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A happier website handover | Happy

Written by Happy Editorial | Sep 8, 2026, 3:09:27 PM

Simple steps that help a team take ownership of its website.

Make ownership clear.

A website needs people who know where content lives and how to update it. Agree who will own each part before launch.

Use this as a starting point for your own team’s conversation, and adapt the details to the work in front of you.

Walk through real tasks.

Practise editing a page, replacing an image and reviewing a form. A useful handover is built around the things your team will actually do.

Use this as a starting point for your own team’s conversation, and adapt the details to the work in front of you.

Leave a reliable reference.

Keep a concise guide to templates, modules and shared settings. A little documentation saves the next person a lot of guesswork.

Use this as a starting point for your own team’s conversation, and adapt the details to the work in front of you.

Illustrative editorial content for the Happy theme demonstration.