Unleash Creativity with HubSpot Page Editor: A Comprehensive Guide

Joe Jerome
10/9/24 5:12 PM

For over a decade, I’ve been working with HubSpot, building websites and pushing the boundaries of its capabilities. One thing that’s consistently evolved for the better is the HubSpot Page Editor. HubSpot’s latest updates to its CMS make website building more intuitive, flexible, and powerful than ever before. Whether you’re a seasoned developer or just getting started, the latest page editor is a game changer. Here are the top benefits that make the HubSpot Page Editor your go-to for creating beautiful, optimized web pages.

 

1. Drag-and-Drop Simplicity

No coding required! HubSpot’s intuitive drag-and-drop functionality lets you move sections, modules, and content blocks easily.

HubSpot’s drag-and-drop functionality is a game-changer for both developers and non-developers alike, allowing you to create stunning, professional websites without touching a single line of code. It empowers you to effortlessly build out web pages by dragging and positioning content elements—whether it's a headline, image, form, or call-to-action—exactly where you want them on the page.

hubspot drag and drop editor

With HubSpot’s drag-and-drop page editor, you’re in full control. You can move sections, modules, and content blocks with precision—rearrange them to create dynamic layouts on the fly, without writing a single line of CSS, HTML, or JavaScript. The flexibility allows you to experiment with various designs and layouts, all while ensuring your site stays responsive and visually appealing across different devices.

This not only cuts down development time but also makes web design accessible to marketers and business owners who don’t have coding skills. Want to adjust the layout before a big launch? Need to add an announcement banner to a campaign landing page? HubSpot makes it as simple as dragging the element into place.

 

2. Mobile Responsiveness at Your Fingertips

 

Imagine having a detailed service breakdown or a complex design that looks fantastic on a desktop but feels overwhelming on a mobile phone. With HubSpot’s mobile-hiding feature, you can ensure a mobile-optimized experience without duplicating efforts. Just one click, and you’re done—no fussing with CSS or breakpoints.

 

hide sections and style differently on mobile

 

What does this mean for you? A seamless user experience across all devices. Your audience won’t be stuck zooming in or navigating through clunky, misaligned content on their phones. Instead, they’ll be met with a streamlined, easy-to-navigate mobile experience that enhances their interaction with your brand.

 

mobile view and page editor

 

This tool gives marketers and developers the flexibility they need to build user-friendly, high-conversion pages without getting bogged down in the technical details. Whether you're building for mobile-first or optimizing an existing desktop page, the HubSpot Page Editor makes the process smooth and intuitive, so you can focus on delivering value to your customers, not troubleshooting responsive issues.

With just one click, you’re making your content more efficient, your design more thoughtful, and your site more adaptable. It’s all part of the HubSpot Page Editor's commitment to making your life easier and your website better.

3. Saved Sections for Easy Reuse

Build once, reuse often. Save sections to use across multiple pages, ensuring consistency and saving time.

One of the biggest advantages of HubSpot’s page editor is the ability to build once, reuse often by saving sections for future use. Imagine this: you’ve spent time designing a beautiful, conversion-focused testimonial section with client quotes, images, and brand-specific colors. It looks perfect on your homepage. But now you realize that the same layout would work great on your product pages, blog posts, and even landing pages.

hubspot page editor save section

With traditional web development, you’d have to recreate that section from scratch on every page—a tedious process that increases the chances of inconsistencies and errors. But with HubSpot and the new page editor, you don’t have to. You can save that section and use it across your entire website with just a few clicks. It’s like creating your own set of custom building blocks that you can place wherever and whenever you need them.

What Does This Mean for You?

Time-Saving at Scale

By saving sections, you eliminate the need to repeatedly design the same components across multiple pages. Whether it’s a call-to-action banner, a footer, or a pricing table, once you create it, you can store it in your library and quickly add it to any other page in seconds. This is especially helpful for teams working on large websites or those constantly rolling out new landing pages.

The ability to repurpose pre-built sections dramatically cuts down the time spent on repetitive tasks. For example, if you have 20 product pages, you don’t need to recreate the same product feature section over and over again. Just drop the saved section onto each page, and you’re ready to go.

Consistency Across Your Website

A common problem for many businesses is ensuring design consistency across all pages. Inconsistent headers, varying font sizes, or mismatched color schemes can easily slip through when sections are built individually. With HubSpot’s saved sections, those worries are a thing of the past.

Once you’ve created a section that fits your brand’s style, you can be confident that every instance of it across your site will look exactly the same. This ensures a seamless, cohesive experience for your visitors, reinforcing your brand identity on every page. Whether it’s a contact form, testimonial, or FAQ section, it will look uniform across the board.

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Quick and Easy Updates

Let’s say you need to update a section that’s used on multiple pages. In a traditional setup, you’d have to hunt down every instance of that section and manually update it. Not with HubSpot! If you make a change to a saved section, you can apply it across all pages that use it with just a few clicks. Need to update a company address in the footer? Adjust the design of a product feature section? It’s all done at once, without having to touch every page individually.

This feature is especially valuable for businesses that need to frequently update content—whether it’s for seasonal promotions, pricing changes, or announcements. HubSpot’s saved sections ensure that your site stays up-to-date and accurate without requiring hours of manual updates.

Customizable Yet Adaptable

Even though saved sections ensure consistency, HubSpot allows flexibility for customization. If you want to adjust a specific instance of a saved section—let’s say, you want to swap out testimonials for a different product page—you can do so easily. The original section remains intact in your library, while the customized instance can reflect the unique content for that specific page.

This flexibility is ideal for marketing teams who need to tweak content on a page-by-page basis while maintaining a core design framework. You get the best of both worlds: efficiency through reuse and flexibility through customization.

Perfect for Rapid Campaigns and Launches

When you’re running marketing campaigns or launching a new product, speed is often critical. You need to spin up landing pages, promotional banners, and email sign-up forms quickly and efficiently. With saved sections, you already have the key elements built—just drag, drop, and tweak the content as needed.

This makes campaign execution faster and ensures you can stay focused on strategy rather than being bogged down in repetitive design tasks. The result? Faster turnaround times, consistent messaging, and more effective campaigns.

Easy Collaboration and Scaling

For teams that are scaling rapidly or managing multiple websites, saved sections streamline collaboration. Designers can focus on building a core library of components, while marketers or content creators can pull from those pre-built sections to craft pages that meet their specific needs. This division of labor allows teams to work more efficiently and scale website production without sacrificing design quality.

 

4. Theme Modules Integration

Whether you’re working with HubSpot’s built-in themes or diving into custom designs, Theme Modules give you the flexibility to deploy elements quickly and efficiently, without sacrificing your brand’s unique style. These modules are pre-configured components that automatically adapt to the overall design settings of your website, including typography, colors, padding, and other styling rules.

hubspot theme modules and other modules

Here’s a deeper look at the versatility and benefits of HubSpot’s Theme Modules:

 
Instant Alignment with Your Branding

When you choose a theme in HubSpot, it comes with global settings—your brand colors, font choices, button styles, and more. HubSpot’s Theme Modules automatically inherit these settings, ensuring that each element you add to your pages perfectly aligns with the rest of your website’s design. Whether you’re adding a call-to-action button, a header, or a rich text module, it will already be styled according to your brand’s guidelines.

For example, when you drag a button module onto a page, you don’t need to manually set the colors, borders, or fonts—they’ll be automatically configured based on your theme’s global styles. This ensures a cohesive look and feel across every page, without needing to tweak settings every time you add a module.

 
Fast Deployment of Common Elements

The Theme Modules offer a variety of ready-made components that you can quickly add to your pages. These include:

  • Buttons for CTAs
  • Banners to promote key messages or offers
  • Forms for lead capture
  • Image galleries for showcasing portfolios or products
  • Testimonials to display customer feedback
  • Text blocks for content sections
  • Pricing tables for product or service comparisons

Each of these modules is designed for rapid deployment, meaning you can simply drag them onto a page and they’ll immediately look polished and professional. There’s no need to worry about aligning text or images, setting padding or margins, or fixing design quirks—HubSpot’s modules handle all of that for you.

 
Customization Within the Module

While the Theme Modules come pre-styled, they are still highly customizable. Each module has its own settings that you can adjust to fit the specific needs of the page you're working on. For example, with a banner module, you can easily change the background image, adjust the opacity, swap out text, or adjust the positioning—all within the editor.

These modules give you the perfect balance of efficiency and customization. You can quickly add elements that look great right out of the box, but you’re also able to tailor them to match specific content or campaign needs.

 
Consistent User Experience

One of the biggest challenges for businesses with multiple contributors is maintaining design consistency across all web pages. Different team members might have different design sensibilities, leading to inconsistencies in font sizes, colors, and layouts. With Theme Modules, everyone is working from the same set of design tools, ensuring that the overall look and feel of your site remains consistent no matter who is building the page.

Since these modules are tied to your global theme settings, any changes made at the theme level (like updating your primary color) will be reflected across all pages that use these modules. This means that even if you need to rebrand or update your style, you can do it in one place, and it will automatically update across your entire website, keeping everything visually consistent.

 
Easy Adaptation for New Campaigns

Launching a new campaign? Whether it's a seasonal offer or a product launch, Theme Modules make it easy to roll out campaign-specific landing pages or microsites quickly. You can mix and match modules to create pages that align with your ongoing campaigns while maintaining a consistent look that matches your overall website design.

Let’s say you’re introducing a holiday promotion. You can add a banner module to highlight the offer, drop in a testimonial module for social proof, and include a form module for capturing leads—all within minutes. The modules will inherit the branding of your site while allowing you to make small adjustments specific to the campaign, such as tweaking headlines or button text.

 

Developer and Non-Developer Friendly

Theme Modules are an excellent tool for developers and non-developers alike. For developers, they provide a solid foundation that’s easy to customize further if needed. For marketers or business owners with no coding experience, Theme Modules allow you to build out entire pages without needing to worry about design consistency or technical glitches.

If you ever want to create a fully custom module, developers can easily do so in HubSpot, while still taking advantage of the global theme styles to maintain a consistent brand experience.

 

 

5. Modules from the HubSpot Marketplace

One of the best parts about building a website on HubSpot is its Module Marketplace, which offers a vast array of free and premium modules designed by professionals. These modules are built to integrate seamlessly with your HubSpot CMS, making it incredibly easy to extend the functionality of your site without needing custom development.

The marketplace is your go-to resource for pre-built modules that can enhance everything from design to forms, interactive features, and more. It allows you to choose modules that fit your specific website vision and business needs, letting you focus on delivering your best work while delighting your audience.


hubspot module marketplace

 

What Can You Find in the HubSpot Marketplace?

  • Blog Modules: Add stylish blog post listings or featured content sections.
  • Body Content Modules: Easily incorporate features like image galleries, tabs, and video sections.
  • Commerce Modules: Add product listings, pricing tables, and even dynamic shopping carts.
  • Design Modules: Choose from a wide range of sliders, flip cards, and parallax scrolling sections to create engaging, visually stunning pages.
  • Forms & Buttons: Add forms and interactive buttons to capture leads and encourage action.
  • Functionality Modules: Need a timeline with scrolling animations or a frequently asked questions (FAQ) section? There’s a module for that.

hubspot modules from the hubspot marketplace

Why Use Marketplace Modules?

  1. Time-Saving: Instead of building components from scratch, simply grab a ready-made module that fits your needs. You can tweak them to match your style, and you’re up and running in minutes.

  2. Customization: Many modules, like those for FAQs or image galleries, offer customizable styles that adapt to your brand’s colors, fonts, and overall design. This allows you to maintain a consistent brand identity while using new, dynamic features.

  3. Enhance Functionality: Looking for something beyond HubSpot’s built-in options? The marketplace gives you access to advanced features like interactive flip cards, animations, or complex forms—all without needing custom code.

  4. Compatibility with Your Plan: Easily filter modules that are compatible with your specific HubSpot plan or integrate with the tools you’re already using, ensuring smooth functionality without technical headaches.

  5. Scalable Solutions: As your business grows, your website needs to keep up. The marketplace offers scalable solutions for businesses at every stage. Whether you're adding new features for a product launch or enhancing a landing page for a seasonal campaign, there's a module that fits.

With over 600 modules to choose from, the HubSpot Marketplace is a treasure trove of resources that enable you to mix and match elements that suit your website's style and functionality. This means your website can always stay fresh, engaging, and user-friendly—without having to reinvent the wheel each time you want to add new features.

 

The HubSpot Page Editor is more than just a tool—it’s an all-in-one solution that simplifies the entire website-building process. Whether you’re looking to build a high-performing website or just tweak an existing page, the HubSpot Page Editor makes it easier than ever to achieve your goals.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need help with your HubSpot CMS setup. At Brand Builder Solutions, we’ve been mastering the HubSpot CMS for over a decade, and we’re excited to help you unlock the full potential of this powerful platform.

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