diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
index 9caef877f..42390fd39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ jobs:
   linkcheck:
     name: Docs-Linkcheck
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    env:
-      ON_CI: true
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3.5.3
       - name: Set Up Python
diff --git a/.github/workflows/js_test.yml b/.github/workflows/js_test.yml
index b0dd73154..3e0e6d23d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/js_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/js_test.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ on: [pull_request]
 jobs:
   js_tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      ON_CI: true
-      FAST_BUILD: true
     steps:
     - name: Set Up Python 3.10.8
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index af66bd23c..554dddd4c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ docs-html:
 docs-html-fast:
 	poetry run sphinx-build -j auto -b html docs/ docs/_build
 
+.PHONY: needs
+needs:
+	poetry run sphinx-build -a -E -j auto -b needs docs/ docs/_build
+
 .PHONY: docs-pdf
 docs-pdf:
 	poetry run make --directory docs/ clean && make --directory docs/ latexpdf
diff --git a/docs/_images/github_issue_1.png b/docs/_images/github_issue_1.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99018c98e
Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/_images/github_issue_1.png differ
diff --git a/docs/_images/github_issue_2.png b/docs/_images/github_issue_2.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f5536440
Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/_images/github_issue_2.png differ
diff --git a/docs/_images/github_issue_3.png b/docs/_images/github_issue_3.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2febfef93
Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/_images/github_issue_3.png differ
diff --git a/docs/_images/github_issue_4.png b/docs/_images/github_issue_4.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1271157c9
Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/_images/github_issue_4.png differ
diff --git a/docs/_static/custom.css b/docs/_static/custom.css
index 1de3a1e16..828315217 100644
--- a/docs/_static/custom.css
+++ b/docs/_static/custom.css
@@ -181,4 +181,8 @@ div.dt-button-collection button.dt-button.active:not(.disabled) {
 }
 details.sd-dropdown .sd-summary-up, details.sd-dropdown .sd-summary-down {
     display: none;
+}
+/* Image width fix in need-sidebars. */
+tbody div.needs_side img.needs_image {
+  max-width: 100px;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index e2b89a8fc..06a1ddddc 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
     "sphinx_immaterial",
 ]
 
+# smartquotes = False
+
 needs_debug_measurement = True
 
 add_module_names = False  # Used to shorten function name output
@@ -128,6 +130,8 @@
 # Absolute path to the needs_report_template_file based on the conf.py directory
 # needs_report_template = "/needs_templates/report_template.need"   # Use custom report template
 
+needs_report_dead_links = False
+
 needs_types = [
     # Architecture types
     {
@@ -316,41 +320,7 @@
 
 needs_service_all_data = True
 
-needs_services = {
-    "github-issues": {
-        "url": "https://api.github.com/",
-        "max_content_lines": 20,
-        "id_prefix": "GH_ISSUE_",
-    },
-    "github-prs": {
-        "url": "https://api.github.com/",
-        "max_content_lines": 20,
-        "id_prefix": "GH_PR_",
-    },
-    "github-commits": {
-        "url": "https://api.github.com/",
-        "max_content_lines": 20,
-        "id_prefix": "GH_COM_",
-    },
-    "open-needs": {
-        "url": "http://127.0.0.1:9595",
-        "user": os.environ.get("ONS_USERNAME", ""),
-        "password": os.environ.get("ONS_PASSWORD", ""),
-        "id_prefix": "ONS_",
-        "mappings": {
-            "id": "{{key}}",
-            "type": ["type"],
-            "title": "{{title}}",
-            "status": ["options", "status"],
-            "links": ["references", "links"],
-        },
-        "extra_data": {
-            "Priority": ["options", "priority"],
-            "Approval": ["options", "approved"],
-            "Cost": ["options", "costs"],
-        },
-    },
-}
+needs_services = {}
 
 needs_string_links = {
     "config_link": {
@@ -392,19 +362,6 @@ def custom_defined_func():
 needs_build_json = True
 # build needs_json for every needs-id to make detail panel
 needs_build_json_per_id = False
-# Get and maybe set GitHub credentials for services.
-# This is needed as the rate limit for not authenticated users is too low for the amount of requests we
-# need to perform for this documentation
-
-github_username = os.environ.get("GITHUB_USERNAME", "")
-github_token = os.environ.get("GITHUB_TOKEN", "")
-if github_username != "" and github_token != "":
-    print(f"---> GITHUB: Using as username: {github_username}. length token: {len(github_token)}")
-    for service in ["github-issues", "github-prs", "github-commits"]:
-        needs_services[service]["username"] = github_username
-        needs_services[service]["token"] = github_token
-else:
-    print("---> GITHUB: No auth provided")
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
 templates_path = ["_templates"]
@@ -593,13 +550,7 @@ def custom_defined_func():
 
 """
 
-# Check, if docs get built on ci.
-# If this is the case, external services like Open-Needs are not available and
-# docs will show images instead of getting real data.
-on_ci = os.environ.get("ON_CI", "False").upper() == "TRUE"
-fast_build = os.environ.get("FAST_BUILD", "False").upper() == "TRUE"
-
-html_context = {"on_ci": on_ci, "fast_build": fast_build}
+html_context = {}
 
 
 def rstjinja(app: Sphinx, _docname: str, source: List[str]) -> None:
@@ -618,8 +569,6 @@ def rstjinja(app: Sphinx, _docname: str, source: List[str]) -> None:
 
 
 def setup(app: Sphinx) -> None:
-    print(f"---> ON_CI is: {on_ci}")
-    print(f"---> FAST_BUILD is: {fast_build}")
     app.connect("source-read", rstjinja)
 
 
diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index e4aa8db78..9d9ff8922 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ needs_report_template
 
 .. versionadded:: 1.0.1
 
-You can customize the layout of :ref:`needreport` using `Jinja <http://jinja.pocoo.org/>`_.
+You can customize the layout of :ref:`needreport` using `Jinja <http://jinja.pocoo.org/>`__.
 
 Set the value of ``needs_report_template`` to the path of the template you want to use.
 
@@ -2040,7 +2040,7 @@ needs_render_context
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 .. versionadded:: 1.0.3
 
-This option allows you to use custom data as context when rendering `Jinja <https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/>`_ templates or strings.
+This option allows you to use custom data as context when rendering `Jinja <https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/>`__ templates or strings.
 
 Configuration example:
 
@@ -2134,7 +2134,7 @@ needs_template
 
 *removed: 0.3.0*
 
-The layout of needs can be fully customized by using `jinja <http://jinja.pocoo.org/>`_.
+The layout of needs can be fully customized by using `jinja <http://jinja.pocoo.org/>`__.
 
 If nothing is set, the following default template is used:
 
diff --git a/docs/directives/needuml.rst b/docs/directives/needuml.rst
index e49f6c8f8..7670839b3 100644
--- a/docs/directives/needuml.rst
+++ b/docs/directives/needuml.rst
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Allows to inject additional key-value pairs into the ``needuml`` rendering.
    It is not available in code loaded via :ref:`needuml_jinja_uml`.
    So we suggest to use them only in non-embedded needuml directives.
    In an embedded needuml, you can store the information in the options
-   of the need and access them with :ref:`needflow_need` like in 
+   of the need and access them with :ref:`needflow` like in
    :ref:`needuml` introduction.
 
 
diff --git a/docs/layout_styles.rst b/docs/layout_styles.rst
index 9106a202f..61fb39b3a 100644
--- a/docs/layout_styles.rst
+++ b/docs/layout_styles.rst
@@ -371,11 +371,11 @@ Available layout functions are:
 
 .. autofunction:: sphinx_needs.layout.LayoutHandler.meta_links_all(prefix='', postfix='', exclude=None)
 
-.. autofunction:: sphinx_needs.layout.LayoutHandler.image(url, height=None, width=None, align=None, no_link=False)
+.. autofunction:: sphinx_needs.layout.LayoutHandler.image(url, height=None, width=None, align=None, no_link=False, prefix="", is_external=False, img_class="")
 
-.. autofunction:: sphinx_needs.layout.LayoutHandler.link(url, text=None, image_url=None, image_height=None, image_width=None)
+.. autofunction:: sphinx_needs.layout.LayoutHandler.link(url, text=None, image_url=None, image_height=None, image_width=None, prefix="", is_dynamic=False)
 
-.. autofunction:: sphinx_needs.layout.LayoutHandler.permalink(image_url=None, image_height=None, image_width=None, text=None)
+.. autofunction:: sphinx_needs.layout.LayoutHandler.permalink(image_url=None, image_height=None, image_width=None, text=None, prefix="")
 
 .. autofunction:: sphinx_needs.layout.LayoutHandler.collapse_button(target='meta', collapsed='Show', visible='Close', initial=False)
 
diff --git a/docs/performance/index.rst b/docs/performance/index.rst
index bb8f9014e..178e37d1f 100644
--- a/docs/performance/index.rst
+++ b/docs/performance/index.rst
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ Performance & Profiling
    :maxdepth: 2
 
    script
+   debug
 
diff --git a/docs/performance/script.rst b/docs/performance/script.rst
index a9c9c9f0e..e2587aaca 100644
--- a/docs/performance/script.rst
+++ b/docs/performance/script.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.. _performance:
+.. _performance_script:
 
 Performance & Profiling script
 ==============================
diff --git a/docs/services/github.rst b/docs/services/github.rst
index 515a48125..e72605722 100644
--- a/docs/services/github.rst
+++ b/docs/services/github.rst
@@ -22,14 +22,13 @@ Each services creates normally multiple need objects for each element found by q
 
     .. needservice:: github-issues
        :query: repo:useblocks/sphinx-needs node latexpdf
+       :max_amount: 1
        :max_content_lines: 4
 
-{% if fast_build != true %}
-.. needservice:: github-issues
-   :query: repo:useblocks/sphinx-needs node latexpdf
-   :max_amount: 1
-   :max_content_lines: 4
-{% endif %}
+.. figure:: /_images/github_issue_1.png
+   :scale: 80%
+
+   Example of a github Issue collected with Sphinx-Needs.
 
 Directive options, which can also used for normal needs, can also be set for ``needservice`` directive.
 Also the content part of ``needservice`` is added as extra data to the end of the finally created needs.
@@ -51,20 +50,10 @@ Also the content part of ``needservice`` is added as extra data to the end of th
 
        Extra content for each new need
 
-{% if fast_build != true %}
-.. needservice:: github-issues
-   :type: spec
-   :author: Me
-   :tags: awesome, issue
-   :query: repo:useblocks/sphinx-needs node latexpdf
-   :id_prefix: GH_
-   :max_amount: 1
-   :max_content_lines: 4
-   :layout: clean
-   :style: discreet
-
-   Extra content for each new need
-{%endif%}
+.. figure:: /_images/github_issue_2.png
+   :scale: 80%
+
+   Example of a github Issue collected with Sphinx-Needs.
 
 Querying objects
 ----------------
@@ -101,10 +90,6 @@ This loads all open issues, which have the strings *needtable* and *viewports* i
     .. needservice:: github-issues
        :query: repo:useblocks/sphinx-needs state:open needtable viewports
 
-{% if fast_build != true %}
-.. needservice:: github-issues
-   :query: repo:useblocks/sphinx-needs state:open needtable viewports
-{%endif%}
 
 specific
 ++++++++
@@ -123,10 +108,10 @@ This query fetches a specific pull request with the id 161.
     .. needservice:: github-prs
        :specific: useblocks/sphinx-needs/161
 
-{% if fast_build != true %}
-.. needservice:: github-prs
-   :specific: useblocks/sphinx-needs/161
-{%endif%}
+.. figure:: /_images/github_issue_3.png
+   :scale: 80%
+
+   Example of a github Issue collected with Sphinx-Needs.
 
 .. _service_github_config:
 
@@ -193,15 +178,10 @@ directive :ref:`needservice`.
        :layout: focus_l
        :style: blue_border
 
-{% if fast_build != true %}
-.. needservice:: github-issues
-   :query: repo:useblocks/sphinx-needs node latexpdf
-   :max_amount: 1
-   :max_content_lines: 4
-   :id_prefix: GH2_
-   :layout: focus_l
-   :style: blue_border
-{%endif%}
+.. figure:: /_images/github_issue_4.png
+   :scale: 80%
+
+   Example of a github Issue collected with Sphinx-Needs.
 
 Need type
 +++++++++
@@ -273,10 +253,6 @@ Search for all commits of Sphinx-Needs, which have ``Python`` in their message.
       :query: repo:useblocks/sphinx-needs python
       :max_amount: 2
 
-.. needservice:: github-commits
-   :query: repo:useblocks/sphinx-needs python
-   :max_amount: 2
-
 **Specific commit**
 
 Document commit ``a4a596`` of **Sphinx-Needs**.
@@ -286,8 +262,6 @@ Document commit ``a4a596`` of **Sphinx-Needs**.
     .. needservice:: github-commits
        :specific: useblocks/sphinx-needs/a4a596
 
-.. needservice:: github-commits
-   :specific: useblocks/sphinx-needs/a4a596113
 
 Filtering
 +++++++++
diff --git a/docs/services/open_needs.rst b/docs/services/open_needs.rst
index 55663ce61..5b5f72979 100644
--- a/docs/services/open_needs.rst
+++ b/docs/services/open_needs.rst
@@ -216,22 +216,9 @@ Examples
 
 **Result**
 
-{% if on_ci != true %}
-
-.. needservice:: open-needs
-   :prefix: ONS_
-   :params: skip=0;limit=10
-
-.. needtable::
-   :filter: "ONS" in id
-   :columns: id, title, status, type
-   :style: table
-
-{% else %}
 .. hint::
 
    The below examples are just images, as no Open-Needs Server instance was available during documentation build.
-   In order for this to work, you must set the ``ON_CI`` environment variable to ``True``
 
 .. image:: /_images/ons_example.png
    :align: center
@@ -239,6 +226,4 @@ Examples
 
 .. image:: /_images/ons_table.png
    :align: center
-   :width: 60%
-
-{% endif %}
\ No newline at end of file
+   :width: 60%
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 0310406d5..85f54d0cb 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ def benchmark_time(session):
         "--benchmark-json",
         "output.json",
         external=True,
-        env={"ON_CI": "true", "FAST_BUILD": "true"},
     )
 
 
@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ def benchmark_memory(session):
         "--benchmark-json",
         "output.json",
         external=True,
-        env={"ON_CI": "true", "FAST_BUILD": "true"},
     )
     session.run("memray", "flamegraph", "-o", "mem_out.html", "mem_out.bin")
 
diff --git a/sphinx_needs/functions/common.py b/sphinx_needs/functions/common.py
index 230eb339a..a256834a6 100644
--- a/sphinx_needs/functions/common.py
+++ b/sphinx_needs/functions/common.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def copy(app: Sphinx, need, needs, option, need_id=None, lower: bool = False, up
         .. test:: test of current_need value
            :id: copy_4
 
-           The following copy command copies the title of the first need found under the same highest
+           The es the title of the first need found under the same highest
            section (headline):
 
            [[copy('title', filter='current_need["sections"][-1]==sections[-1]')]]
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/test_official.py b/tests/benchmarks/test_official.py
index ce2b47a45..b2f3ba6a8 100644
--- a/tests/benchmarks/test_official.py
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/test_official.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import os
 import re
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -20,9 +19,6 @@ def test_official_time(test_app, benchmark):
     )
     responses.add(responses.GET, re.compile(r"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/.*"), body="")
 
-    os.environ["ON_CI"] = "true"
-    os.environ["FAST_BUILD"] = "true"
-
     app = test_app
     benchmark.pedantic(app.builder.build_all, rounds=1, iterations=1)
 
@@ -43,9 +39,6 @@ def test_official_memory(test_app):
     )
     responses.add(responses.GET, re.compile(r"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/.*"), body="")
 
-    os.environ["ON_CI"] = "true"
-    os.environ["FAST_BUILD"] = "true"
-
     app = test_app
 
     # Okay, that's really ugly.