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Share it with the save-the-date if you send one, or with the invitation if you don't. The site doesn't need to be complete on day one: the date, the place and a note that details are coming is enough. Fill in the rest before the invitations go out, and close replies on the deadline.
A site can grow
A wedding website doesn't have to launch finished. Early on, guests need three things: the date, the city, and a reason to keep the link. Add the schedule, the dress code and the reply form as they're settled. Guests who open the link twice will see that it's being looked after.
A simple timeline
- Six to twelve months out: the save-the-date, with the site's address. Essential for destination weddings and for family abroad who need to book leave and flights.
- Two to three months out: the invitations, with the reply form open and the reply-by date printed beside it.
- The week before the deadline: one reminder to those who haven't replied.
- The week of the wedding: final details, such as parking or a change of plan, on the site, with one message pointing everyone to it.
On the paper
Print the address on the invitation, short enough to type: your names as a domain is easiest to remember. A QR code beside it saves typing for guests holding the card. Test the code from the printed proof before the full run, from more than one phone.
In chat apps
Most guests will meet your site as a link in Messenger, Viber or a family group chat. What appears there, the picture, the title and the line of text under it, comes from the site itself. A site that is set up properly shows your names and a photo. One that isn't shows a bare address or someone else's logo. Check it by sending the link to yourself before you send it to anyone else.
After the wedding
Don't take the site down the morning after. Guests will come back for photos and to leave a message. Many couples turn the site into a keepsake: the reply form closes, and the same address becomes the album.