Thank you so much to everyone who posted their ideas about wedding websites. It was a huge help and I spent a chunk of time last night researching the different options that were suggested. I thought I would summarize my findings for anyone else out there debating whether or not to do a wedding website.
1. WeddingWindow.com: $79 per year, password protected, you can even have a different password for the bridesmaid and groomsmen information pages.
2. eWedding.com: $49.95 per year, custom domain name included (janeandjohn.com), security/can be password protected, they have platinum, gold and silver options, this is the silver option. The higher priced options allow you more file storage. Nice designs, my favorite were "Classical" and "Chicago."
3. WedQuarters.com: $29.95 per year, custom domain name and extra $14.95, security/can be password protected. I liked the green squares or grey stripes designs.
4. mywedding.com: FREE, password protection available, nice simple/modern designs, invitations available to match your website design.
Personally, I think we may go with mywedding.com. I played around with it and it was very easy to use and since we want something simple it seemed perfect. And free! It won't look as fancy or professional as the sites you pay for and there is no special domain name, you are basically www.mywedding.com/insertyourname, but that was ok with me. I did opt for the password protection though. It seems simple enough, guests would just have to sign in with their name and e-mail address and then type in the password we provide them. I suppose it isn't so much about thinking strangers would show up at our wedding, I just like being able to post pictures and info knowing only our friends and family will be viewing. Just the peace of mind I suppose!
Those of you that use mywedding.com, have you gotten any feedback from guests, positive or negative? Did you opt for password protection?
A peek at our page, I loved the simple dots design.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Wedding Website Roundup
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Check out www.nearlyweds.com. It is a great website that is setup blog style. It allows you to upload unlimited photos,feature your favorite song, share wedding details and even track RSVPs. The price is great at $49.99 for two years. I featured my style on my blog:
http://nearlyknotted.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-catchup.html#links
sorry if this is an additional comment, fun with my computer this mornng.
We are using mywedding.com, and love it! I think most of our guests are fairly easily impressed (most have never seen a wed-site before) so they don't even know that there is anything fancier out there. It was super easy to put together (and best FREE). It has worked perfectly for us. We aren't using the password protection, because we kind of thought it would be enough of a challenge to get people to the site, that if they had to remember passwords, it would be impossible. I totally see your reasons for doing it, but we've been fine without it.
Wedquarters gets my vote out of the 4 choices youv'e listed. Easy set up, lots of nice designs and all the features we needed. Ewedding doesn't include a RSVP feature with the silver package so I didn't see that as an option. Many of the free options seemed to have ads that we thought was a bit tacky, so overall, Wedquarters was the best buy.
Another good one is http://www.ourwishingwell.com
free for standard website and small fee for premium website
you can see designs here:
http://www.ourwishingwell.com/Websites/templates
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