diff --git a/nbconvert_a11y/exporter.py b/nbconvert_a11y/exporter.py
index 86eaff40..b4d8b5cd 100644
--- a/nbconvert_a11y/exporter.py
+++ b/nbconvert_a11y/exporter.py
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ class A11yExporter(PostProcess, HTMLExporter):
     include_cell_index = Bool(
         True, help="show the ordinal cell index, typically this is ignored from notebooks."
     ).tag(config=True)
+    include_visibility = Bool(False, help="include visibility toggle").tag(config=True)
+    include_upload = Bool(False, help="include template for uploading new content").tag(config=True)
     exclude_anchor_links = Bool(True).tag(config=True)
     code_theme = Enum(list(THEMES), "gh-high", help="an accessible pygments dark/light theme").tag(
         config=True
@@ -130,6 +132,8 @@ def from_notebook_node(self, nb, resources=None, **kw):
         resources["include_settings"] = self.include_settings
         resources["include_help"] = self.include_help
         resources["include_toc"] = self.include_toc
+        resources["include_visibility"] = self.include_upload
+        resources["include_upload"] = self.include_upload
         resources["wcag_priority"] = self.wcag_priority
         resources["accesskey_navigation"] = self.accesskey_navigation
         resources["code_theme"] = THEMES[self.code_theme]
diff --git a/nbconvert_a11y/templates/a11y/base.html.j2 b/nbconvert_a11y/templates/a11y/base.html.j2
index 4e06990a..1f7f5a1b 100644
--- a/nbconvert_a11y/templates/a11y/base.html.j2
+++ b/nbconvert_a11y/templates/a11y/base.html.j2
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ the notebook experiennce from browse to edit/focus mode.
             <summary onclick="openDialogs()">settings, help, & diagnostics</summary>
         </details>
         {% if resources.include_settings %}{% include "a11y/components/settings.html.j2" %}{% endif %}
-        {% include "a11y/components/visibility.html.j2"%}
+        {% if resources.include_visibility %}{% include "a11y/components/visibility.html.j2"%}{% endif %}
         {% if resources.include_help %}{% include "a11y/components/help.html.j2" %}{% endif %}
         {% if resources.include_axe %}{% include "a11y/components/audit.html.j2" %}{% endif %}
         {# make the individual settings discoverable before all the settings
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ the notebook experiennce from browse to edit/focus mode.
         {% if resources.include_settings %}
         <button onclick="openDialog()" aria-controls="nb-settings" accesskey=",">settings</button>
         {% endif %}
-        <button aria-controls="nb-visibility-dialog" onclick="openDialog()" accesskey="-">show/hide</button>
+        {% if resources.include_visibility %}<button aria-controls="nb-visibility-dialog" onclick="openDialog()"
+            accesskey="-">show/hide</button>
+        {% endif %}
         {% if resources.include_axe %}<button aria-controls="nb-audit" aria-describedby="nb-audit-desc"
             onclick="openDialog()">audit</button>{% endif %}
         {% if resources.include_help %}<button onclick="openDialog()" aria-controls="nb-help"
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ the notebook experiennce from browse to edit/focus mode.
         {{activity_log()}}
         <a href="#TOP" accesskey="0">skip to top</a>
     </footer>
+    {% if resources.include_upload %}{% block template_element %}{% endblock %}{% endif %}
 </body>
 {% endblock body_footer %}
 
diff --git a/nbconvert_a11y/templates/a11y/components/cell.html.j2 b/nbconvert_a11y/templates/a11y/components/cell.html.j2
index 0d4809dc..ea6e5998 100644
--- a/nbconvert_a11y/templates/a11y/components/cell.html.j2
+++ b/nbconvert_a11y/templates/a11y/components/cell.html.j2
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 {% from "a11y/components/displays.html.j2" import cell_display_priority with context %}
 
 {% macro cell_anchor(i, cell_type, hidden=False)%}
-<a href="#{{i}}" id="{{i}}" aria-labelledby="nb-cell-label {{i}}" {% if resources.accesskey_navigation and (i < 10)
-    %}accesskey="{{i}}" {% endif %} aria-describedby="nb-{{cell_type}}-label nb-cell-label cell-{{i}}-loc nb-loc-label"
-    {{hide(hidden)}}>{{i}}</a>
+<a href="#{{i}}" id="{{i}}" aria-labelledby="nb-cell-label {{i}}" {% if resources.accesskey_navigation and isinstance(i,
+    int) and (i < 10) %}accesskey="{{i}}" {% endif %}
+    aria-describedby="nb-{{cell_type}}-label nb-cell-label cell-{{i}}-loc nb-loc-label" {{hide(hidden)}}>{{i}}</a>
 {% endmacro %}
 
 {% macro cell_form(i, cell_type, hidden=True) %}
diff --git a/nbconvert_a11y/templates/a11y/table.html.j2 b/nbconvert_a11y/templates/a11y/table.html.j2
index da110e15..28e71aaf 100644
--- a/nbconvert_a11y/templates/a11y/table.html.j2
+++ b/nbconvert_a11y/templates/a11y/table.html.j2
@@ -4,6 +4,37 @@
 cell_form, cell_source, cell_metadata, cell_output with context%}
 {% set COLUMNS = ["index", "execution_count", "cell_type", "toolbar", "started_at", "completed_at", "source", "loc",
 "metadata", "outputs"] %}
+
+{% macro cell_row(cell, loop) %}
+<tr role="listitem" class="cell {{cell.cell_type}}"
+    aria-labelledby="nb-cell-label {{loop.index}} cell-{{loop.index}}-cell_type"
+    data-loc="{{cell.source.splitlines().__len__()}}" {% if cell.cell_type=="code" %} {% endif %}
+    data-index="{{loop.index}}">
+    <td role="none" class="nb-anchor">{{cell_anchor(loop.index, cell.cell_type)}}</td>
+    <td role="none" class="nb-execution_count" hidden>{{cell_execution_count(loop.index, cell.execution_count)}}
+    </td>
+    <td role="none" class="nb-cell_type" hidden>{{cell_cell_type(loop.index, cell.cell_type)}}</td>
+    <td role="none" class="nb-toolbar" hidden>{{cell_form(loop.index)}}</td>
+    <td role="none" class="nb-start" id="cell-{{loop.index}}-start" hidden>
+        {% set t0 = cell.get("metadata", {}).get("execution", {}).get("iopub.execute_input", "") %}
+        {{time(t0)}}
+    </td>
+    <td role="none" class="nb-end" id="cell-{{loop.index}}-end" hidden>
+        {% set t1 = cell.get("metadata", {}).get("execution", {}).get("shell.execute_reply", "") %}
+        {{time(t1)}}
+    </td>
+    <td role="none" class="nb-source" {{hide(cell.cell_type=="markdown" )}}>{{cell_source(loop.index,
+        cell.source, cell.cell_type, cell.execution_count)}}</td>
+    <td role="none" class="nb-metadata" hidden>{{cell_metadata(loop.index, cell.get("metadata", {}))}}</td>
+    {# it was noted in a video that lines of code were helpful in assistive descriptions.
+    lines of code are part of the gestalt of code forms. #}
+    <td role="none" class="nb-loc" id="cell-{{loop.index}}-loc" hidden>{{loc(cell)}}</td>
+    <td role="none" class="nb-outputs">{{cell_output(loop.index, cell, cell.source, cell.outputs,
+        cell.cell_type,
+        cell.execution_count)}}</td>
+</tr>
+{% endmacro %}
+
 {% block body_loop %}
 {# the most consistent implementation would connect the input visibility to a form #}
 <table id="cells" role="presentation">
@@ -15,37 +46,13 @@ cell_form, cell_source, cell_metadata, cell_output with context%}
         </tr>
         {%- for cell in nb.cells -%}
         {% block any_cell scoped %}
-        <tr role="listitem" class="cell {{cell.cell_type}}"
-            aria-labelledby="nb-cell-label {{loop.index}} cell-{{loop.index}}-cell_type"
-            data-loc="{{cell.source.splitlines().__len__()}}" {% if cell.cell_type=="code" %} {% endif %}
-            data-index="{{loop.index}}">
-            <td role="none" class="nb-anchor">{{cell_anchor(loop.index, cell.cell_type)}}</td>
-            <td role="none" class="nb-execution_count" hidden>{{cell_execution_count(loop.index, cell.execution_count)}}
-            </td>
-            <td role="none" class="nb-cell_type" hidden>{{cell_cell_type(loop.index, cell.cell_type)}}</td>
-            <td role="none" class="nb-toolbar" hidden>{{cell_form(loop.index)}}</td>
-            <td role="none" class="nb-start" id="cell-{{loop.index}}-start" hidden>
-                {% set t0 = cell.metadata.get("execution", {}).get("iopub.execute_input", "") %}
-                {{time(t0)}}
-            </td>
-            <td role="none" class="nb-end" id="cell-{{loop.index}}-end" hidden>
-                {% set t1 = cell.metadata.get("execution", {}).get("shell.execute_reply", "") %}
-                {{time(t1)}}
-            </td>
-            <td role="none" class="nb-source" {{hide(cell.cell_type=="markdown" )}}>{{cell_source(loop.index,
-                cell.source, cell.cell_type, cell.execution_count)}}</td>
-            <td role="none" class="nb-metadata" hidden>{{cell_metadata(loop.index, cell.metadata)}}</td>
-            {# it was noted in a video that lines of code were helpful in assistive descriptions.
-            lines of code are part of the gestalt of code forms. #}
-            <td role="none" class="nb-loc" id="cell-{{loop.index}}-loc" hidden>{{loc(cell)}}</td>
-            <td role="none" class="nb-outputs">{{cell_output(loop.index, cell, cell.source, cell.outputs,
-                cell.cell_type,
-                cell.execution_count)}}</td>
-        </tr>
+        {{cell_row(cell, loop)}}
         {% endblock any_cell %}
         {%- endfor -%}
     </tbody>
 </table>
+
+
 <table class="nb-cells-footer" hidden>
     <tbody>
         {# needs a header row #}
@@ -85,4 +92,12 @@ cell_form, cell_source, cell_metadata, cell_output with context%}
         </tr>
     </tbody>
 </table>
-{% endblock body_loop %}
\ No newline at end of file
+{% endblock body_loop %}
+
+{% block template_element %}
+<template>
+    <table>
+        {{cell_row(dict(source=""), dict(index=""))}}
+    </table>
+</template>
+{% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/configurations/a11y.py b/tests/configurations/a11y.py
index ba6c4daa..b6c49af0 100644
--- a/tests/configurations/a11y.py
+++ b/tests/configurations/a11y.py
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@
 c.A11yExporter.include_sa11y = True
 c.A11yExporter.include_settings = True
 c.A11yExporter.include_help = True
+c.A11yExporter.include_visibility = True
+c.A11yExporter.include_upload = True
 c.A11yExporter.wcag_priority = "AAA"
\ No newline at end of file