diff --git a/docs/make.jl b/docs/make.jl
index db9dac92..330e0521 100644
--- a/docs/make.jl
+++ b/docs/make.jl
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ using Documenter
 using PlotlyJS
 using PlotlyBase
 
+PlotlyJS.set_default_renderer(PlotlyJS.DOCS)
+
 const THIS_DIR = dirname(@__FILE__)
 
 # used in examples
@@ -9,19 +11,19 @@ using Distributions, HTTP, DataFrames, RDatasets, Colors, CSV, JSON
 using Random, Dates, LinearAlgebra, DelimitedFiles
 
 # to override display_dict below
-import Documenter.Utilities: display_dict, limitstringmime
-using Base64:stringmime
-
-function display_dict(p::PlotlyBase.Plot)
-    out = Dict{MIME,Any}()
-    # Always generate text/plain
-    out[MIME"text/plain"()] = limitstringmime(MIME"text/plain"(), p)
-    svg_m = MIME"image/svg+xml"()
-    out[svg_m] = stringmime(svg_m, p)
-    out
-end
+# import Documenter.Utilities: display_dict, limitstringmime
+# using Base64:stringmime
+
+# function display_dict(p::PlotlyBase.Plot)
+#     out = Dict{MIME,Any}()
+#     # Always generate text/plain
+#     out[MIME"text/plain"()] = limitstringmime(MIME"text/plain"(), p)
+#     svg_m = MIME"image/svg+xml"()
+#     out[svg_m] = stringmime(svg_m, p)
+#     out
+# end
 
-display_dict(p::PlotlyJS.SyncPlot) = display_dict(p.plot)
+# display_dict(p::PlotlyJS.SyncPlot) = display_dict(p.plot)
 
 ## handle examples
 # Walk through each example in a file and get the markdown from `single_example`
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ makedocs(
     sitename="PlotlyJS",
     format=Documenter.HTML(
         assets=[
-           asset("https://cdn.plot.ly/plotly-1.54.7.js")
+           "include_plotlyjs.js"
         ]
     ),
     modules=[PlotlyJS, PlotlyBase],
diff --git a/docs/src/assets/include_plotlyjs.js b/docs/src/assets/include_plotlyjs.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd69c2aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/src/assets/include_plotlyjs.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+if (typeof require !== "undefined") {
+  console.log("Trying to load plotly.js via requirejs");
+  require.undef("plotly");
+  requirejs.config({
+    paths: {
+      plotly: ["https://cdn.plot.ly/plotly-2.3.0.min"],
+    },
+  });
+  require(["plotly"], function (Plotly) {
+    window._Plotly = Plotly;
+  });
+}
diff --git a/docs/src/examples/subplots.md b/docs/src/examples/subplots.md
index 998aa902..094a7e4d 100644
--- a/docs/src/examples/subplots.md
+++ b/docs/src/examples/subplots.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ subplots1()
 function subplots2()
     p1 = linescatter1()
     p2 = linescatter2()
-    p = [p1, p2]
+    p = [p1; p2]
     p
 end
 subplots2()
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ subplots3()
 
 ```@example subplots
 function subplots_withcomprehension()
-    hcat([plot(scatter(x = 1:5, y = rand(5))) for i in 1:3]...)
+    hcat([plot(scatter(x=1:5, y=rand(5))) for i in 1:3]...)
 end
 subplots_withcomprehension()
 ```
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ subplots_withcomprehension()
 ```@example subplots
 function subplots_withsharedaxes()
     data =  [
-    scatter(x=1:3, y=2:4),
-    scatter(x=20:10:40, y=fill(5, 3), xaxis="x2", yaxis="y"),
-    scatter(x=2:4, y=600:100:800, xaxis="x", yaxis="y3"),
-    scatter(x=4000:1000:6000, y=7000:1000:9000, xaxis="x4", yaxis="y4")
+        scatter(x=1:3, y=2:4),
+        scatter(x=20:10:40, y=fill(5, 3), xaxis="x2", yaxis="y"),
+        scatter(x=2:4, y=600:100:800, xaxis="x", yaxis="y3"),
+        scatter(x=4000:1000:6000, y=7000:1000:9000, xaxis="x4", yaxis="y4")
     ]
     layout = Layout(
         xaxis_domain=[0, 0.45],
@@ -61,10 +61,108 @@ function subplots_withsharedaxes()
         xaxis4=attr(domain=[0.55, 1.0], anchor="y4"),
         xaxis2_domain=[0.55, 1],
         yaxis3_domain=[0.55, 1],
-        yaxis4=attr(domain=[0.55, 1], anchor="x4")    
+        yaxis4=attr(domain=[0.55, 1], anchor="x4")
     )
     plot(data, layout)
 end
 subplots_withsharedaxes()
 ```
 
+```@example subplots
+function with_make_subplots1()
+
+    # The `shared_xaxes` argument to `make_subplots` can be used to link the x
+    # axes of subplots in the resulting figure. The `vertical_spacing` argument
+    # is used to control the vertical spacing between rows in the subplot grid.
+
+    # Here is an example that creates a figure with 3 vertically stacked
+    # subplots with linked x axes. A small vertical spacing value is used to
+    # reduce the spacing between subplot rows.
+
+    p = make_subplots(rows=3, cols=1, shared_xaxes=true, vertical_spacing=0.02)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=0:2, y=10:12), row=3, col=1)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=2:4, y=100:10:120), row=2, col=1)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=3:5, y=1000:100:1200), row=1, col=1)
+    relayout!(p, title_text="Stacked Subplots with Shared X-Axes")
+    p
+end
+with_make_subplots1()
+```
+
+```@example subplots
+function with_make_subplots2()
+    # The `shared_yaxes` argument to `make_subplots` can be used to link the y
+    # axes of subplots in the resulting figure.
+
+    # Here is an example that creates a figure with a 2 x 2 subplot grid, where
+    # the y axes of each row are linked.
+
+    p = make_subplots(rows=3, cols=2, shared_yaxes=true)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=0:2, y=10:12), row=1, col=1)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=20:10:40, y=1:3), row=1, col=2)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=3:5, y=600:100:800), row=2, col=1)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=3:5, y=1000:100:1200), row=2, col=2)
+    relayout!(p, title_text="Multiple Subplots with Shared Y-Axes")
+    p
+end
+with_make_subplots2()
+```
+
+```@example subplots
+function with_make_subplots3()
+    # The `specs` argument to `make_subplots` is used to configure per-subplot
+    # options.  `specs` must be a `Matrix` with dimensions that match those
+    # provided as the `rows` and `cols` arguments. The elements of `specs` may
+    # either be `missing`, indicating no subplot should be initialized starting
+    # with this grid cell, or an instance of `Spec` containing subplot options.
+    # The `colspan` subplot option specifies the number of grid columns that the
+    # subplot starting in the given cell should occupy.  If unspecified,
+    # `colspan` defaults to 1.
+
+    # Here is an example that creates a 2 by 2 subplot grid containing 3
+    # subplots. The subplot `specs` element for position (2, 1) has a `colspan`
+    # value of 2, causing it to span the full figure width. The subplot `specs`
+    # element f or position (2, 2) is `None` because no subplot begins at this
+    # location in the grid.
+    p = make_subplots(
+        rows=2, cols=2,
+        specs=[Spec() Spec(); Spec(colspan=2) missing],
+        subplot_titles=["First Subplot" "Second Subplot"; "Third Subplot" missing]
+    )
+
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=[1, 2], y=[1, 2]), row=1, col=1)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=[1, 2], y=[1, 2]), row=1, col=2)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=[1, 2, 3], y=[2, 1, 2]), row=2, col=1)
+
+    relayout!(p, showlegend=false, title_text="Specs with Subplot Title")
+    p
+end
+with_make_subplots3()
+```
+
+```@example subplots
+function with_make_subplots4()
+    # Here is an example that uses the `rowspan` and `colspan` subplot options
+    # to create a custom subplot layout with subplots of mixed sizes.
+    p = make_subplots(
+        rows=5, cols=2,
+        specs=[Spec() Spec(rowspan=2)
+               Spec() missing
+               Spec(rowspan=2, colspan=2) missing
+               missing missing
+               Spec() Spec()]
+    )
+
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=[1, 2], y=[1, 2], name="(1,1)"), row=1, col=1)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=[1, 2], y=[1, 2], name="(1,2)"), row=1, col=2)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=[1, 2], y=[1, 2], name="(2,1)"), row=2, col=1)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=[1, 2], y=[1, 2], name="(3,1)"), row=3, col=1)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=[1, 2], y=[1, 2], name="(5,1)"), row=5, col=1)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=[1, 2], y=[1, 2], name="(5,2)"), row=5, col=2)
+
+    relayout!(p, height=600, width=600, title_text="specs examples")
+    p
+end
+with_make_subplots4()
+```
+
diff --git a/docs/src/examples/violin.md b/docs/src/examples/violin.md
index 7191e078..c793f2a9 100644
--- a/docs/src/examples/violin.md
+++ b/docs/src/examples/violin.md
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ violin_side_by_side()
 ```
 
 ```@example violin
-function violin_styled()
+function violin_style()
     y1 = vcat(abs.(20 .* rand(100)), rand(UInt16, 300) .* 500 ./ typemax(UInt16))
     y2 = [25.261999999999997, 66.5419, 98.2114, 0.09070629 ]
     box = attr(fillcolor="black", line_color="black", width=0.01)
@@ -157,6 +157,6 @@ function violin_styled()
     )
     plot([trace1, trace2], layout)
 end
-violin_styled()
+violin_style()
 ```
 
diff --git a/examples/subplots.jl b/examples/subplots.jl
index 0883695e..3d11594e 100644
--- a/examples/subplots.jl
+++ b/examples/subplots.jl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ end
 function subplots2()
     p1 = linescatter1()
     p2 = linescatter2()
-    p = [p1, p2]
+    p = [p1; p2]
     p
 end
 
@@ -29,16 +29,16 @@ end
 
 
 function subplots_withcomprehension()
-    hcat([plot(scatter(x = 1:5, y = rand(5))) for i in 1:3]...)
+    hcat([plot(scatter(x=1:5, y=rand(5))) for i in 1:3]...)
 end
 
 
 function subplots_withsharedaxes()
     data =  [
-    scatter(x=1:3, y=2:4),
-    scatter(x=20:10:40, y=fill(5, 3), xaxis="x2", yaxis="y"),
-    scatter(x=2:4, y=600:100:800, xaxis="x", yaxis="y3"),
-    scatter(x=4000:1000:6000, y=7000:1000:9000, xaxis="x4", yaxis="y4")
+        scatter(x=1:3, y=2:4),
+        scatter(x=20:10:40, y=fill(5, 3), xaxis="x2", yaxis="y"),
+        scatter(x=2:4, y=600:100:800, xaxis="x", yaxis="y3"),
+        scatter(x=4000:1000:6000, y=7000:1000:9000, xaxis="x4", yaxis="y4")
     ]
     layout = Layout(
         xaxis_domain=[0, 0.45],
@@ -46,7 +46,93 @@ function subplots_withsharedaxes()
         xaxis4=attr(domain=[0.55, 1.0], anchor="y4"),
         xaxis2_domain=[0.55, 1],
         yaxis3_domain=[0.55, 1],
-        yaxis4=attr(domain=[0.55, 1], anchor="x4")    
+        yaxis4=attr(domain=[0.55, 1], anchor="x4")
     )
     plot(data, layout)
 end
+
+function with_make_subplots1()
+
+    # The `shared_xaxes` argument to `make_subplots` can be used to link the x
+    # axes of subplots in the resulting figure. The `vertical_spacing` argument
+    # is used to control the vertical spacing between rows in the subplot grid.
+
+    # Here is an example that creates a figure with 3 vertically stacked
+    # subplots with linked x axes. A small vertical spacing value is used to
+    # reduce the spacing between subplot rows.
+
+    p = make_subplots(rows=3, cols=1, shared_xaxes=true, vertical_spacing=0.02)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=0:2, y=10:12), row=3, col=1)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=2:4, y=100:10:120), row=2, col=1)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=3:5, y=1000:100:1200), row=1, col=1)
+    relayout!(p, title_text="Stacked Subplots with Shared X-Axes")
+    p
+end
+
+function with_make_subplots2()
+    # The `shared_yaxes` argument to `make_subplots` can be used to link the y
+    # axes of subplots in the resulting figure.
+
+    # Here is an example that creates a figure with a 2 x 2 subplot grid, where
+    # the y axes of each row are linked.
+
+    p = make_subplots(rows=3, cols=2, shared_yaxes=true)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=0:2, y=10:12), row=1, col=1)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=20:10:40, y=1:3), row=1, col=2)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=3:5, y=600:100:800), row=2, col=1)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=3:5, y=1000:100:1200), row=2, col=2)
+    relayout!(p, title_text="Multiple Subplots with Shared Y-Axes")
+    p
+end
+
+function with_make_subplots3()
+    # The `specs` argument to `make_subplots` is used to configure per-subplot
+    # options.  `specs` must be a `Matrix` with dimensions that match those
+    # provided as the `rows` and `cols` arguments. The elements of `specs` may
+    # either be `missing`, indicating no subplot should be initialized starting
+    # with this grid cell, or an instance of `Spec` containing subplot options.
+    # The `colspan` subplot option specifies the number of grid columns that the
+    # subplot starting in the given cell should occupy.  If unspecified,
+    # `colspan` defaults to 1.
+
+    # Here is an example that creates a 2 by 2 subplot grid containing 3
+    # subplots. The subplot `specs` element for position (2, 1) has a `colspan`
+    # value of 2, causing it to span the full figure width. The subplot `specs`
+    # element f or position (2, 2) is `None` because no subplot begins at this
+    # location in the grid.
+    p = make_subplots(
+        rows=2, cols=2,
+        specs=[Spec() Spec(); Spec(colspan=2) missing],
+        subplot_titles=["First Subplot" "Second Subplot"; "Third Subplot" missing]
+    )
+
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=[1, 2], y=[1, 2]), row=1, col=1)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=[1, 2], y=[1, 2]), row=1, col=2)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=[1, 2, 3], y=[2, 1, 2]), row=2, col=1)
+
+    relayout!(p, showlegend=false, title_text="Specs with Subplot Title")
+    p
+end
+
+function with_make_subplots4()
+    # Here is an example that uses the `rowspan` and `colspan` subplot options
+    # to create a custom subplot layout with subplots of mixed sizes.
+    p = make_subplots(
+        rows=5, cols=2,
+        specs=[Spec() Spec(rowspan=2)
+               Spec() missing
+               Spec(rowspan=2, colspan=2) missing
+               missing missing
+               Spec() Spec()]
+    )
+
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=[1, 2], y=[1, 2], name="(1,1)"), row=1, col=1)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=[1, 2], y=[1, 2], name="(1,2)"), row=1, col=2)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=[1, 2], y=[1, 2], name="(2,1)"), row=2, col=1)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=[1, 2], y=[1, 2], name="(3,1)"), row=3, col=1)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=[1, 2], y=[1, 2], name="(5,1)"), row=5, col=1)
+    add_trace!(p, scatter(x=[1, 2], y=[1, 2], name="(5,2)"), row=5, col=2)
+
+    relayout!(p, height=600, width=600, title_text="specs examples")
+    p
+end
diff --git a/src/display.jl b/src/display.jl
index e458cf7c..a88fa120 100644
--- a/src/display.jl
+++ b/src/display.jl
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ end
 function Base.show(io::IO, mm::MIME"text/html", p::SyncPlot)
     # if we are rendering docs -- short circuit and display html
     if get_renderer() == DOCS
-        return show(io, mm, p.plot, full_html=false, include_plotlyjs="require")
+        return show(io, mm, p.plot, full_html=false, include_plotlyjs="require-loaded")
     end
     show(io, mm, p.scope)
 end