A HubSpot custom module is more than module.html. Each module can also ship its own module.css and module.js, so a component carries its styling and behavior with it. Used well,...
Local Development with the HubSpot CLI: Edit in Your Editor, Sync to the Design Manager
Editing templates and modules in the Design Manager works, but it has no Git history, no real code review and a limited editor. The HubSpot CLI (hs) lets you develop...
Repeater Groups in HubSpot Custom Modules: Flexible Components Editors Can't Break
Feature cards, FAQs, team members, logos: most marketing pages are lists of similar items. If you hardcode three cards into a module, every change becomes a developer ticket. If you...
HubL Macros in HubSpot CMS: Reuse Template Code Without Copy-Paste
If you build HubSpot CMS themes, you have probably copied the same block of HubL into three templates: a card, a button, a list of tags. A copy-pasted snippet becomes...
Faster Images in HubSpot Templates: srcset, Lazy Loading and Layout Shift
Images are usually the heaviest part of a HubSpot page. Three habits fix most image problems: serve the right size, load off-screen images late, and reserve space so the page...
HubDB in HubSpot CMS: Build Data-Driven Pages Without Hardcoding Content
Hardcoding lists of team members, locations, events or products into HubSpot modules works until the third time someone asks you to "just add one more row". HubDB is HubSpot's built-in...
HubSpot Theme Fields vs Module Fields: Where Should Your Design Settings Live?
Every HubSpot CMS project eventually hits the same question: should this setting be a theme field or a module field? Pick wrong and marketers end up editing the same brand...
HubSpot Serverless Functions: Keep API Keys Out of the Browser
Sooner or later a HubSpot page needs data from an API that requires a secret: a private app token, a weather service key, an internal pricing endpoint. Putting that key...
Debugging HubL Templates: Practical Techniques for HubSpot CMS Developers
HubL renders on the server, so when a template misbehaves you cannot open browser dev tools and step through it. The output is simply wrong, or a section silently disappears....
