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif&font-size=1
If you want to include a Page Table of Contents with embedded Docsify-This content, but the destination platform screen area is not very wide, you might want to try the optional toc-narrow display option. For example, to use a narrower Table of Contents area that includes a smaller screen breakpoint:
https://docsify-this.net?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paulhibbitts/cmpt-363/main/docs/222&homepage=week-01.md&toc-narrow=true
Using Prismjs code blocks with syntax highlighting is supported for the languages included with Docsify and as well Bash, Go, Java, Kotlin, PHP, Python and Swift. To embed a code block use the Markdown standard of triple backticks and start the block with the name of the language, for example to embed a block of Javascript code with syntax highlight the following would be used:
```javascript
function test() {
console.log("Hello world!");
}
```
Which would then appear as:
function test() {
console.log("Hello world!");
}Using the Docsify Plugin RunKit interactive JavaScript REPLs powered by RunKit can be embedded, for example to embed a data visualization rendered using D3.js the following would be used:
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data-runkit
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```javascript
var R = require("ramda");
var randrange = require("random-number-in-range");
var d3Graph = require("@runkit/runkit/d3-graph/1.0.0");
var count = 100;
var nodes = R.range(0, 100).map((_, x) => ({ "name": x, "group": Math.floor(x * 7 / count) }));
var links = R.range(0, Math.floor(count * 1.15)).map(function(_, x) {
var source = x % count;
var target = Math.floor(Math.log(1 + randrange(0, count)) / Math.log(1.3));
var value = 10.0 / (1 + Math.abs(source - target));
return { "source": source, "target": target, "value": value };
});
d3Graph(nodes, links);
```
</div>The content of external Markdown files can be embedded into Docisfy-This Web pages with the following:
[included Markdown from same source location](example.md ':include')[included Markdown from URL](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paulhibbitts/Markdown-File-Tests/main/itworks.md ':include')For additional examples of including external content, view Docsify Embeded Files.
WikiLinks format for links and images are supported, as also found in the desktop editor Obsidian and other platforms.
The display of AsciiDoc files ('.adoc' extension) via DownDoc is possible by manually passing the relevant filenames within a Docsify-This URL (not available in the Docisfy-This.net Web Page Builder), for example: https://docsify-this.net/?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor-pdf/main/examples&homepage=basic-example.adoc&edit-link=https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor-pdf/blob/main/examples/basic-example.adoc
You can support the display of AsciiDoc files in the Web Page Builder of your own instance of Docsify-This by locating the function getAllowedFileExtensions() within the index.html file and add the file extension '.adoc' to the return statement, for example return ".md,.adoc";.
The display of HedgeDoc files containing basic Markdown (as well as Mermaid and MathJax elements) is possible by manually using 'download' for the homepage URL parameter within a Docsify-This URL (not available in the Docisfy-This.net Web Page Builder), for example: https://docsify-this.net/?basePath=https://demo.hedgedoc.org/crN3ispNQdejWkUXXIXYQA&homepage=download
Here is an additional example, using the HedgeDoc file https://demo.hedgedoc.org/oisWMy9ZS36PE6TvYhJC4A?both (seen in split-screen view) and and rendered as a standalone Web page by Docsify-This https://docsify-this.net/?basePath=https://demo.hedgedoc.org&homepage=oisWMy9ZS36PE6TvYhJC4A/download&edit-link=https://demo.hedgedoc.org/oisWMy9ZS36PE6TvYhJC4A?both&toc=true&edit-link-text=Edit%20this%20Page%20in%20HedgeDoc
You can support HedgeDoc URLs (e.g. https://demo.hedgedoc.org/ip4SRxZYTEKa6JHr62XTiA) in the Web Page Builder of your own instance of Docsify-This by locating the line var hedgedocInstances = ''; within the index.html file and include your HedgeDoc instances separated by commas, for example var hedgedocInstances = 'demo.hedgedoc.org';. Try out a demo instance of Docsify-This with support for demo.hedgedoc.org files at https://hibbitts-design.github.io/hedgedoc-docsify-this.
You can configure the default values of the Docsify-This Web Page Builder via URL parameters - this is especially useful when doing Docsify-This online sessions/workshops as well as Docsify-This users helping each other out. In addition to Docsify-This URL parameters, the following Web Page Builder URL parameters are available:
https://docsify-this.net/?url-field=https://codeberg.org/paulhibbitts/docsify-this-one-page-course/src/branch/main/home.mdhttps://docsify-this.net/?url-field=emptyhttps://docsify-this.net/?url-field=https://codeberg.org/paulhibbitts/docsify-this-one-page-course/src/branch/main/home.md&edit-link-checkbox=truehttps://docsify-this.net/?show-page-options=truehttps://docsify-this.net/?advanced=trueFor example, the following URL will display the Advanced Web Page Builder, with the Markdown file URL set to https://github.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-this-multiple-page-course-site/blob/main/home.md, the site name 'CPT-363' along with a Docsify custom Sidebar and Navbar to be included: https://docsify-this.net/?url-field=https://github.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-this-multiple-page-course-site/blob/main/home.md&sidebar=true&loadSidebar=true&loadNavbar=true&name=CPT-363
The quickest way to create such a shareable URL is to use the Docsify-Web Page Builder to generate a Docisfy-This web page URL, and then replace the URL parameter basepath with url-field using the full path of the source Markdown file URL. For example, the URL https://docsify-this.net/?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-this-one-page-article/main&homepage=home.md&sidebar=true&maxLevel=3 would be changed to https://docsify-this.net/?url-field=https://github.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-this-one-page-article/blob/main/home.md&homepage=home.md&sidebar=true&maxLevel=3.
Use of Camel case (e.g. camelCase) format for Docsify-This URL parameter names instead of hyphenated names
You can use camel case instead of hyphens for the names of Docsify-This URL parameters if prefered. For example, https://docsify-this.net/?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-this-one-page-article/main&homepage=home.md&toc=true&toc-headings=h2,h3&edit-link=https://github.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-this-one-page-article/blob/main/home.md and https://docsify-this.net/?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-this-one-page-article/main&homepage=home.md&toc=true&tocHeadings=h2,h3&editLink=https://github.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-this-one-page-article/blob/main/home.md are equilivent.
To use the new GitHub.dev Web editor (currently in Beta) for 'Edit this Page' links, change github.com to github.dev for GitHub.com files entered into the Web Page Builder Markdown File URL field.
When using Docsify-This to display Markdown files located on Git-based services such as GitHub or Codeberg you can download (clone) files to your desktop for local editing and then upload (push) changes back to the online files.
For example, to edit GitHub Markdown files on your desktop you would do the following:
- Tap Code on your GitHub Markdown files repository (upper-right green button)
- Choose Open Desktop and follow the prompts, installing GitHub Desktop if not already present
- You will now be able to edit the Docsify-This Markdown files using the desktop text editor of your choice such as Microsoft Visual Studio, Pulsar (was Atom.io), Typora etc.
- Use GitHub Desktop to push any changes to your repository.
Learn more about getting started with GitHub Desktop.
Some text editors, such as Microsoft Visual Studio (including the online GitHub.dev Web editor), have the ability to link your own CSS so Markdown previews are more visually accurate. If your editor supports this ability, the below CSS files can be used.
Docsify-This (based on the Docsify Open Publishing Starter Kit) CSS:
https://docsify-this.net/assets/css/editor.css
FontAwesome CSS:
https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.css
Docsify-This is intended as a quick way to display one or more remotely located Markdown files. To further customize the rendering of remote files and have the posibility to have an instance of Docsify-This running on a custom domain, fork/clone your own instance of Docsify-This on GitHub and enable GitHub Pages with the folder /docs.
You can also have an instance of Docsify-This run on Codeberg such as https://docsify-this.codeberg.page by creating a new repository called pages, then choosing paulhibbitts/docsify-this-app in the template dropdown menu, choosing the Git Content (Default Branch) option and then tapping the Create Repository button.
Alternatively, you can upload the files in the Docsify-This /docs folder into a newly created Codeberg repository and then manually enable Codeberg Pages. An example Docsify-This instance running on Codeberg is available at https://codeberg.org/paulhibbitts/docsify-this-app, which uses a Branch renamed to pages.
If you want to run Docsify-This on your own Websever, create a destination folder on your server and then copy the files within the Docsify-This folder /docs to your newly created server folder.
A more future-friendly setup would be to fork the Docsify-This repository (to support getting upstream updates) and use a GitHub Action such as FTP-Deploy to deploy all repository files to a Webserver and set the docs folder as a custom domain root. You can limit the domains which remote files can be rendered from by locating the line var allowedDomains = ''; within the index.html file and include your list of allowed domains separated by commas, for example var allowedDomains = 'codeberg.org,raw.githubusercontent.com,hibbittsdesign.org';.
You can even run Docsify-This on LMSs that support file libraries such as Canvas and Moodle. For example, here is a Docsify-This instance on Canvas.
To host a Docsify-This instance on your LMS, do the following:
- Tap Download on the Docsify-This repository page
- Upload to your LMS file storage area, and unzip the upload file
- Based on your LMS, determine the external URL required to load the
index.htmlfile within the DocsifyDocsfolder. In Canvas, an example URL would look similar tohttps://canvas.instructure.com/courses/6321275/files/211083785/download.
If you want to further customize and control the presentation of your Markdown content, especially when rendering multiple page sites, you can install your own Docsify Open Publishing Starter Kit (that this hosted web app is based on) and store all Markdown files within that site. You can learn more about the capabilities of Docsify itself at Docsify.js.org.
Looking for some help with getting a Docsify custom-This instance up and running for your organization? Paul provides a range of professional services related to Docsify-This - contact him to learn more.
'404 - Not found' message is displayed.
The provided basePath parameter and/or optional homepage parameter may not be correct, verify that these items lead to accessible content. This error message may also result from a Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) policy, which restricts resources on a web page to be requested from another domain. If possible, relocate files to a domain that supports cross-origin requests or alternatively if the domain in question is under your control explore re-configuring CORS related settings. You can confirm the cause of the 404 message by viewing the errors displayed in the Browser Javascript Console.
When displaying GitHub Markdown files, the branch name is assumed to be main, and other paths will likely cause a 404 message. When displaying Codeberg Markdown files, the path is assumed to contain /src/branch/main and other paths will likely cause a 404 message.
Generation of 'Edit this Page' links on multiple page Markdown sites with a Navbar or custmom Sidebar not working as expected.
Due to not being able to update Navbar or custom Sidebar links before page rendering, 'Edit this Page' links cannot be automatically updated to their correct target pages. Manually pass a URL pointing to the Git Repository using the URL parameter edit-link as a workaround, for example https://docsify-this.net/?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-this-multiple-page-site/main&homepage=home.md&loadNavbar=_navbar&edit-link=https://github.com/hibbitts-design/docsify-this-multiple-page-site&edit-link-text=GitHub%20Repository and https://docsify-this.net/?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paulhibbitts/docsify-this-cmpt-363-222-site/main&homepage=home.md&loadNavbar=_navbar.md&sidebar=true&loadSidebar=_sidebar.md&edit-link=https://github.com/paulhibbitts/docsify-this-cmpt-363-222-site/tree/main&edit-link-text=GitHub%20Repository
Updated Markdown file not displayed in the Browser.
Docsify is likely displaying the last cached version. To ensure the most recent version of a file is loaded, do a hard refresh of your Browser cache.
Embedded image not displayed as expected.
The most likely cause for embedded images in Markdown not being displayed as expected is the use of relative paths (i.e. ) - review image paths and ensure the full path to each image is used (i.e. ). Likewise, if images in HTML are not being displayed as expected the likely cause is again the use of relative paths (i.e. <img src="images/filename.jpg" alt="Alt Text">) - use absolute URLs for HTML image sources (i.e. <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/user/repository/main/images/filename.jpg" alt="Alt Text">).
Embedded iFrame not displayed as expected.
Due to iframe cross-domain issues embedded content may not be able to be displayed. Use the included rich media embed service embed.ly as a workaround.
For example, the following iFrame HTML:
<div class="video-container-16by9"><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vRnnRFelgw1ksq_p8Eryg3dnyLCRRLPf5fBgdwdv9p-tCIwcxqWvzDGrGbjxGHL7HqEJVpmV26ntk3a/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width=780" height="585" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></div>Would be changed to:
<a class="embedly-card" data-card-controls="0" data-card-align="left" data-card-width="100%" href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1BLaaOTsGxDmNcAhg6pdx3hl9IvI8NErg8Oe5ceh83fw/edit?usp=sharing">Grav and Docsify Slides Placeholder</a>Docsify Sidebar or custom Sidebar is not displaying individual page header levels as expected.
When displaying a Docsify Sidebar or custom Sidebar, it is expected that page header levels start with a H1 level header.
Search results do not seem to return all expected matches.
When the search field is enabled in a Docsify custom Sidebar, only pages listed and linked in the Sidebar will be indexed for the search. Any pages linked in an optional Navbar will not be included in searches.
Multiple embedded scripts are not working as expected.
Docsify-This (as with Docsify itself) will only execute the first script included in a Markdown page, as described in the Docsify documentation.
- This website is hosted by GitHub Pages, which is GDPR compliant
- Only this web page (containing the Web Page Builder) uses Google Analytics in a GDPR manner
- Web pages generated by remote Markdown files are not tracked in any manner by Google Analytics
- The web service H5P is automatically loaded when displaying remote Markdown files
- The open source JavaScript tool Mermaid is automatically loaded via jsDelivr when displaying remote Markdown files
- The web service Hypothes.is is only loaded if chosen when displaying remote Markdown files
- The web service Embed.ly is only loaded if Embedly Card elements are present in remote Markdown files
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- Add a ⭐️ star on GitHub to the Docsify-This project repository
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This open source project is by Paul Hibbitts of HibbittsDesign.org.
🙇🏻♂️Special Thanks
Beau Shaw for his Remote Docsify example.
Alan Levine for the inspiration of a consolidated ReadMe collection.