How to Construct Your Wedding Website and What to Write

Wedding websites have fast become the easiest (and cheapest) resource for wedding planning couples to store information about their special day, as well as communicating all of the info, timings and facts with their loved ones. But not all of us are web design wizards, in fact some of you might find the idea of creating your own website quite daunting. Don’t let that put you off - that’s where Say I do’s simple to use but beautiful to look at templates come in handy! Keep reading for our helpful guide on how to construct your wedding website and what to write.

The majority of user-friendly wedding websites (including Say I do) will prompt you to input all the key, important information such as your names, the date of your wedding, the location etc. The next step is to create your unique URL, choose from suggestions such as sayi.do/sara4scott or sayi.do/saraandscott. You can have fun with this if you like or keep it nice and simple so that it’s easy to remember for your guests.

The look of your wedding website is a crucial element when making your site memorable, beautiful and the perfect representation of your impending big day. Choose from a variety of designs ranging from elegant watercolours to chic and modern monochrome – Say I do have something to suit all wedding styles and tastes.

Once your design is decided – you may need some time, there are many stunning ones to choose from – you can begin to fill in all the exciting details and upload some images. Here is some information you might be asked to include in order to create your personalised wedding website…

Your story

Tell your friends and family how you met, how the proposal went or even what you love most about each other (or their most annoying habit!). These icebreakers will let your guests in on your love story and create a sense of familiarity and fun ahead of the big day.

The schedule

An obvious addition but this will really bring your day to life for your guests and increase excitement before the big day. Let them know if there are other events happening surrounding the big day and of course where they need to be and when.

Accommodation information

If your venue has guest accommodation or maybe you simply need to be able to list some accommodation options nearby, either way, this is the best place to share this information.

The wedding party

A fun (optional) feature where you can introduce the key members of your wedding party to the rest of your guest list.

Gift registry / wishing well information

Your guests will love this feature! It will mitigate the uncertainty surrounding wedding gift buying and will ensure they only contribute to something you actually want / need / are passionate about. Whether that is a honeymoon fund, something for your house or a charity donation, you decide.

RSVP information

A feature that will significantly help your wedding planning - the ability to request RSVPs through your wedding website. You can even request their dietary requirements, ask them to input their email address for future communications and add any other unique questions that you choose.

While we would encourage couples to be generous with their wedding information you also don’t want to give everything away or overwhelm your guests! Keep it informative but succinct and don’t forget you can continue editing, tweaking and adding to your wedding website at any time. You can even unpublish if you need to.

There are many benefits to creating a bespoke wedding website. Not only will your website be a super easy place for your guests to return to whenever needed, you can also collect and manage your digital RSVPs here too. So whilst it might feel like another thing to add to your to-do list, having a Say I do wedding website will truly help alleviate some of the wedding planning pressure. The templates are so easy (and free) to use so why not have a go yourself? Get started HERE.