Everything You Need to Know About Wedding Website Builders

Wedding websites have grown in popularity since they moved into the mainstream from the 2000s onwards. But the task of creating your own on a wedding website builder can still feel quite overwhelming and often just another thing to add to your wedding checklist. You might be wondering where to find the best wedding websites, or how much a custom wedding website costs, whether they’re as complicated as a general website builder and if they’ll even have a design template to suit your wedding vibe.

Well, you can stop overthinking this vital part of your wedding planning journey immediately because not only will you save yourself a huge amount of time with a wedding website, you can also save yourself some money too! Curious? Thought you might be! Keep reading for everything you need to know about wedding website builders…

##What is a wedding website builder?

It’s basically a website that you create from a design template with all of the important information surrounding your big day that you can easily share with your guests. With many online wedding websites you can customise different elements too (more on that later!), send save the dates and digital wedding invitations and collate and organise those all important RSVPS. Think of your wedding website as your own personalised wedding hub for you to use as much or as little as you like. It’s more than just a wedding website builder though, it’s an essential wedding planning tool that you’ll look back on and wonder how on earth you could have executed your big day without it!

##Do you really need a wedding website?

Naturally we would say yes, but that really is up to you. If you’re not very tech-savvy (although you really don’t need to be!) then you might prefer to go back to basics with a manual spreadsheet and paper invitations but, if you’re already concerned about how you’re going to communicate all of your wedding information, keep your guests engaged and up to date and manage the admin around their contact details, dietary requirements and plus ones then we would highly recommend giving one of our wedding website templates a go. They’re free to get started so there really is no pressure!

##When to create your wedding website

The answer is as soon as you can really! There’s no point sharing your wedding website with your guests if you don’t have the correct information though. Once you have the key things confirmed such as your wedding date and the venue, then you can start sending the link to your nearest and dearest. You can always add or remove details as you get closer to the day so don’t worry about having everything perfect before you go live - your guests will appreciate having plenty of notice regardless. The beauty of using a wedding website builder is that they can head back to your website whenever they like to seek out all the details they need. Whether that’s the dress code, a link to your gift registry or to find out where the rehearsal dinner is taking place, it’s all here, found under your own custom url.

##Where to find the perfect wedding website for you

Right here! Only joking, well, half joking! Say I do is one of the top wedding website builders available. We have curated (and created) 1000s of wedding websites for a lot of very happy wedding planning couples over the years. Pick from one of our many beautiful design templates which suit a variety of wedding styles; from simple and classic, to boho, street style and everything else in between.

Through our platform you are also able to create your very own custom url, send save the dates, wedding invitations AND you can collate your RSVPs all in one super handy place.

Ok, sales pitch over! If you’d like to see for yourself you can do so via our site, have a play around with your own free wedding website and see what you think. If it’s not for you, that’s totally cool. Your next best bet would be heading to Google and searching for terms such as, ‘creating a wedding website’, ‘wedding website design’ or ‘wedding website builder’.

##What information to include on your own wedding website

Start with the basics, the most important information, and build from there. Remember you don’t have to (and probably shouldn’t) publish or share your wedding website with your guests until the key elements are set in stone and you’re ready to let everyone know what the plan is.

The most basic (but important) event information to include… Your names Your wedding date Your wedding venue or a location at least

Additional information you could include on your wedding website Images of the happy couple / engagement photos Your love story / engagement story Fun facts Introductions to your wedding party and / or close family members Whether there are multiple events - what they are and when. For example the rehearsal dinner, pre-wedding cocktail party, post-wedding BBQ etc Google map with driving directions Gift registry information Your bespoke wedding hashtag Dress code

As you can see the amount of information you could include is vast. But don’t feel obliged to include everything - pick and choose what suits your celebration and wedding plans best.

##What happens once your wedding website is ready?

It’s time to share it with the world! Depending on how you’ve decided to correspond with your guests will determine how and when it gets shared. Some couples might simply share the link with their loved ones, super easy! Others (the majority) will take advantage of the digital wedding invitation tool on the platform and incorporate this into their wedding website - matching design templates, making sure the information is communicated consistently across the board and using the online RSVP feature too.

Finally, there will always be a fair amount of couples who prefer the traditional route of sending paper invitations to their guests. This is still a popular way of sending wedding invitations but having a wedding website working alongside this means you don’t have to worry about fitting all the information on your paper invite - simply include the vital details as well your wedding website address (or QR code) which will direct your guests straight to your custom wedding website where the rest of the information can live.

##Making changes to your wedding website

Unlike traditional print and paper wedding stationery, with a digital wedding website you can go in and make as many amendments as you like, whenever you like! We’d always recommend proofreading and double checking everything before you go live and share with your guests anyway but rest assured that if plans change (which they might do), you can update the details and email your guests with the correct info in minutes.

Wedding websites are reasonably priced, eco-friendly, super easy to build (and manage) and accessible to the vast majority of your wedding guests. Ready to take the plunge? Trial one for free with Say I do.