Pages 2.0 | Manage Your Brand Style Options

Pages 2.0 refers to the new version of Happeo Pages, released on April 2, 2025. All Happeo accounts created from this date onward use the new page editor by default.

🎯 Who this article is for: Admins and users with the branding permission who manage the visual setup of pages.

💼 Package requirements: Brand Style Options are available in the Starter, Growth, and Enterprise packages.

⚠️ Important: Brand styles is an exclusive Pages 2.0 feature. Please refer to this article for Legacy Pages.

🔎 Further reading: If you haven't set up Style Options yet, start with Configure Brand Style Options.

1. Overview

Managing your Brand Style Options helps your organization keep every page consistent, clear, and aligned as your content grows. By updating global styles, refining defaults, and controlling widget overrides, you ensure that editors can create content confidently while maintaining a cohesive look across your platform. This makes your knowledge easier to navigate, more trustworthy, and ready to support teams as they scale.

2. Before you begin

Before making changes to your style options, make sure the following are in place:

• You must be an admin or have the branding permission to manage Style Options.
• You need at least one Brand Style with Style Options already configured. See Configure Brand Style Options to get started.
• Changes to Style Options apply immediately once saved. There is no change log for Brand Style updates. If you're making significant changes to a Brand Style that's already in use, consider duplicating it first and testing your changes against a test page group before applying them to the live Brand Style.

3. Update the global style

You can update the global style at any time for both sections and individual widget types. Any page that was using the previous global style version will reflect the new version automatically.

1. Go to Admin Settings and select Branding.
2. Open the Pages 2.0 tab and select the Brand Style you want to configure.
3. Under Element styles, select Sections or Widgets depending on what you want to update.
   1. For sections: Under the style settings for a normal or collapsible section, click the Global Section Style, update it, and save your changes. 
   2. For widgets: Select Global Widget Style, update it, and save your changes. 

🗒 Note: Changing the global style only affects pages using it. Pages where an editor selected a specific non-global style option, or customized an element manually from within the Pages 2.0 editor, are not affected.

4. Toggle Override Widget Style for a widget

Override widget style is the setting that enables per-widget style options for a specific widget type. Toggling it on lets you create style options that sit on top of the global widget style for that widget. Toggling it off removes the per-widget configuration entirely and returns that widget type to the global widget style.

⚠️ Important: Untoggling Override widget style permanently removes all style options you have created for that widget type. This cannot be undone. Any pages that were using those style options will revert to the global widget style automatically. If you re-toggle Override widget style afterward, the widget type will start fresh with no style options configured, and pages will remain on the global widget style until new options are created and selected.

Before untoggling, consider whether you want to note down your existing style option configurations, as you will need to recreate them manually if needed.

Toggle Override Widget Style on or off

1. Go to Admin Settings and select Branding.
2. Open the Pages 2.0 tab and select the Brand Style you want to configure.
3. Under Element styles, select Widgets.
4. Select the widget type you want to configure.
5. Toggle Override widget style on to enable per-widget style options for that widget type, or off to remove them and return to the global widget style.

5. Update the global widget style

The global widget style is the baseline applied to all widgets in a Brand Style. Updating it applies the change to any page where the widget is using the global style rather than a per-widget override.

If a widget type has been overridden at the per-widget level, it will not update when the global widget style changes. To identify which widget types have been overridden:

1. Go to Admin Settings and select Branding.
2. Open the Pages 2.0 tab and select your Brand Style.
3. Under Element styles, select Widgets.

Any widget type with a per-widget override will show a tag in the widget list, making it easy to see what has been customized against the global widget style.

6. Remove a style option

To remove a style option for a section or a widget type:

1. Go to Admin Settings and select Branding.
2. Open the Pages 2.0 tab and select the Brand Style you want to configure.
3. Under Element styles, select Sections or Widgets depending on what you want to update.

3. For sections: Select the three-dot menu next to the style option you want to remove and choose Remove.
4. For widgets: Select the widget type you want to update, then select the three-dot menu next to the style option you want to remove and choose Remove.

What happens next depends on how that style was being used on a page:

• Page reverts to default: If a page was using the removed style as a selected option, it reverts to the current default style for that Brand Style automatically.
• Editor customizations are not affected: If an editor had customized that element from within the Pages 2.0 editor, rather than selecting one of your approved options, the customization remains in place. Editor-customized styles are not affected by removing a style option. They can only be reset at the page level from within the Pages 2.0 editor. See Create and Manage Brand Styles — “Understanding style overrides” for guidance.

7. Best practices

Keeping your style options well-maintained makes the page-building experience more intuitive for editors and reduces the risk of brand inconsistencies over time.

• Audit your style options periodically: As your organization's visual needs change, some style options may become redundant or unused. Removing them regularly keeps the editor experience clean and reduces the number of choices editors have to consider when building pages.
• Use the override tag as a routine health check: The override tag in the widget list makes it easy to spot widget types that have drifted from the global widget style. Building a habit of reviewing this before a brand refresh means you know exactly what will and won't be affected before you make changes.
• Duplicate before a brand refresh: When making significant updates to defaults or the global widget style, duplicate your Brand Style first. This lets you preview exactly how the changes will appear on your pages before rolling them out across your organization.
• Communicate changes to your editors: When you update defaults or remove style options, editors may notice changes in how pages look or in which options are available to them. A quick heads-up prevents confusion and keeps your team confident in the platform.

8. Frequently asked questions

If I remove a style option, can I restore it? 

No. Removing a style option is permanent. If you need to restore it, you'll need to recreate it manually by adding a new style option with the same configuration. 

Will removing a style option affect all Brand Styles, or just the one I'm editing? 

Just the one you're editing. Style options are configured within each Brand Style individually, so any changes you make only affect that Brand Style and the page groups using it.

Can I rename a style option without affecting pages that are using it? 

Yes. Renaming a style option is purely cosmetic and does not change how the style is applied to pages. Pages using that option will continue to display exactly as before, just with a new name.

What happens when I remove all style options from a widget or a section? 

It depends on the element type. For widgets, removing all style options means that widget type falls back to the global widget style. For sections, you must always have at least one style option in place. The last remaining style option becomes the default and cannot be removed.

What's the difference between removing a per-widget override and removing a style option? 

Removing a per-widget override (by untoggling Override widget style) removes all style options for that widget type and returns it to the global widget style baseline. Removing a specific style option removes only that individual option, while the remaining style options and the widget override itself stay in place.

If I update the global widget style, will it affect pages that are using a style option I created? 

No. Style options configured at the per-widget level take precedence over the Global Widget Style. Pages using those style options will not be affected when the Global Widget Style changes. Only pages where the widget is using the global style directly will reflect the update.

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