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How to build and upload HTML slides from popular tools

Why host reveal.js slides instead of emailing a file

Emailing a ZIP archive forces the recipient to download and unpack it before they can view your talk. If you use reveal.js, you start by downloading and unzipping the reveal.js package and editing index.html. Opening that file from a local disk works for basic slides, but some reveal.js features such as external Markdown need the deck to run from a web server.

Uploading your reveal.js folder or ZIP to ship.page puts the deck on a real HTTPS web server right away. If your folder is larger than roughly 7 MB of files (the 10 MB request limit for folder uploads), compress it into a .zip file first; free uploads accept ZIPs up to 25 MB that unpack to up to 100 MB across 100 files.

Viewers can also turn a hosted reveal.js deck into a handout in their own browser. Reveal.js decks export to PDF by adding ?print-pdf to the address and printing from Chrome or Chromium.

How do I make a single-file deck with Marp or Quarto?

If you want one file you can share as an HTML file without zipping a folder, both Marp CLI and Quarto can output a single HTML document.

With Marp CLI, running marp slide-deck.md writes slide-deck.html next to the source. You can pass -o to set the output path, and --pdf and --pptx export other formats when someone asks for a static copy. In Quarto, using format revealjs with embed-resources: true puts every image, style and asset inside one HTML file, though it slows rendering and doesn't work with the Chalkboard plugin.

• Single .html files up to 10 MB upload in one drag with no ZIP needed.
• Keep file names and image paths matching exact letter case, because file paths on ship.page are case-sensitive.

How to deploy Slidev builds and avoid 404 links

In Slidev, running slidev build writes a self-hostable single-page app to dist. You can drag the dist folder straight onto ship.page, or zip the dist folder and upload the .zip (a ZIP with a single top folder is unwrapped automatically so dist/index.html becomes the homepage).

On ship.page a single-page app opens from its main link, but opening a later slide's own address directly can return 404 because there is no single-page-app fallback. Always share the main link of your presentation rather than copying the URL bar while sitting on slide 5.

Tip: If your tool supports hash routing (addresses like #/2 instead of /2), use hash routes so direct links to specific slides never hit a 404.

How to password-protect a confidential deck or update slides

Free uploads stay online for 30 days with no account, or 90 days when you sign in with Google or an email link and claim the upload. A free page cannot be edited in place, so uploading a fixed typo creates a new URL.

If you are sending an investor pitch, board deck or internal talk, Pro is $4 a month (cancel anytime) and adds password-protected previews so only people with the password can open your slides. Pro also lets you re-upload your deck and keep the exact same link, raises the ZIP limit to 100 MB (400 MB unpacked) and 10,000 files, removes the closable "Hosted on ship.page" badge, and keeps links online forever (or lets you pick any expiry from 60 seconds).