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A lot of work goes into planning a wedding: setting a date, finding a venue, managing the invite list. It can be difficult to juggle everything leading up to your big day.
A well-designed wedding website can be your own personal assistant. You can use your site to tell your love story and create a one-stop-shop for your friends and family to stay up to date. Building this site can help you and your loved ones all the way through the ceremony and beyond.
1. Start building with a design template
To get a jump start on your site, try starting with a popular template style for weddings. While any website template can start you on your path, choosing a style with weddings baked into the design can help you hit the ground running.
Choosing the right template can be tough. Just what makes it the right template for you? To narrow it down and find the perfect match, try asking yourself a few questions, like:
Does your wedding have a theme? A tropical themed wedding would likely fit a very different template than a sci-fi motif for example.
What are your priorities? Do you want to prioritize getting your site up and running quickly, or are you happy to take your time building a personalized site from scratch?
Do you want a site that highlights your photos, videos, and memories together, like Soria?
Would you prefer a site that puts information front and center, like Lenoix?
If you’d prefer to forge your own path together, try building a custom template from scratch.
See more wedding website templates and examples
2. Register a domain
Your website domain is the URL people use to reach your website, like squarespace.com. In order for guests to find the site, it’s best to have a domain name that’s easy to remember. Some great examples are:
Your names
Nicknames
An inside joke
Consider using a unique top-level domain (TLD), instead of .com. For example, you could register a domain that ends in .wedding or .party. You can also register more than one domain to give visitors multiple avenues to reach your site, even if they can’t remember whose name comes first.
Learn more about getting domains through Squarespace
3. Choose a color theme that matches your wedding
A great way to personalize your site is to select a color theme that matches your wedding. Whether it’s subdued and minimalist, or bright and vibrant, selecting the right color combination helps to drive home that this is your story.
If you don’t have a color theme picked out yet, think about other aspects of your wedding to help you determine the perfect color pattern, like:
The photos and/or videos you’re featuring on the site: For example, if most of them are on the beach, blues and yellows could be a great place to start.
The size of the celebration: A big wedding with lots of family and friends could call for bright, bombastic colors, but a small, intimate affair with just a few guests could fit better with something more subdued.
Learn more about choosing the right colors and fonts for your site
4. Provide details about the event
One of the primary functions of your wedding site will be to act as an information hub for your guests. There are a lot of options for what to include and how to display it, and this can vary from site to site. If you’re not quite sure what to include, here are some ideas to help get you started.
Create a timeline or schedule for the big day. Host this on a standalone Schedule page or add a Schedule section to an Events page.
Add a Menu page to share meal details. This is an option if you want to help your guests decide on their dinner option by sharing your menu, or address questions about dietary restrictions and requests.
Outline travel and accommodation options for guests on a Travel page. Highlight wedding block discount codes, addresses, and use links and buttons to help them book.
Highlight local attractions for out-of-town guests. Share your favorite local restaurants, coffee shops, and attractions on a While You’re In Town page. Help guests plan their outings using map blocks.
Create an FAQ page to help guests with common questions. This can cover event start times and locations, dress codes, transportation, and other common questions from your guests. Try using accordion blocks to organize them into collapsible sections.
5. Use visuals to tell your story
Your site can also act as a photo album or video collection to capture all the big moments of your relationship. There are a number of ways to add images and videos to your site, but some examples include:
Using a gallery to create a slideshow from when you first met, to just last week.
Videos to feature your surprise engagement.
Images to commemorate special events, like your engagement party.
The photos and videos you want to feature and where can help you make decisions about page layouts. They’ll draw attention and dictate where there’s space on the page to share other details.
If you’re looking for more inspiration for your page layouts, peek at wedding websites for friends or family to get a sense of what you like.
6. Add a registry
Your site is a great way to connect guests with your wedding registry. This way, they can send their gifts ahead of time or shop for engagement party or bridal shower gifts.
You can link more than one registry on your website, so you can create separate registries for different stores or events. On Squarespace websites, you can add a Zola block to link your Zola registry directly to your site and display some of the items on your list.
7. Collect RSVPs
You can also use your site to collect RSVPs from guests. Whether you send physical invitations or not, adding this option to your site makes it easy for guests to respond quickly. It also makes follow-ups simple, since you can text or email guests a link to RSVP alongside a deadline reminder.
Creating an RSVP form for your site allows guests to confirm their attendance, along with other details, like their dinner choice or song requests. In addition to a dedicated RSVP page, link the form with a prominent RSVP button in your header navigation and homepage so it’s easy for guests to find.
You can review and organize RSVP submissions via your form’s storage option, such as:
An email address
A spreadsheet
After the big day
Your wedding website doesn’t need to disappear as soon as you pack up the cake. Keep the site active after the wedding is over and continue your story with honeymoon pictures or use it to share professional photos from the big day.
Consider leaving the registry up a little longer for late friends and family to send gifts. Or start a blog to document your honeymoon, your work on your new fixer-upper home, or to provide parenting tips.