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Wedding Website...HELP!!!
Happy Friday Ladies,
OK I need everyone's help. Time for us to start working on our wedding website. I went into the archive posts and pulled up some of the old info but I'd also like to hear new ideas. What is the best site to use? What all should I put on there (our story, event details, hotel info, registry, guest book) anything to add or take off? Someone mentioned an FAQ in the older posts?
Another question, I have not done the online RSVP. What is that about? Does that mean people can go on now and tell me if they are coming or does this happen after I send out the invites? How do I prevent uninvited people from going on and putting down their RSVP. (you know family and friends spread the word to everybody-those invited and those not invited)
Please post your website for examples if you don't mind! Thanks!
OK I need everyone's help. Time for us to start working on our wedding website. I went into the archive posts and pulled up some of the old info but I'd also like to hear new ideas. What is the best site to use? What all should I put on there (our story, event details, hotel info, registry, guest book) anything to add or take off? Someone mentioned an FAQ in the older posts?
Another question, I have not done the online RSVP. What is that about? Does that mean people can go on now and tell me if they are coming or does this happen after I send out the invites? How do I prevent uninvited people from going on and putting down their RSVP. (you know family and friends spread the word to everybody-those invited and those not invited)
Please post your website for examples if you don't mind! Thanks!
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Re: Wedding Website...HELP!!!
As far as the RSVP thing, from my understanding, if you input your guestlist on weddingwire, then only those from your guest list can RSVP. (that's how ww works, not sure about other sites)
Once I'm done, I'll post mine
HTH
As for Online RSVPs - I had a friend who had her babyshower RSVP's done online and the way to keep people from random RSVPs were that you had to entire your name the way it appeared on your invitation in order to respond. Not sure of the option, but her RSVP was done through The Bump.com which is TK affiliate. HTH.
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I personally picked TK Website builder because I wanted to keep coming here for everything. Our guests will RSVP online and if someone trys to RSVP but aren't on my guest list they will get a message that their name could not be found. They can still put in their information and I'll receive a message. You could also have it password protected.
Here is my website if you would like ideas. www.gideonandcarla.com
We aren't finished with it, but you can get the idea.
I didn't want to include too much on the site cause I know people won't look at everything. The only extra thing I did was included our bridal party and pictures of my girls.
Ok so your two posts bring up great follow up questions already...or ones I forgot to ask in the beginning.
How could I control that?
Chocolate- WW sounds great. is your website just consist of weddingwire.com/firstnames. TK wants me to use first and last names for me and FI and that just makes the web address too long.
Also one one of the sites posted by Mrs. Smith (which are great sites by the way), one of them had a page for address book. Which is a great way to capture addresses! But again, will that cause problems if Mr. and Mrs. Jones go put in their address and they aren't even invited
Honestly, even if you have the best plan in place to keep uninvited guests from RSVP online, you will still have to deal with people calling you or your parents trying to invite themselves.
The woman that works in the deli in my office building heard I was getting married and wanted to come. So be prepared that no matter what, you will have to flat out tell people NO.
Not to pry, but did you opt for the paid website since the website is just your first names.com? Because I didn't see that option with TK. I also couldn't open your site but that may be due to restrictions on my work PC.
We were originally gonna go with wedding wire, but FI wanted more of a flash website so he found the site we used. You are more than welcome to take a look.
www.eshaandantonio.com
Also, I really like the idea of having a song request list and an FAQ page. Those are some really good ideas. After the beginning of the year we just might add and FAQ page. HTH
I chose to use weddingwire.com. They were easy and had all the tools I needed. I am doing the online RSVP and the site allows you to "hide" the RSVP page until you are ready to put it up for the guest to use. The tool also allows you to upload your guest list. The guests type in their names and are able to RSVP. If their name is not on the list then they will be unable to RSVP so no worries of unwanted people trying to "get in". LOL
I also have a FAQ tab on my website. I copied it almost word for word from another knottie and I am so glad that I did. It lets my guest know what they can expect and what I expect from them.
Here is my website check it out and feel free to use any information that you want. I have gotten great feedback from my guests already on it. You can also play around with the RSVP to see what message will go out to the guests who try to RSVP but their name is not on the list.
www.weddingwire.com/catandfdj
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Yup, I purchased the domian from Godaddy.com for $20 and had it redirected to TK website. Some websites can be very tech savvy but I think its best to stay as simple & elegant as possible for guests that have slower connections.
[QUOTE]Ok so your two posts bring up great follow up questions already...or ones I forgot to ask in the beginning. Chocolate- WW sounds great. is your website just consist of weddingwire.com/firstnames. TK wants me to use first and last names for me and FI and that just makes the web address too long. Also one one of the sites posted by Mrs. Smith (which are great sites by the way), one of them had a page for address book. Which is a great way to capture addresses! <strong>But again, will that cause problems if Mr. and Mrs. Jones go put in their address and they aren't even invited :( How could I control that?
</strong>Posted by MrsBoss2012[/QUOTE]
Hopefully it won't cause problems. That's the only issue with the World Wide Web....its public no matter which way you turn it. Weddings are costly and if your guest list is catered to close friends and family, then your HS BFF that you shared a locker with but haven't talked to in 15 years.....then OH WELL!
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www.weddingwire.com/jocandjessie