Wedding Website

mbcscrat04

So, we're a little more than 230 days out from THE BIG DAY (ahhhh! lol) Save the dates have been mailed out, the registries have been started...and my wedding website is only like half way finished. I just haven't found the motivation to do it, and I don't know why. Am I the only one who is just kind of "meh" about doing it? I had my fiancé help me do some of it, but he's not all that into it....but yet he's thrown a hissy fit over some of the invitation samples that I got...men lol

cruffino

mbcscrat04 said:

So, we're a little more than 230 days out from THE BIG DAY (ahhhh! lol) Save the dates have been mailed out, the registries have been started...and my wedding website is only like half way finished. I just haven't found the motivation to do it, and I don't know why. Am I the only one who is just kind of "meh" about doing it? I had my fiancé help me do some of it, but he's not all that into it....but yet he's thrown a hissy fit over some of the invitation samples that I got...men lol

We don't have a wedding website. I had no interest in building one, and our wedding isn't at a destination or out if the ordinary. So I really saw no point.

And honestly I just think they're cheesy and AWish. Seriously, people know how to attend a party without detailed pages of useless information. Like this: http://www.theonion.com/articles/couple-thoughtfully-puts-up-wedding-website-for-fr,33837/

pinkcow13

We don't have one. I'm thinking of maybe having one, but mine will only have information about the venue and hotel blocks that we get. Our guests will require some information for our venue, because they can either walk to the venue, or take a shuttle that we will provide to get into the venue. It is in the middle of the park, therefore car access is not allowed. Our venue provides inserts with detailed information, but people tend to lose things, so I thought the website would be helpful. Other than that, I am not including pictures (Maybe just one), or any sort of bio info on us, our families, or bridal parties. As we get closer to the date I guess we can figure out if we want to do one or not. I'm pretty "meh" about it myself.

PolarBearFitz

I started one but I am also in IT and for some reason everyone assumes I'll have this 'amazing' site. Really it will just be the details and a guest book that only my friends will bother with.

melbelleup

I have one. It started out with tons of information from WP to Honeymoon. I then changed it all before STDs went out. It's now just us, registry, hotel information and directions. I mainly have it because all of FI's guests are OOT. This way, at least if they throw away the inserts or loose them (which most will), they can go to our website (which pulls up by googling one of us) and see everything they need.

mellyD2014

Yeah, we're in the process of putting finishing touches on ours. We're using it primarily as a means of getting important info across (address of hotel, church, reception space) and as a means of conveying the more random pieces of info that aren't appropriate to include on the invites (registry info). I want to keep the invites we send very basic and don't want to worry about including multiple inserts, so I'm hoping the website is a great place to reach 80% of our guest list.

But I hear you - ours is probably 80% done, FI just has to get his rear in gear to finish his couple of paragraphs! I won't send out our STDs until he does, though.

Fran1985

I deleted almost all the pages on mine. I have a home page that says "We are so excited to celebrate with you!" a page that says the ceremony would be at xxx time, address. the reception will be at xxx address, and a page with hotel blocks. It doesn't have to be a huge thing

tcnoble

I only kept a few pages. Ceremony, Reception, Guest Information. I felt the other stuff was fluff and nobody would actually want to read mini autobiographies or the story of our proposal. Just make it a useful resource for your guests, doesn't have to be too much.

Cookie Pusher

We have one. Our venue isn't at the address that's listed on their website - the office is there, but the gazebo we are getting married at and the cabin area where the reception is don't HAVE an address and are nowhere near the office. We put detailed directions and maps on our site, as well as information for local sites in the area (like fireworks displays since the wedding is July 4th weekend). Other than that, just really quick blurbs about who the wedding party is and our engagement story since every.single.person. asks us about it since we waited so damn long. Once we're ready to send invitations out, though, we're only going to leave the useful pages up.

pinkcow13

I just realized I posted a question about this on my month wedding board. How do you let guests know about the website? When you send the STD's? An insert with the invites? I just wasn't sure how to get the word out on these.

Cookie Pusher

I put the URL on our STDs and I will most likely include it on an insert with our invitation as well.

MyNameIsNot

Just block off some time and do it.  Ours took no more than 2 hours.  We have the hotel info, a couple of links to local transportation options, and directions to everything.  (You can C&P an interactive google map w/directions.)  

We skipped all the mushy stuff.  If people wanted to hear about our first date or how we got engaged, they'd ask us.  Hell, I refused to even put registry info on there.  

KPBM89

We made a site b/c our wedding is in my home state and FI's family will be traveling to it and also we live really far from everyone, so it's easier to write things on there since we never see anyone in person.  Only mushy stuff is our one paragraph proposal story and a few pictures.  I didn't feel the need to write a page about each of our bridal party members or us, but we figured info about the place is important (it's technically a park and doesn't have a real address).  Also, once we pick our hotels for blocking, we'll post that info on there for his family.  

smalfrie19

I have some how we met info on there and our proposal story (guilty) but then I have the venue and the hotel block info and will add registry info when we register. I put the site on our STDates and there will be a business card sized insert with the invites as STDates went to OOT and VIPS

MollyandD

tcnoble said:

I only kept a few pages. Ceremony, Reception, Guest Information. I felt the other stuff was fluff and nobody would actually want to read mini autobiographies or the story of our proposal. Just make it a useful resource for your guests, doesn't have to be too much.

Most people don't want to read the "fluff" on the page. But I guess I'm a weirdo, because anytime I've been invited to a wedding where a couple had a website, I looked at their pictures and their stories. I think it's cute. And anyone who doesn't want to read it isn't forced to. Maybe I'm silly, but I do enjoy reading the fluff other people put on their websites.