A fully branded workspace
Branding in 1pm used to stop at the crew view: your logo and accent color showed up on the live run sheet that crew see, while your own planner area kept the standard 1pm chrome. That's changed. Your default branding theme now flows through the planner too, so every page you touch carries the same logo and accent as the run sheet your crew see. This article covers how the extended branding works, where it shows, and how to set it up.
If you haven't set up a branding theme yet, start with the branding your crew view article first. It covers creating a theme, picking a color, and uploading a logo. This article picks up from there.
The two halves of the brand
Branding in 1pm has two halves now.
The crew side. The live run sheet at the public share link. Your logo replaces the 1pm chrome at the top; your accent color tints the action buttons (Start, Done, Mark finished) on the items each crew member is responsible for.
The planner side. Your own planner area: the events list, the crew list, the planner page for each event, the branding page itself, every screen behind sign in. Your logo replaces the 1pm logo in the navbar; your accent color tints the primary action buttons (Save, Add, Confirm).
Both halves draw on the same theme, so a planner who's set a default theme sees the same brand across both surfaces. There's nothing extra to configure: setting a default theme is enough.
Picking which theme drives the planner
The planner side always uses your default theme. If you've marked one of your themes as the default (Set as default on the theme page), that's the one. If no theme is marked as default, the planner stays unbranded with the standard 1pm logo and orange accent.
The crew side works differently: each event picks its own branding theme via the Branding theme dropdown on the event form. That gives you per-event flexibility for the crew view (one client's brand on their event, another client's brand on theirs) while the planner side stays consistent (your default brand on your own workspace).
The most common setup is one theme: your own studio brand. Set it as default, and it applies to both the planner and to any new event you create. Pick a different theme per event when you want a client's brand on their crew view.
What changes on the planner
Two visible changes when a default theme is set.
The navbar logo. Your logo replaces the 1pm logo at the top-left of the planner, on every page. The footer keeps the 1pm wordmark. This is intentional: clients on the crew side see your brand and don't need to know about 1pm. You on the planner side still see the 1pm name in the footer so you know which tool you're in.
Action buttons take your accent color. The primary buttons across the planner pick up the accent color you chose for your theme. Save buttons on the event form, Add buttons on the timeline, Confirm buttons on dialogs all tint to your brand. Destructive buttons (Delete, Remove) keep their warning color so they still read as "danger".
There's a small label next to the navbar logo on every planner page that reads "Admin Area". This is a deliberate cue: a planner viewing their own branded run sheet at a public share link could otherwise confuse it with the planner workspace, because both surfaces now wear the same logo. The Admin Area label tells you at a glance which side you're on.
What stays unchanged
The layout. Pages still have the same structure, the same accordions, the same forms. Branding affects color and chrome, not the information architecture.
The 1pm footer. The footer keeps a small 1pm wordmark with a link back to the marketing site. This is the only place 1pm itself stays visible on the planner side.
Pages outside your sign-in. The sign-in, sign-up, and password-reset pages aren't branded with your theme. They're shared across every 1pm account so they keep the default 1pm look. This matters because you don't sign in to your own branded workspace; you sign in to 1pm, and your branding kicks in once you're authenticated.
Common setups
A few patterns that work in practice.
Single studio with one consistent brand. Create one theme with your logo and your accent color. Set it as default. Done: your planner area is branded; any event you create picks up the same theme for its crew view automatically.
Studio that runs events for clients with their own brands. Create one theme for your studio (the default) and one theme per client. The default keeps your studio brand on the planner so you're in your own space all day. For client events, pick the client's theme on the event form. Crew on each event see their client's brand; you on the planner side keep seeing your studio brand.
White-label setup where clients log in. If you give a client their own 1pm account, they should create their own theme and set it as default. Their planner area then shows their brand, not yours.
No branding. If you don't set any theme as default, the planner stays in the standard 1pm look. No problem, no penalty. Branding is optional in both directions.
Changing the default
The default theme can be swapped at any time. Open the new theme you want to use, click Set as default, and the old default is demoted. Your planner area updates on the next page load.
If you delete your default theme, the planner returns to the standard 1pm chrome until you set another theme as default. Crew views on events that were using the deleted theme also fall back to unbranded.
Trying it out
If you've already created a theme but haven't set a default, set it as default and refresh any planner page. You'll see the logo and accent applied immediately. If anything looks off (the logo is the wrong size, the accent clashes with one of the button states), the theme edit page is the place to tweak it; changes apply across the planner and across every crew view that uses the theme the next time the page loads.
When branding gets in the way
A few situations where the extended branding might not be what you want.
If your logo and accent color make the primary buttons hard to read (pale color on white, or a dark color against the navbar background), tweak the accent on the theme page. The picker shows the color against the button styles so you can spot issues before applying.
If your logo has a hard white background and clashes with the navbar's soft tint, save a transparent-background version (PNG with alpha) and re-upload it.
If you don't want the branding to apply to the planner at all but you still want it on a specific event's crew view, don't set the theme as default. Leave your default empty (or set a different theme as default) and apply the unbranded theme per-event by picking it from the dropdown on the event form.
The point of branding both halves
The reason for extending branding into the planner is consistency. A studio doing a full white-label setup for a client wants every surface to look like the client's, not just the crew view. A studio with its own brand wants its own workspace to look like the studio's, not like 1pm. In both cases, the planner used to feel like "the 1pm app I happen to use" while the crew view felt like "my product". Branding both halves makes the planner feel like your own product too.
You don't have to use it. Branding is opt-in via the Set as default action. Unbranded planners and unbranded events both still work exactly as they always have.
