diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 360a4c3..f296dbb 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 ^docs$
 ^pkgdown$
 Dockerfile
+^vignettes/
diff --git a/pkgdown/_pkgdown.yml b/pkgdown/_pkgdown.yml
index cde1ab1..6e54c91 100644
--- a/pkgdown/_pkgdown.yml
+++ b/pkgdown/_pkgdown.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,10 @@ authors:
     href: https://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/
 template:
   package: subugoetheme
+articles:
+- title: Example Apps
+  navbar: Example Apps
+  description: Shiny apps used for testing.
+  contents:
+  - hello-shiny
+  - old-faithful
diff --git a/vignettes/.gitignore b/vignettes/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..097b241
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vignettes/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.html
+*.R
diff --git a/vignettes/hello-shiny.Rmd b/vignettes/hello-shiny.Rmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44e2ee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vignettes/hello-shiny.Rmd
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+title: "hello-shiny"
+---
+
+<style>
+.shiny-app-frame {
+  margin-top: 50px;
+  position: fixed;
+  left: 0;
+  top: 0;
+  bottom: 0;
+  right: 0;
+}
+.shiny-app-frame iframe {
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  border: none;
+}
+/* must be hidden otherwise it gets overlaid over the app */
+footer{
+  visibility: hidden
+}
+.page-header{
+  visibility: hidden
+}
+</style>
+
+<div class="shiny-app-frame">
+<iframe src="http://hello-shiny.azurewebsites.net">
+</iframe>
+</div>
diff --git a/vignettes/old-faithful.Rmd b/vignettes/old-faithful.Rmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4099ac5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vignettes/old-faithful.Rmd
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+title: "old-faithful"
+---
+
+<style>
+.shiny-app-frame {
+  margin-top: 50px;
+  position: fixed;
+  left: 0;
+  top: 0;
+  bottom: 0;
+  right: 0;
+}
+.shiny-app-frame iframe {
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  border: none;
+}
+/* must be hidden otherwise it gets overlaid over the app */
+footer{
+  visibility: hidden
+}
+.page-header{
+  visibility: hidden
+}
+</style>
+
+<div class="shiny-app-frame">
+<iframe src="http://old-faithful.azurewebsites.net">
+</iframe>
+</div>