OwnShip Guide

OwnShip is a single-file Markdown site viewer for shared hosting. Drop index.php into any folder alongside your .md files and you have a browsable site — navigation, themes, and clean URLs included. No composer, no npm, no build step, no database.

What's in this guide

• Getting Started — download, drop in, first page
• Content Files — Markdown, HTML, and plain text
• Headers & Footers — customizing the chrome
• Configuration — all site.ini options explained
• Nav Order — control file order with _order.txt
• Clean URLs — pretty URLs via .htaccess
• Custom Themes — override colors with _theme.css
• Search — live nav search and content highlighting
• Local Preview — audition before you upload
• Tips — nav behavior, directory structure, and more
• Rendering Reference — live Markdown and rendering verification
• Updating — replace one file, done

Works great with OwnMark

OwnMark is a local Markdown editor designed as a companion to OwnShip. Write your content in OwnMark, publish with OwnShip.