Registry and wedding websites

yellowrose314

I'm wired on coffee (had a paper due tomorrow, stayed up late to finish it, didn't take as long as I thought, and now I can't sleep...boo) and decided I'd finish up my wedding website. Now, I've been told (by TK etiquette board and others) that telling people where you're registered is a big no-no. But there's this tab on my TK wedding website that's for telling people where you're registered... and I don't know whether I should get rid of it (if I can), or keep it there and put the registry info on there when we do our registr..ation(?). I don't want to seem like I'm pushing with it, to be honest, the concept of registering for gifts is kind of weird to me... Anywho...

What do you ladies think? Poll and post.

SweetTea87

As long as you're not announcing the fact that your registries are listed on your website via invitations, save the dates, etc, it's fine.  However, if you're uncomfortable keeping the link there, take it off and people can figure out where you're registered by word of mouth or on their own.  Google searches work wonders nowadays.

ETA: spelling

jessicabessica

It's fine.  If you would rather not have a "registry" tab, see if you can change the name of the page to something like "other information," and put the registry there, so guests don't see "registry" as soon as they come to your website.  I don't think that's necessary, though--we didn't do it, and I'm never offended when I see it on someone else's page.

graysquirrel

It is just fine to have registry info on your website. This is because people choose to go to the website looking for more information. They can decide if they want to look at the registry page or not. The problem comes when people put registry info with their invitations, which makes it appear that gifts are expected.

toothpastechica

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_registry-and-wedding-websites?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:c084de8c-a572-4d03-99a0-98d7a67482b2Post:9ddf02ab-a53e-4e30-af99-244bc51cee28">Re: Registry and wedding websites</a>:
[QUOTE]It is just fine to have registry info on your website. This is because people choose to go to the website looking for more information. They can decide if they want to look at the registry page or not. The problem comes when people put registry info with their invitations, which makes it appear that gifts are expected.
Posted by graysquirrel[/QUOTE]

This...the website is the one place where I think it is appropriate to list registries, and as a guest at a lot of a weddings in the last few years, its nice to be able to find the registry without having to ask the bride where they are registered, especially when I dont know them that well or dont know anyone else at the wedding (example, I went to a friends wedding from gradeschool where we were best friends but havnt seen her in 3 years and have no idea what she and her FI wanted, or I went to a wedding thats my FI's parents friends daughter, because they grew up together, but are not really friends, I wouldnt even know who to ask -FI's parents were not invited)

yellowrose314

Thanks ladies, as always you're a wealth of information and it's much appreciated:)