Proposal layouts
Pick one of the four proposal designs, preview it, and start a proposal from it.
A layout is the visual design of a proposal: its typography, colours, photo treatment and the order of its sections. Hailo has four. Every section in every layout is editable on the proposal itself, so the layout is a starting point, not a cage.
Open the gallery from Templates > Proposal templates. The page is titled Proposal designs and each card shows a live miniature of the design's cover.
The four layouts
| Layout | Feel | Sections (required ones marked *) |
|---|---|---|
| Editorial Cream (the default) | Warm cream paper, italic serif headlines, hand-drawn green-line dividers, scattered photo plates and a Select Films grid. | Cover · Welcome note · Behind the camera · Investment · Recent work · Agreement · Next step* |
| Wild Hearts | Cinematic, all black and white. A full-bleed couple photo on the cover with tall narrow caps over it and a three-column meta strip. No warmth, no gold. | Cover · Their day · Recent work · The filmmaker · Investment · Begin* |
| Minimal Guide | A pricing-guide skeleton turned into a film proposal. Cream page cards, small restrained headlines, black-and-white stacked photo pairs. Investment renders as one centred pricing card. | Cover · Welcome · Their day · The filmmaker · Recent work · Investment · Accept & sign* |
| Bold Couture | Built for the moment after the client call. Massive block headlines, film-grain overlay, an info strip on the cover and a six-spread rhythm. | Cover · Their day · The filmmaker · Recent work · Investment · Next step* |
Required sections cannot be switched off. A proposal that cannot say who it is for, what it costs or how to accept is not a proposal, so the cover, the investment table and the accept step always render. The other sections have on/off switches in the lead's Booking tab (step 02, Layout), where the chip reads "N hidden" or "All N showing" and required ones show Always on.
Preview a layout
Click Preview on a card. The design opens in a preview window with sample content (a sample couple, sample photos) so you can judge the feel before you commit.
Start a proposal from a layout
- Click Create Proposal on the card you want.
- Hailo creates a draft called "Untitled Proposal" with sample photos, sample vibe words ("Warm", "Candid", "Timeless") and placeholder couple details ("Partner & Partner", "Wedding date", "Wedding location"), inherits your default intro, contract terms and cover from Settings > Defaults, and opens the builder. The banner reads "Draft created with the … layout. Click anything to edit."
- Nobody is attached yet. Before you can send, open Advanced settings > Prepared for and pick the couple. See Proposal builder.
You can also pick a layout later on any proposal from Advanced settings > Layout > Design, or from the lead's Booking tab Design popover.
Switching layouts keeps your photos
When you change a proposal's layout, Hailo swaps in that layout's sample photos only if you have not touched the photo slots. The moment you add, replace or delete a single photo, your set is yours and a later layout change never overwrites it. Text edits and styling overrides carry across layouts too.