[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":3408},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fonline-wedding-rsvp":3,"blog-related-\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fonline-wedding-rsvp":242},{"id":4,"title":5,"answer":6,"body":7,"date":203,"description":204,"extension":205,"faq":206,"feature":222,"keywords":223,"locale":228,"meta":229,"navigation":230,"path":231,"readingMinutes":232,"seo":233,"sites":234,"stem":237,"thumbnail":238,"thumbnailAlt":239,"translationKey":222,"updated":240,"__hash__":241},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fonline-wedding-rsvp.md","Online wedding RSVP: collect your guests' answers without a single phone call","An RSVP is the attendance form built into the invitation. The guest taps “Yes” or “No”, answers a few follow-up questions if you need them (menu, allergies, transport, a partner, children), and the answer appears in your app straight away. Nobody has to be phoned, and the list is always up to date.",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":193},"minimark",[10,14,17,22,25,28,31,72,78,82,85,88,96,100,107,166,169,173,176,180,183,187,190],[11,12,13],"p",{},"Traditional wedding planning has one especially tedious step: calling everyone to find out who is coming. Then calling back the ones who are “still thinking”. Then keeping it all in a notebook or a spreadsheet where half the entries are already out of date.",[11,15,16],{},"An RSVP inside the invitation removes that step completely.",[18,19,21],"h2",{"id":20},"what-the-guest-sees","What the guest sees",[11,23,24],{},"The guest opens the invitation, reads it, and at the end finds a question: “Will you be able to celebrate with us?”",[11,26,27],{},"Two options. One tap. Done.",[11,29,30],{},"If you need more, follow-up questions appear — but only the ones that really matter:",[32,33,34,42,48,54,60,66],"ul",{},[35,36,37,41],"li",{},[38,39,40],"strong",{},"Partner."," Whether the guest is coming with someone.",[35,43,44,47],{},[38,45,46],{},"Children."," Whether children are coming, and how many.",[35,49,50,53],{},[38,51,52],{},"Parts of the day."," Ceremony, dinner, afterparty — which ones the guest will attend.",[35,55,56,59],{},[38,57,58],{},"Menu."," Meat, fish, vegetarian, vegan.",[35,61,62,65],{},[38,63,64],{},"Allergies and restrictions."," A free-text field.",[35,67,68,71],{},[38,69,70],{},"Transport."," Whether they need a ride to the venue.",[73,74,75],"callout",{},[11,76,77],{},"Each of these questions can be switched off. A two-question form gets more answers than a ten-question one.",[18,79,81],{"id":80},"not-every-guest-gets-every-question","Not every guest gets every question",[11,83,84],{},"This is what separates a good form from a questionnaire.",[11,86,87],{},"A guest coming from another city should be offered transport. Your next-door neighbour should not. A family with children should be asked about the children. A couple without kids should not.",[11,89,90,95],{},[91,92,94],"a",{"href":93},"\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Finvitation-variants-for-guest-groups","Questions are tied to the individual invitation",", so every guest sees a short form that is relevant to them. It takes seconds to fill in — and that is exactly why people fill it in.",[18,97,99],{"id":98},"what-you-see","What you see",[11,101,102,106],{},[91,103,105],{"href":104},"\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fcouples-app-guest-list","Answers appear in your app immediately",". Not just a total, but the full picture:",[108,109,110,122],"table",{},[111,112,113],"thead",{},[114,115,116,119],"tr",{},[117,118,99],"th",{},[117,120,121],{},"Why it matters",[123,124,125,134,142,150,158],"tbody",{},[114,126,127,131],{},[128,129,130],"td",{},"Who confirmed, who declined, who hasn't opened it yet",[128,132,133],{},"You know whom to remind",[114,135,136,139],{},[128,137,138],{},"The exact headcount, including partners and children",[128,140,141],{},"You can plan seats and tables",[114,143,144,147],{},[128,145,146],{},"Meal choices",[128,148,149],{},"You pass the numbers to the venue",[114,151,152,155],{},[128,153,154],{},"Allergies as a separate list",[128,156,157],{},"Nothing gets lost in a chat thread",[114,159,160,163],{},[128,161,162],{},"Who needs transport",[128,164,165],{},"You can plan the logistics",[11,167,168],{},"From the same place you can export a spreadsheet — for the venue, the coordinator or the seating plan. No copying data by hand.",[18,170,172],{"id":171},"guests-can-change-their-minds","Guests can change their minds",[11,174,175],{},"Plans change. The guest opens their link again and updates the answer — and you automatically have the current version. No need to catch changes in chat messages.",[18,177,179],{"id":178},"paper-invitations-work-too","Paper invitations work too",[11,181,182],{},"Some older relatives would rather receive a real card. That's fine: add a QR code with the link, and they can open the same invitation on their phone. Their answer lands in the same list.",[18,184,186],{"id":185},"why-it-matters-for-the-budget","Why it matters for the budget",[11,188,189],{},"Venues charge per head. Every “give or take ten” is real money and real seats. When the list lives in one place and updates itself, you give your suppliers an exact number rather than a guess.",[11,191,192],{},"And honestly, the biggest benefit isn't financial: two weeks before the wedding you are not sitting with your phone working out who still hasn't replied.",{"title":194,"searchDepth":195,"depth":195,"links":196},"",2,[197,198,199,200,201,202],{"id":20,"depth":195,"text":21},{"id":80,"depth":195,"text":81},{"id":98,"depth":195,"text":99},{"id":171,"depth":195,"text":172},{"id":178,"depth":195,"text":179},{"id":185,"depth":195,"text":186},"2026-09-08","An RSVP form inside your wedding invitation: guests confirm in one tap and their answers show up in your app right away. Menu, allergies, transport, plus-ones — ask only what you need.","md",[207,210,213,216,219],{"q":208,"a":209},"What does RSVP actually mean?","It is a request to confirm whether a guest will come. In a digital invitation it is a “Yes \u002F No” button plus a few follow-up questions if you need them. You see the answer immediately — no calls, no chasing people in chats.",{"q":211,"a":212},"Can we ask guests about the menu and allergies?","Yes. The form can include a meal choice, dietary restrictions, whether the guest needs transport, and whether they are bringing a partner or children. Every question can be switched off so the form stays short.",{"q":214,"a":215},"Will a guest see questions that don't apply to them?","No. Questions are tied to the individual invitation: transport is offered to guests travelling from another city, and the question about children is shown only to families.",{"q":217,"a":218},"Where do we see the answers?","In the couple's app. It shows every guest individually, the overall statistics, and lets you export a spreadsheet for the venue or your coordinator.",{"q":220,"a":221},"Can a guest change their answer?","Yes. The guest can open their link again and update the answer, and you always see the latest version.","rsvp",[224,225,226,227],"wedding rsvp online","wedding attendance confirmation","online rsvp form","wedding guest list","en",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fonline-wedding-rsvp",5,{"title":5,"description":204},[235,236],"invito.ua","invito.ro","blog\u002Fonline-wedding-rsvp","\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fonline-wedding-rsvp.jpg","Attendance confirmation form inside a wedding invitation",null,"XmpVytbMZYyCI8mbfA8iTW2bJM_cX_kerZtKdxP8vak",[243,460,684,966,1261,1452,1719,2001,2200,2463,2730,2867,3214],{"id":244,"title":245,"answer":246,"body":247,"date":423,"description":424,"extension":205,"faq":425,"feature":444,"keywords":445,"locale":228,"meta":450,"navigation":230,"path":451,"readingMinutes":452,"seo":453,"sites":454,"stem":455,"thumbnail":456,"thumbnailAlt":457,"translationKey":458,"updated":240,"__hash__":459},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fmusic-in-wedding-invitation.md","Music in a wedding invitation: how it works and when it fits","You can add music to the invitation — it appears as a round play button on top of the page. The music never starts by itself: the guest taps the button when they want to. You can set the second the track starts from, loop it, show its title and a progress ring. The button can hide while scrolling, or appear only once the guest has scrolled through part of the page.",{"type":8,"value":248,"toc":415},[249,252,255,259,262,265,270,272,275,286,293,300,304,307,314,321,325,328,374,377,381,384,387,400,404,407],[11,250,251],{},"Music in an invitation is easy to get wrong. Just remember the websites of the 2000s, where a tune started by itself and the first thing a visitor did was look for how to switch it off.",[11,253,254],{},"So let's start with the main point.",[18,256,258],{"id":257},"the-music-never-starts-by-itself","The music never starts by itself",[11,260,261],{},"The guest opens the invitation in silence. A round play button appears on top of the page — and the decision is theirs.",[11,263,264],{},"This isn't a technical limitation but a deliberate choice. A phone that suddenly makes a sound is almost always an awkward moment: the person is on the underground, at work, next to a sleeping child. The reaction is always the same — close the tab.",[73,266,267],{},[11,268,269],{},"Phone browsers block automatic playback with sound on their own anyway. So “the music plays as soon as it opens” doesn't work anywhere, whatever you'd like.",[18,271,21],{"id":20},[11,273,274],{},"The button is round, with a play icon. Tap it — the music starts; tap again — it stops.",[11,276,277,278,281,282,285],{},"Next to it you can show the ",[38,279,280],{},"track title",", so the guest knows what's playing. And around the button, a thin ",[38,283,284],{},"progress ring"," fills up as the track plays.",[11,287,288,289,292],{},"You can place the button in a corner of the screen and set its size. If it gets in the way of reading, it can ",[38,290,291],{},"hide while scrolling"," — it disappears as the guest scrolls and comes back when they stop.",[11,294,295,296,299],{},"There's one more option: show the button ",[38,297,298],{},"not straight away",", but after the guest has scrolled through a certain part of the page. The idea is simple — first people read who is inviting them and where, and only then do they see the offer to play some music.",[18,301,303],{"id":302},"which-second-to-start-from","Which second to start from",[11,305,306],{},"A typical problem: your favourite song has a forty-second intro, but people recognise it by the chorus.",[11,308,309,310,313],{},"So you can set ",[38,311,312],{},"the second"," the track starts from. The guest taps the button and hears straight away the part the song was chosen for.",[11,315,316,317,320],{},"Separately, you can ",[38,318,319],{},"loop"," the track so it starts again when it ends.",[18,322,324],{"id":323},"which-song-to-choose","Which song to choose",[11,326,327],{},"There are no technical rules here, only practical ones.",[108,329,330,340],{},[111,331,332],{},[114,333,334,337],{},[117,335,336],{},"What works",[117,338,339],{},"Why",[123,341,342,350,358,366],{},[114,343,344,347],{},[128,345,346],{},"Your first dance song",[128,348,349],{},"Guests hear it twice — in the invitation and at the celebration",[114,351,352,355],{},[128,353,354],{},"The song from when you met",[128,356,357],{},"A personal story, not background noise",[114,359,360,363],{},[128,361,362],{},"Something calm and instrumental",[128,364,365],{},"Doesn't compete with the invitation text",[114,367,368,371],{},[128,369,370],{},"Something with the chorus near the start",[128,372,373],{},"Guests may not wait through a long intro",[11,375,376],{},"What to avoid: tracks that start abruptly at full volume. The guest taps the button without knowing how loud it's about to be.",[18,378,380],{"id":379},"when-music-doesnt-belong","When music doesn't belong",[11,382,383],{},"It isn't right for every invitation.",[11,385,386],{},"If the invitation is purely informational — time, address, RSVP form — music is more of a distraction. If you expect most guests to open it at work between tasks, the button will stay untouched.",[11,388,389,390,394,395,399],{},"Music works where the invitation is a small story: ",[91,391,393],{"href":392},"\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fwedding-invitation-photos","photos",", a few words about you, ",[91,396,398],{"href":397},"\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-choose-invitation-design","a design chosen to suit you",". Then the sound adds to it rather than getting in the way.",[18,401,403],{"id":402},"how-to-add-it","How to add it",[11,405,406],{},"Send us the track — and tell us which second to start from, whether to loop it and whether to show the title. We'll do the rest.",[11,408,409,410,414],{},"You can also change the song ",[91,411,413],{"href":412},"\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fchanges-after-sending","after the invitation has been sent",": your guests' links stay the same, and the music is updated for everyone.",{"title":194,"searchDepth":195,"depth":195,"links":416},[417,418,419,420,421,422],{"id":257,"depth":195,"text":258},{"id":20,"depth":195,"text":21},{"id":302,"depth":195,"text":303},{"id":323,"depth":195,"text":324},{"id":379,"depth":195,"text":380},{"id":402,"depth":195,"text":403},"2026-09-18","Music in a digital invitation is started by the guest, not by the page. How to choose a track, which second to start it from, why autoplay is a bad idea, and what the guest sees on screen.",[426,429,432,435,438,441],{"q":427,"a":428},"Does the music start automatically?","No, and that's a deliberate decision. The guest taps the button themselves. Sudden sound on a phone almost always arrives at an awkward moment — on public transport, at work, at night — and people simply close the page. Phone browsers also block autoplay with sound on their own.",{"q":430,"a":431},"What does the guest see?","A round play button on top of the page. Optionally, the track title is shown next to it, and a thin ring around the button fills up as the music plays.",{"q":433,"a":434},"Can the track start somewhere other than the beginning?","Yes. You can set the second it starts from — handy when a song has a long intro and the recognisable chorus comes later.",{"q":436,"a":437},"Can the song loop?","Yes, there's a separate setting for that. The track starts again from the beginning when it ends.",{"q":439,"a":440},"Which song should we choose?","One that means something to you — your first dance, the song from when you met. Technically any audio file works; we'll advise on format and size once you send us the track.",{"q":442,"a":443},"Can the button be hidden so it doesn't get in the way?","The button can hide while the page is being scrolled, and appear only after the guest has scrolled through a set part of the invitation.","designs",[446,447,448,449],"music in wedding invitation","wedding invitation with music","digital invitation music","song for wedding invitation",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fmusic-in-wedding-invitation",4,{"title":245,"description":424},[235,236],"blog\u002Fmusic-in-wedding-invitation","\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fmusic-in-wedding-invitation.jpg","A music play button in a wedding invitation","music","zQ0Un3VpEoHgTgsrNxQajIraoyr7aP4_oSXL66m1yWg",{"id":461,"title":462,"answer":463,"body":464,"date":423,"description":652,"extension":205,"faq":653,"feature":669,"keywords":670,"locale":228,"meta":675,"navigation":230,"path":676,"readingMinutes":452,"seo":677,"sites":678,"stem":679,"thumbnail":680,"thumbnailAlt":681,"translationKey":682,"updated":240,"__hash__":683},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fwedding-invitation-qr-code.md","A QR code on your wedding invitation: when you need one and how to make it","A QR code is the same invitation link, just as a picture. The guest points their phone camera at it and their invitation opens straight away. You need one when there's nowhere to paste a link: a printed card, a sign at the entrance, a place card. In the couple's app a QR code is generated for each guest separately — from their personal link — so it opens their own version, with their name and their RSVP form.",{"type":8,"value":465,"toc":644},[466,469,472,475,479,482,485,505,510,514,517,529,532,540,544,547,553,559,563,566,620,624,627,634,637,641],[11,467,468],{},"A digital invitation lives at a link, and in a messenger that's perfect: you send it, the guest taps it. The trouble starts where there's no messenger.",[11,470,471],{},"A printed card on the table. A sign at the entrance. A place card with a name. In all of these, nobody is going to type a link by hand.",[11,473,474],{},"A QR code is the same link, just as a picture.",[18,476,478],{"id":477},"when-you-actually-need-one","When you actually need one",[11,480,481],{},"Honestly: most couples don't need a QR code at all. If you send your invitations via WhatsApp or another messenger, the link works better — it's clickable.",[11,483,484],{},"A QR code makes sense in three situations:",[32,486,487,493,499],{},[35,488,489,492],{},[38,490,491],{},"Printed invitations."," A paper card with a beautiful text and a code that opens the full version: the programme for the day, the map, the RSVP form.",[35,494,495,498],{},[38,496,497],{},"A sign or board at the celebration."," Guests scan it and see the evening's programme without asking the coordinator.",[35,500,501,504],{},[38,502,503],{},"Seating."," A place card with the guest's name, and a code that opens their personal invitation.",[73,506,507],{},[11,508,509],{},"If you're not printing anything, you don't need a QR code. It isn't “one more must-have option” — it's a solution for paper.",[18,511,513],{"id":512},"a-personal-code-for-every-guest","A personal code for every guest",[11,515,516],{},"This is the key thing to understand.",[11,518,519,520,523,524,528],{},"In the couple's app, the QR code is built ",[38,521,522],{},"from a specific guest's personal link",". When they open it, the guest sees ",[91,525,527],{"href":526},"\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fpersonalised-wedding-invitations","their own name in the text"," and their own RSVP form — not the shared one.",[11,530,531],{},"So Anna's place card carries Anna's code. She points her camera at it, sees the greeting addressed to her and confirms right from her seat.",[11,533,534,535,539],{},"If your invitation works in shared mode — one site for everyone — the code leads to the shared version. We compare the two modes in a separate article on ",[91,536,538],{"href":537},"\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fpersonal-links-or-shared-link","personal and shared links",".",[18,541,543],{"id":542},"how-to-get-it","How to get it",[11,545,546],{},"Two ways, depending on how many codes you need.",[11,548,549,552],{},[38,550,551],{},"One or two codes."," Just ask us — we'll send you a ready file. We have a tool that generates a 512 × 512 pixel code, with a transparent background if needed, so it sits on a coloured card without a white box around it.",[11,554,555,558],{},[38,556,557],{},"A code for every guest."," Open the app, find the guest in the list, and choose “QR code” in the invitation menu. The code appears on screen — you can save it and hand it to the printer.",[18,560,562],{"id":561},"what-to-check-before-printing","What to check before printing",[11,564,565],{},"Printing is the point of no return, so a few minutes of checking can save the whole print run.",[108,567,568,578],{},[111,569,570],{},[114,571,572,575],{},[117,573,574],{},"What to check",[117,576,577],{},"How",[123,579,580,588,596,604,612],{},[114,581,582,585],{},[128,583,584],{},"The code scans",[128,586,587],{},"Point your camera at the screen before sending it to print",[114,589,590,593],{},[128,591,592],{},"Size",[128,594,595],{},"At least 2 cm for a hand-held card, at least 10 cm for a sign",[114,597,598,601],{},[128,599,600],{},"Margin around it",[128,602,603],{},"About the width of one corner “eye” on every side",[114,605,606,609],{},[128,607,608],{},"Contrast",[128,610,611],{},"A dark code on a light background; cameras struggle with light on dark",[114,613,614,617],{},[128,615,616],{},"The right link",[128,618,619],{},"Open it and make sure it's the right guest",[18,621,623],{"id":622},"the-code-wont-expire","The code won't expire",[11,625,626],{},"A common worry: you've printed a hundred cards, and then something changes.",[11,628,629,630,633],{},"A QR code is a picture of the link, not a copy of the site. When we ",[91,631,632],{"href":412},"update the text, the date or the photos",", the link stays the same. Printed cards keep leading where they should.",[11,635,636],{},"The only case in which a code stops working is if the address of the site itself changes after printing. That's why we fix the address before you send the design to the printer.",[18,638,640],{"id":639},"in-short","In short",[11,642,643],{},"A QR code is a narrow tool for one specific job: getting a guest from paper to the invitation. If there's no paper, you don't need it. If there is, make it personal, print it at 2 cm or larger, and check that it scans before you pay for the print run.",{"title":194,"searchDepth":195,"depth":195,"links":645},[646,647,648,649,650,651],{"id":477,"depth":195,"text":478},{"id":512,"depth":195,"text":513},{"id":542,"depth":195,"text":543},{"id":561,"depth":195,"text":562},{"id":622,"depth":195,"text":623},{"id":639,"depth":195,"text":640},"A QR code takes the guest to their personal invitation. When you really need one: printed cards, place cards, a sign at the entrance. How to generate it, what size to print it and what to check before printing.",[654,657,660,663,666],{"q":655,"a":656},"Why a QR code if there's already a link?","A link is handy in a messenger, but you can't put it on a paper card in a way anyone will type in. A QR code solves exactly that: the phone camera opens the invitation in a second, with no typing.",{"q":658,"a":659},"Does the QR code lead to the shared invitation or the personal one?","In the couple's app the QR code is generated from a specific guest's personal link. So the guest opens the invitation with their own name and their own RSVP form. If the invitation works in shared mode, the QR code leads to the shared version.",{"q":661,"a":662},"What size should the QR code be printed?","The practical minimum is 2 × 2 cm for a card people hold in their hands, and at least 10 cm for a sign scanned from a metre away. Leave a clear margin around the code — about the width of one of its corner “eyes” — or cameras have a harder time reading it.",{"q":664,"a":665},"What happens to the QR code if we change the invitation?","Nothing. The QR code is a picture of the link, and the link doesn't change when we edit the text, the date or the photos. Printed cards keep working.",{"q":667,"a":668},"Can we get a QR code on a transparent background?","Yes, we have a tool that produces the code with a transparent background — so it sits on a coloured card without a white box around it.","links",[671,672,673,674],"qr code wedding invitation","wedding qr code","printed wedding invitation with qr code","wedding invitation qr",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fwedding-invitation-qr-code",{"title":462,"description":652},[235,236],"blog\u002Fwedding-invitation-qr-code","\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fwedding-invitation-qr-code.jpg","A QR code that opens a wedding invitation","qr-code","VRB3Uo5qUTZBy2Yil4IV_95s9kbNPIe8vmJCWPpnlyM",{"id":685,"title":686,"answer":687,"body":688,"date":936,"description":937,"extension":205,"faq":938,"feature":669,"keywords":957,"locale":228,"meta":958,"navigation":230,"path":959,"readingMinutes":232,"seo":960,"sites":961,"stem":962,"thumbnail":963,"thumbnailAlt":240,"translationKey":964,"updated":240,"__hash__":965},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-the-invitation-link-works.md","How the invitation link works and how long it lasts","Every guest gets a short 12-character link that encodes both the site and that guest's invitation. It opens in any country, in any browser, with no apps and no sign-up. The site stays live for at least a year after the wedding: 304 of our invitations are more than a year old and still work. The link doesn't change when you edit the content.",{"type":8,"value":689,"toc":927},[690,693,697,700,710,716,719,721,724,727,742,747,751,754,760,766,773,777,780,787,790,794,797,800,838,841,845,851,857,863,865],[11,691,692],{},"People ask about the link almost as often as about the price. And that makes\nsense: the link is what you'll send to hundreds of people, and it has to\nwork first time for every one of them.",[18,694,696],{"id":695},"what-it-looks-like","What it looks like",[11,698,699],{},"Short. Something like this:",[701,702,707],"pre",{"className":703,"code":705,"language":706},[704],"language-text","solomiia-ostap.invito.li\u002FnkMBdSzx35\n","text",[708,709,705],"code",{"__ignoreMap":194},[11,711,712,713],{},"The twelve characters after the domain aren't random. ",[38,714,715],{},"The first two\nencode your site, the other ten one specific guest's invitation.",[11,717,718],{},"That's why the link is so short. It carries no extra parameters,\ndoesn't break when copied into a messenger, and looks tidy in a message.",[18,720,21],{"id":20},[11,722,723],{},"They open it and see the invitation straight away. No sign-up, no app, no\n“log in to view”.",[11,725,726],{},"It's an ordinary web page, so it:",[32,728,729,736,739],{},[35,730,731,732,735],{},"works ",[38,733,734],{},"in any country"," — there are no regional restrictions",[35,737,738],{},"opens on an iPhone, an Android phone, a laptop or a tablet",[35,740,741],{},"needs nothing installed",[73,743,744],{},[11,745,746],{},"More than nine out of ten guests open the invitation on a phone. That's why we\nbuild and check everything on a mobile screen first.",[18,748,750],{"id":749},"personal-or-shared","Personal or shared",[11,752,753],{},"There are two modes, and the choice affects what you get.",[11,755,756,759],{},[38,757,758],{},"A personal link"," — every guest has their own. They see a greeting by\nname, and the RSVP form already has their details filled in. You know exactly\nwho replied.",[11,761,762,765],{},[38,763,764],{},"A shared link"," — one for everyone. Each guest types their own name. Handy\nwhen the guest list isn't final yet or you're sending it to a group chat.",[11,767,768,769,772],{},"You can combine the two: named links for your closest people, and the shared one\nfor the group chat. We cover this in more detail in a separate article about\n",[91,770,771],{"href":526},"personal"," and shared links.",[18,774,776],{"id":775},"the-link-doesnt-change","The link doesn't change",[11,778,779],{},"This is the most important part, and the thing people worry about most.",[11,781,782,783,786],{},"Found a mistake in the date? The dinner time changed? Want to add photos? ",[38,784,785],{},"There's\nnothing to resend."," The link is tied to the guest, not to a version of the site: the guest\nopens the same link and sees the corrected content.",[11,788,789],{},"That works an hour before the wedding, and after it too.",[18,791,793],{"id":792},"how-long-the-site-lasts","How long the site lasts",[11,795,796],{},"At least a year after the wedding — that's what we promise.",[11,798,799],{},"In practice, longer. Here's the real data as of today (cumulative, across all\ninvitations to date):",[108,801,802,812],{},[111,803,804],{},[114,805,806,809],{},[117,807,808],{},"Metric",[117,810,811],{},"Value",[123,813,814,822,830],{},[114,815,816,819],{},[128,817,818],{},"Published invitations",[128,820,821],{},"770",[114,823,824,827],{},[128,825,826],{},"Older than a year and still working",[128,828,829],{},"304",[114,831,832,835],{},[128,833,834],{},"Age of the oldest",[128,836,837],{},"1 year and 7 months",[11,839,840],{},"We don't switch sites off after the wedding. Many couples keep the link as a\nkeepsake — they share it with those who couldn't come, or simply come back\nto it themselves.",[18,842,844],{"id":843},"worth-keeping-in-mind","Worth keeping in mind",[11,846,847,850],{},[38,848,849],{},"Keep the link to your account separately."," Your guests' links and access to\nyour account are different things. You'll need the account to see the answers.",[11,852,853,856],{},[38,854,855],{},"Don't shorten the link with third-party services."," It's short already, and\nshorteners sometimes break the preview and add an extra step for guests.",[11,858,859,862],{},[38,860,861],{},"Test one link on yourself."," Before sending, open your own test\ninvitation on your phone — that way you'll see exactly what your guests will see.",[18,864,640],{"id":639},[108,866,867,877],{},[111,868,869],{},[114,870,871,874],{},[117,872,873],{},"Question",[117,875,876],{},"Answer",[123,878,879,887,895,903,911,919],{},[114,880,881,884],{},[128,882,883],{},"Length",[128,885,886],{},"12 characters after the domain",[114,888,889,892],{},[128,890,891],{},"Guest sign-up",[128,893,894],{},"Not needed",[114,896,897,900],{},[128,898,899],{},"Abroad",[128,901,902],{},"Works everywhere",[114,904,905,908],{},[128,906,907],{},"After edits",[128,909,910],{},"Same link",[114,912,913,916],{},[128,914,915],{},"Lifetime",[128,917,918],{},"At least a year, longer in practice",[114,920,921,924],{},[128,922,923],{},"After the wedding",[128,925,926],{},"Keeps working",{"title":194,"searchDepth":195,"depth":195,"links":928},[929,930,931,932,933,934,935],{"id":695,"depth":195,"text":696},{"id":20,"depth":195,"text":21},{"id":749,"depth":195,"text":750},{"id":775,"depth":195,"text":776},{"id":792,"depth":195,"text":793},{"id":843,"depth":195,"text":844},{"id":639,"depth":195,"text":640},"2026-09-11","What a personal wedding invitation link is, whether it works abroad, how long it stays active and what happens after the wedding.",[939,942,945,948,951,954],{"q":940,"a":941},"Does the link work abroad?","Yes. It's an ordinary web page — it opens in any country, on any device and in any browser. Nothing needs to be installed.",{"q":943,"a":944},"How long does the link stay active?","At least a year after the wedding. Right now 304 of our invitations were published more than a year ago, and all of them still work.",{"q":946,"a":947},"Will the link change if we correct the text?","No. The link is tied to the guest, not to a version of the site — the guest opens the same link and sees the updated content.",{"q":949,"a":950},"Do guests need to sign up or install anything?","No. They open the link and see the invitation straight away.",{"q":952,"a":953},"Can we send one link to all our guests?","Yes, that's the shared link — each guest types their own name. But then you lose the personal greeting and the exact list of answers.",{"q":955,"a":956},"What happens to the site after the wedding?","It keeps working. Many couples keep it as a keepsake and share the link with those who couldn't come.",[],{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-the-invitation-link-works",{"title":686,"description":937},[235,236],"blog\u002Fhow-the-invitation-link-works","\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fhow-the-invitation-link-works.jpg","link-lifetime","zBw8pozlH4qmUMj6Qu8NZfDSWMLo9W1sVTK-Sj0OoUA",{"id":967,"title":968,"answer":969,"body":970,"date":936,"description":1232,"extension":205,"faq":1233,"feature":444,"keywords":1252,"locale":228,"meta":1253,"navigation":230,"path":1254,"readingMinutes":1255,"seo":1256,"sites":1257,"stem":1258,"thumbnail":1259,"thumbnailAlt":240,"translationKey":444,"updated":240,"__hash__":1260},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-choose-invitation-design.md","How to choose a wedding invitation design","Pick a ready-made design from the catalogue, and we'll adapt its colours to your wedding palette. In every order the colours can be changed, blocks removed or added, and sometimes the fonts changed too. The most popular choice is Bloom: almost half of all couples pick it. If you don't have a clear vision, a manager will suggest options to match the style of your celebration.",{"type":8,"value":971,"toc":1222},[972,978,981,985,988,995,998,1007,1011,1018,1021,1025,1028,1090,1093,1096,1100,1103,1109,1115,1121,1125,1128,1131,1135,1142,1150,1154,1157,1160,1162],[11,973,974,975],{},"Choosing a design is where almost every conversation starts. And behind the question “can we see some examples?” there's almost always a worry:\n",[38,976,977],{},"will our invitation look like a template?",[11,979,980],{},"The short answer: a ready-made design isn't a ready-made invitation. It's a foundation that\nwe adapt to your particular wedding.",[18,982,984],{"id":983},"where-to-start","Where to start",[11,986,987],{},"Not by looking for “the most beautiful one”. There are plenty of beautiful ones, and that's exactly why choosing stalls.",[11,989,990,991,994],{},"Start with a simpler question: ",[38,992,993],{},"what kind of wedding is it",". An intimate garden wedding and an evening\nreception at a restaurant with a dress code need different invitations, even if both couples\nlike the same picture.",[11,996,997],{},"The invitation is the first thing guests learn about your celebration. It sets expectations:\nwhat to wear, how formal it will be, what to expect. A design that contradicts\nthe celebration itself is confusing.",[73,999,1000],{},[11,1001,1002,1003,1006],{},"The quickest way to narrow the choice is to ",[91,1004,1005],{"href":392},"look at the photos"," you already have.\nThe design should work with them, not fight them.",[18,1008,1010],{"id":1009},"the-catalogue-is-made-of-live-sites","The catalogue is made of live sites",[11,1012,1013,1014,1017],{},"There are currently ",[38,1015,1016],{},"18 designs"," in the catalogue. Each one can be opened in full: it isn't\na preview image but a real example site with all its blocks, animations and\nRSVP form.",[11,1019,1020],{},"Open them on your phone. More than nine out of ten guests will open your\ninvitation that way, so judging a design on a big screen means judging the wrong thing.",[18,1022,1024],{"id":1023},"what-other-couples-choose","What other couples choose",[11,1026,1027],{},"From our data across 834 sites (all orders to date):",[108,1029,1030,1040],{},[111,1031,1032],{},[114,1033,1034,1037],{},[117,1035,1036],{},"Design",[117,1038,1039],{},"Couples who chose it",[123,1041,1042,1050,1058,1066,1074,1082],{},[114,1043,1044,1047],{},[128,1045,1046],{},"Bloom",[128,1048,1049],{},"412",[114,1051,1052,1055],{},[128,1053,1054],{},"Muse",[128,1056,1057],{},"114",[114,1059,1060,1063],{},[128,1061,1062],{},"Promise",[128,1064,1065],{},"78",[114,1067,1068,1071],{},[128,1069,1070],{},"Minimalistic",[128,1072,1073],{},"53",[114,1075,1076,1079],{},[128,1077,1078],{},"Elegant",[128,1080,1081],{},"41",[114,1083,1084,1087],{},[128,1085,1086],{},"Summer",[128,1088,1089],{},"39",[11,1091,1092],{},"Almost half of all couples choose Bloom. That doesn't mean it's the best — it means\nit's the most versatile: calm, works well with any\nphotos and doesn't dictate the style of the celebration.",[11,1094,1095],{},"If you want your invitation to feel less familiar, look further down the\nlist. Muse and Promise are more expressive, Minimalistic is more restrained.",[18,1097,1099],{"id":1098},"what-gets-adapted-to-you","What gets adapted to you",[11,1101,1102],{},"This is the main difference between “a template” and our work.",[11,1104,1105,1108],{},[38,1106,1107],{},"We choose the colours in every order."," It isn't a paid extra or an\nexception — we always adapt the palette to your wedding. The same design in\npowder tones and in deep emerald looks completely different.",[11,1110,1111,1114],{},[38,1112,1113],{},"We remove and add blocks."," No dress code — no dress code block. Need a\nseparate section about transport to the venue — we'll add it. The structure adapts\nto your celebration, not the other way round.",[11,1116,1117,1120],{},[38,1118,1119],{},"Fonts — in some cases."," If you have a specific vision, send us the name\nor an example. It doesn't always work, but often it does.",[18,1122,1124],{"id":1123},"if-you-dont-have-a-clear-vision","If you don't have a clear vision",[11,1126,1127],{},"That's normal — more common than not, in fact. Many couples write exactly that:\n“we don't have a particular design in mind, could we choose something together?”",[11,1129,1130],{},"Then tell a manager about the celebration: where it will be, how many guests, what\natmosphere, whether you have a palette. That's enough to suggest two or three options\ninstead of eighteen.",[18,1132,1134],{"id":1133},"a-ready-made-design-is-not-a-design-from-scratch","A ready-made design is not a design from scratch",[11,1136,1137,1138,1141],{},"To be clear, so there's no disappointment: ",[38,1139,1140],{},"adapting a ready-made design doesn't mean drawing one from scratch",".\nIn this work we take a ready foundation and bring it to your wedding through colour,\nstructure and content.",[11,1143,1144,1145,1149],{},"If you want a fully original design created from scratch, that's a different service at a different\nprice — the SIGNATURE package on the ",[91,1146,1148],{"href":1147},"\u002Fen\u002Fpricing","pricing page"," — and it's better to know that up front.",[18,1151,1153],{"id":1152},"when-to-choose","When to choose",[11,1155,1156],{},"The earlier, the calmer. The median time from order to finished site is a little\nover a day, but that's assuming the design has been chosen and the photos are ready.",[11,1158,1159],{},"Choosing usually takes the longest. So if the wedding is a month away, start\nwith the catalogue today, not a week before you send the invitations.",[18,1161,640],{"id":639},[108,1163,1164,1172],{},[111,1165,1166],{},[114,1167,1168,1170],{},[117,1169,873],{},[117,1171,876],{},[123,1173,1174,1182,1190,1198,1206,1214],{},[114,1175,1176,1179],{},[128,1177,1178],{},"How many designs",[128,1180,1181],{},"18 ready-made",[114,1183,1184,1187],{},[128,1185,1186],{},"Colours",[128,1188,1189],{},"Always matched to your palette",[114,1191,1192,1195],{},[128,1193,1194],{},"Blocks",[128,1196,1197],{},"Removed and added",[114,1199,1200,1203],{},[128,1201,1202],{},"Fonts",[128,1204,1205],{},"Can sometimes be changed",[114,1207,1208,1211],{},[128,1209,1210],{},"Most popular",[128,1212,1213],{},"Bloom (almost half of couples)",[114,1215,1216,1219],{},[128,1217,1218],{},"Design from scratch",[128,1220,1221],{},"A separate package (SIGNATURE)",{"title":194,"searchDepth":195,"depth":195,"links":1223},[1224,1225,1226,1227,1228,1229,1230,1231],{"id":983,"depth":195,"text":984},{"id":1009,"depth":195,"text":1010},{"id":1023,"depth":195,"text":1024},{"id":1098,"depth":195,"text":1099},{"id":1123,"depth":195,"text":1124},{"id":1133,"depth":195,"text":1134},{"id":1152,"depth":195,"text":1153},{"id":639,"depth":195,"text":640},"How to choose a design for your invitation website: what to go by, what can be adapted to you, and what to do if none of the ready-made designs fits.",[1234,1237,1240,1243,1246,1249],{"q":1235,"a":1236},"How many ready-made designs are in the catalogue?","There are 18 designs available right now. Each one can be viewed in full — it isn't a picture but a live example site.",{"q":1238,"a":1239},"Can we change the colours of a ready-made design?","Yes, and it's done in every order: we choose a palette for your wedding rather than handing over the template as it is.",{"q":1241,"a":1242},"What if none of the designs fits?","Write to a manager and describe how you see your invitation. Together we'll find the closest option and adapt it.",{"q":1244,"a":1245},"Can we remove blocks we don't need?","Yes. Blocks can be removed or added — the structure adapts to your celebration.",{"q":1247,"a":1248},"Which design is chosen most often?","Bloom — 412 of 834 couples chose it. Muse and Promise come next.",{"q":1250,"a":1251},"Can we change the fonts?","In some cases, yes. If you have a specific vision, send us the font name or an example — we'll see whether it works.",[],{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-choose-invitation-design",6,{"title":968,"description":1232},[235,236],"blog\u002Fhow-to-choose-invitation-design","\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fhow-to-choose-invitation-design.jpg","8j41W7YvIR8QmbJn2HFdP0cA98Whi996z7S-LZVceXw",{"id":1262,"title":1263,"answer":1264,"body":1265,"date":1417,"description":1418,"extension":205,"faq":1419,"feature":1438,"keywords":1439,"locale":228,"meta":1444,"navigation":230,"path":1445,"readingMinutes":452,"seo":1446,"sites":1447,"stem":1448,"thumbnail":1449,"thumbnailAlt":1450,"translationKey":1438,"updated":240,"__hash__":1451},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fchanges-after-sending.md","What you can change after your invitation has been sent","Almost everything can be changed: the text, the date, the address, photos, music, the questions in the RSVP form. Most importantly, your guests' links stay the same, so nothing has to be sent again. The guest opens the same link and sees the updated version.",{"type":8,"value":1266,"toc":1409},[1267,1270,1274,1277,1287,1292,1295,1299,1302,1332,1335,1338,1342,1345,1365,1368,1371,1375,1378,1384,1390,1393,1397,1400,1403,1406],[11,1268,1269],{},"The most common fear before sending: “what if something changes later?” With paper invitations a mistake meant a reprint. Here it doesn't.",[18,1271,1273],{"id":1272},"the-links-dont-change","The links don't change",[11,1275,1276],{},"This is the main thing to know.",[11,1278,1279,1286],{},[91,1280,1282,1283],{"href":1281},"\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-the-invitation-link-works","A link is tied to the ",[38,1284,1285],{},"guest",", not to a version of the site. When we update the text, the date or the photos, the links stay the same. A guest opens what you sent them a month ago and sees the current version.",[73,1288,1289],{},[11,1290,1291],{},"You'll never need to “send it again because the address changed”. You update it once — it's updated for everyone.",[11,1293,1294],{},"This works for multilingual invitations too: a change is applied to every language version at once.",[18,1296,1298],{"id":1297},"what-the-team-changes","What the team changes",[11,1300,1301],{},"Write to us in the chat — we usually make the change the same day:",[32,1303,1304,1309,1315,1320,1326],{},[35,1305,1306,1308],{},[38,1307,706],{}," — any of it, including the greeting and your wishes",[35,1310,1311,1314],{},[38,1312,1313],{},"date, time, addresses"," — including the map links",[35,1316,1317,1319],{},[38,1318,393],{}," — add, replace, remove",[35,1321,1322,1325],{},[38,1323,1324],{},"questions in the RSVP form"," — remove the unnecessary ones or reword them",[35,1327,1328,1331],{},[38,1329,1330],{},"blocks"," — hide one you don't need, rename it, or add one of those available in your package",[11,1333,1334],{},"A typical situation: the venue moved the dinner by an hour. One message — and every guest sees the new time.",[11,1336,1337],{},"Important: changes to blocks and questions are made by the team, not by you in your account. That's deliberate — it lets us make sure a change doesn't break the layout in any language version.",[18,1339,1341],{"id":1340},"what-you-do-yourselves-in-your-account","What you do yourselves in your account",[11,1343,1344],{},"The account isn't a self-service editor but a tool for working with your guest list. You manage:",[32,1346,1347,1353,1359],{},[35,1348,1349,1352],{},[38,1350,1351],{},"the guest list"," — add, remove, correct a name",[35,1354,1355,1358],{},[38,1356,1357],{},"the question about children"," — you switch it on and off",[35,1360,1361,1364],{},[38,1362,1363],{},"a QR code"," for any named invitation",[11,1366,1367],{},"The QR code deserves a separate mention: it's generated in your account with one tap. Handy when you're making printed cards and want guests to point their camera rather than type a link. Shared invitations don't need a QR code — there's only one link for everyone anyway.",[11,1369,1370],{},"Guests are added by hand, one at a time. There's no bulk import from Excel yet, but the number of guests is unlimited.",[18,1372,1374],{"id":1373},"what-cant-be-changed","What can't be changed",[11,1376,1377],{},"Two things are worth knowing in advance.",[11,1379,1380,1383],{},[38,1381,1382],{},"The attendance question can't be removed."," It's the core of the invitation: without it you won't get any answers. You can reword it, but the answer options stay “Yes” and “No”.",[11,1385,1386,1389],{},[38,1387,1388],{},"Changing the site's address after sending breaks the links."," The subdomain is part of the address, so if you change it after guests have received their links, the old ones stop opening. That's the only case where links really break, and it's why we agree the address with you before anything is sent.",[11,1391,1392],{},"Separately: switching between named and shared mode means a new link. Named links already sent keep working, but the shared one has to be sent separately — two rounds of sending instead of one.",[18,1394,1396],{"id":1395},"what-it-costs","What it costs",[11,1398,1399],{},"Edits are part of the work. We don't count them one by one or charge extra for “one more text change”.",[11,1401,1402],{},"The reason is simple: a wedding is a process in which details keep changing until the last week. If every edit cost money, couples would just leave outdated information in place — and it's the guests who would lose out first.",[18,1404,923],{"id":1405},"after-the-wedding",[11,1407,1408],{},"The site isn't switched off the next day. The gallery, your guests' answers and the statistics stay available — many couples come back later to see who answered what.",{"title":194,"searchDepth":195,"depth":195,"links":1410},[1411,1412,1413,1414,1415,1416],{"id":1272,"depth":195,"text":1273},{"id":1297,"depth":195,"text":1298},{"id":1340,"depth":195,"text":1341},{"id":1373,"depth":195,"text":1374},{"id":1395,"depth":195,"text":1396},{"id":1405,"depth":195,"text":923},"2026-09-09","How to edit a wedding invitation after it has gone out: the text, the date, photos and the guest list. Your guests' links don't change.",[1420,1423,1426,1429,1432,1435],{"q":1421,"a":1422},"If we change the information, will our guests' links still work?","Yes. A link is tied to the guest, not to a version of the site. You update the content — the guest opens the same link and sees the new version.",{"q":1424,"a":1425},"Will guests who already opened the invitation see the changes?","Yes. The next time a guest opens the link, they see the current version.",{"q":1427,"a":1428},"What if we find a mistake in a guest's name?","You edit guest names yourselves in your account — that's the part you manage without us.",{"q":1430,"a":1431},"Can we add guests after the invitations have gone out?","Yes, at any time. You add guests in your account yourselves, the new ones get their own links, and the ones already sent keep working.",{"q":1433,"a":1434},"Can we get a QR code for the invitation?","Yes, for named invitations the QR code is generated right in your account — handy for printed cards or a sign at the entrance.",{"q":1436,"a":1437},"How long does the invitation stay available?","The site keeps working after the wedding, so the gallery and your guests' answers don't disappear.","edits",[1440,1441,1442,1443],"change wedding invitation after sending","fix a mistake in the invitation","update wedding date in invitation","wedding invitation qr code",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fchanges-after-sending",{"title":1263,"description":1418},[235,236],"blog\u002Fchanges-after-sending","\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fchanges-after-sending.jpg","Updating a wedding invitation without changing the guests' links","m47r7JEkbC5XbVKB4QAXGn93bCAljNALZWNnjRixaXo",{"id":1453,"title":1454,"answer":1455,"body":1456,"date":1417,"description":1685,"extension":205,"faq":1686,"feature":1705,"keywords":1706,"locale":228,"meta":1711,"navigation":230,"path":1712,"readingMinutes":452,"seo":1713,"sites":1714,"stem":1715,"thumbnail":1716,"thumbnailAlt":1717,"translationKey":1705,"updated":240,"__hash__":1718},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-long-does-it-take.md","How long it takes to create a wedding invitation","Half of our invitations are ready in less than a day and a half after the order; cumulatively, 72% are ready within three days and 88% within a week. It takes longer when the photos aren't chosen yet or the couple adds several languages. Ordering 1–2 months before the wedding is comfortable, but we can make it in a few days too.",{"type":8,"value":1457,"toc":1677},[1458,1461,1465,1468,1522,1525,1532,1537,1541,1544,1550,1556,1562,1566,1573,1576,1587,1591,1598,1644,1651,1655,1658,1667,1670,1674],[11,1459,1460],{},"“And how long will it take?” comes up in every other conversation. We'll answer with numbers, not promises.",[18,1462,1464],{"id":1463},"real-turnaround-times","Real turnaround times",[11,1466,1467],{},"We measured the time from the order to the moment the invitation can be sent to guests. The sample is 374 invitations.",[108,1469,1470,1480],{},[111,1471,1472],{},[114,1473,1474,1477],{},[117,1475,1476],{},"Ready within",[117,1478,1479],{},"Share of all invitations",[123,1481,1482,1490,1498,1506,1514],{},[114,1483,1484,1487],{},[128,1485,1486],{},"1 day",[128,1488,1489],{},"40%",[114,1491,1492,1495],{},[128,1493,1494],{},"2 days",[128,1496,1497],{},"62%",[114,1499,1500,1503],{},[128,1501,1502],{},"3 days",[128,1504,1505],{},"72%",[114,1507,1508,1511],{},[128,1509,1510],{},"a week",[128,1512,1513],{},"88%",[114,1515,1516,1519],{},[128,1517,1518],{},"two weeks",[128,1520,1521],{},"94%",[11,1523,1524],{},"The numbers are cumulative: the 72% within three days already include the 40% that were ready on the first day.",[11,1526,1527,1528,1531],{},"The median is ",[38,1529,1530],{},"about a day and a quarter",". In other words, half of the couples get their finished invitation in less than a day and a half.",[73,1533,1534],{},[11,1535,1536],{},"These aren't “ideal conditions” figures. They're actual turnaround times on real orders, including weekends, edits and waiting for the couple to reply.",[18,1538,1540],{"id":1539},"why-the-rest-take-longer","Why the rest take longer",[11,1542,1543],{},"The 12% that take longer than a week are almost always held up for one of three reasons — and none of them is technical.",[11,1545,1546,1549],{},[38,1547,1548],{},"The photos haven't been chosen."," The most common reason. The couple orders the invitation before getting the pictures from their photographer, or simply hasn't decided which ones to use. The work isn't waiting on us — it's waiting on that step.",[11,1551,1552,1555],{},[38,1553,1554],{},"Several languages."," Each additional language means translation and a review by a manager. One language is quick; three add a day or two.",[11,1557,1558,1561],{},[38,1559,1560],{},"The details aren't final."," The venue isn't confirmed, the ceremony time is still moving, nobody knows whether there'll be transport. We can build the invitation and update the details later, but that means another round.",[18,1563,1565],{"id":1564},"what-speeds-it-up","What speeds it up",[11,1567,1568,1569,1572],{},"One thing helps more than anything else: ",[38,1570,1571],{},"send the photos together with your order",". When they're already there, most invitations are ready the same day.",[11,1574,1575],{},"Next in importance:",[32,1577,1578,1581,1584],{},[35,1579,1580],{},"mention the wedding date in your very first message — we'll see right away whether there's time to spare",[35,1582,1583],{},"name your colours or show an example you like from the start",[35,1585,1586],{},"collect the ceremony text and the addresses in one message rather than in pieces",[18,1588,1590],{"id":1589},"when-to-order","When to order",[11,1592,1593,1594,1597],{},"According to our data, couples contact us ",[38,1595,1596],{},"a median of 61 days before the wedding",". A quarter of them — 36 days or less.",[108,1599,1600,1610],{},[111,1601,1602],{},[114,1603,1604,1607],{},[117,1605,1606],{},"When you order",[117,1608,1609],{},"What it looks like in practice",[123,1611,1612,1620,1628,1636],{},[114,1613,1614,1617],{},[128,1615,1616],{},"2–3 months before",[128,1618,1619],{},"relaxed: time for edits and for guests to reply",[114,1621,1622,1625],{},[128,1623,1624],{},"1 month before",[128,1626,1627],{},"comfortable: the usual situation, no rush",[114,1629,1630,1633],{},[128,1631,1632],{},"1–2 weeks before",[128,1634,1635],{},"workable, but ideally with photos ready",[114,1637,1638,1641],{},[128,1639,1640],{},"a few days before",[128,1642,1643],{},"we'll make it if the materials are ready — tell us the date",[11,1645,1646,1647,1650],{},"The margin matters less for us than for ",[38,1648,1649],{},"your guests",". You can send invitations three days before the wedding, but not everyone will reply — people simply won't have time to plan.",[18,1652,1654],{"id":1653},"sending-isnt-the-end-of-the-work","Sending isn't the end of the work",[11,1656,1657],{},"Something many people don't know: the work doesn't end when you send the link to your guests.",[11,1659,1660,1661,1666],{},"The ceremony time changed? You found a typo in a name? Better photos arrived? We update it right up to the wedding, and ",[38,1662,1663],{},[91,1664,1665],{"href":412},"your guests' links stay the same"," — nothing has to be sent twice.",[11,1668,1669],{},"So there's no point in putting off the order until “everything is certain”. Everything is rarely certain even a week before the wedding.",[18,1671,1673],{"id":1672},"what-to-do-next","What to do next",[11,1675,1676],{},"Send us your wedding date and a rough number of guests. We'll tell you right away whether there's time to spare, and what we'll need from you to make it quick.",{"title":194,"searchDepth":195,"depth":195,"links":1678},[1679,1680,1681,1682,1683,1684],{"id":1463,"depth":195,"text":1464},{"id":1539,"depth":195,"text":1540},{"id":1564,"depth":195,"text":1565},{"id":1589,"depth":195,"text":1590},{"id":1653,"depth":195,"text":1654},{"id":1672,"depth":195,"text":1673},"How long it takes to build a wedding invitation website: real turnaround times from our orders, what affects the speed, and how far ahead of the wedding to order.",[1687,1690,1693,1696,1699,1702],{"q":1688,"a":1689},"How long does it take to create an invitation?","According to our statistics, half of the invitations are ready in less than a day and a half; cumulatively, 72% within three days and 88% within a week. The exact time depends on whether the photos are ready and how many language versions you need.",{"q":1691,"a":1692},"What if the wedding is only a week away?","We'll make it. Write to us straight away and mention the date — we'll warn you if anything puts the deadline at risk. The fastest invitations are the ones where the photos are already chosen.",{"q":1694,"a":1695},"How far ahead of the wedding should we order?","Most couples contact us about two months before. That's a comfortable margin: there's time for edits and for guests to reply.",{"q":1697,"a":1698},"What delays the work most often?","Photos. Not how many there are, but the fact that they haven't been chosen yet. When the photos are ready at the time of the order, the invitation is often done the same day.",{"q":1700,"a":1701},"How many rounds of edits are included?","We don't count edits one by one. You look at the finished invitation and tell us what to change — we keep going until you like the result.",{"q":1703,"a":1704},"Can we change anything after the invitation has been sent?","Yes. The text, the date and the photos can be updated at any time, and your guests' links stay the same.","process",[1707,1708,1709,1710],"how long does a wedding invitation take","when to order wedding invitations","wedding invitation turnaround time","last minute wedding invitation",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-long-does-it-take",{"title":1454,"description":1685},[235,236],"blog\u002Fhow-long-does-it-take","\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fhow-long-does-it-take.jpg","Stages of creating a wedding invitation, from order to finished site","uBYSG5hvccVjjM596vqUgCNn_myodolKlmMMnZkt0Q4",{"id":1720,"title":1721,"answer":1722,"body":1723,"date":1417,"description":1968,"extension":205,"faq":1969,"feature":393,"keywords":1988,"locale":228,"meta":1993,"navigation":230,"path":1994,"readingMinutes":452,"seo":1995,"sites":1996,"stem":1997,"thumbnail":1998,"thumbnailAlt":1999,"translationKey":393,"updated":240,"__hash__":2000},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fwedding-invitation-photos.md","Which photos work best for a wedding invitation","An invitation usually needs 7–14 photos: one main photo that fills the screen and the rest in a gallery. The main photo should be portrait-oriented, because guests open the invitation on their phones. Send the files uncompressed — messengers compress photos by default, and it shows on a large screen.",{"type":8,"value":1724,"toc":1960},[1725,1728,1731,1735,1746,1800,1803,1807,1814,1817,1822,1825,1836,1840,1847,1850,1853,1857,1860,1863,1869,1872,1883,1887,1890,1901,1904,1906],[11,1726,1727],{},"Photos are the single thing that delays an invitation most often. Not how many there are, but the fact that they haven't been chosen yet, or were sent compressed.",[11,1729,1730],{},"Let's go through exactly what's needed.",[18,1732,1734],{"id":1733},"how-many-photos","How many photos",[11,1736,1737,1738,1741,1742,1745],{},"Your package sets the guideline: ",[38,1739,1740],{},"MINI is designed for 2–3 photos, MAX for 7–10",". In practice the gallery often ends up bigger: according to our data, the median published invitation has ",[38,1743,1744],{},"11 photos",", typically between 7 and 14.",[108,1747,1748,1758],{},[111,1749,1750],{},[114,1751,1752,1755],{},[117,1753,1754],{},"Number of photos",[117,1756,1757],{},"Share of invitations",[123,1759,1760,1768,1776,1784,1792],{},[114,1761,1762,1765],{},[128,1763,1764],{},"1–3",[128,1766,1767],{},"5%",[114,1769,1770,1773],{},[128,1771,1772],{},"4–6",[128,1774,1775],{},"19%",[114,1777,1778,1781],{},[128,1779,1780],{},"7–10",[128,1782,1783],{},"23%",[114,1785,1786,1789],{},[128,1787,1788],{},"11–15",[128,1790,1791],{},"36%",[114,1793,1794,1797],{},[128,1795,1796],{},"more than 15",[128,1798,1799],{},"17%",[11,1801,1802],{},"The minimum is one main photo. But guests spend longer scrolling through invitations that have a gallery, and you can see it in how much faster the answers come in.",[18,1804,1806],{"id":1805},"the-main-photo-should-be-portrait","The main photo should be portrait",[11,1808,1809,1810,1813],{},"This is the most important rule, and the reason is simple: ",[38,1811,1812],{},"guests open the invitation on their phones",", and the main photo fills the whole screen.",[11,1815,1816],{},"A portrait shot (roughly 2:3) fills it completely. A landscape one has to be either cropped heavily — and you lose half the picture — or shown with bars above and below.",[73,1818,1819],{},[11,1820,1821],{},"The statistics back this up: 73% of all photos in our invitations are portrait. It isn't a requirement — they simply look better on a phone.",[11,1823,1824],{},"What works well for the main shot:",[32,1826,1827,1830,1833],{},[35,1828,1829],{},"both faces are visible and not cropped",[35,1831,1832],{},"there is a little “air” at the top or bottom — that's where the text goes",[35,1834,1835],{},"the shot isn't too small: a full-length portrait on a whole screen often gets lost",[18,1837,1839],{"id":1838},"the-link-preview-is-the-opposite-landscape","The link preview is the opposite — landscape",[11,1841,1842,1843,1846],{},"When you send the link in a messenger, a preview appears — a separate card with a photo. It is ",[38,1844,1845],{},"landscape",", roughly 4:3.",[11,1848,1849],{},"It's a different image from the main one. We prepare it separately, choosing a shot where the faces stay whole in a horizontal crop.",[11,1851,1852],{},"So don't be surprised if we ask for one more photo — just for the preview.",[18,1854,1856],{"id":1855},"how-to-send-them","How to send them",[11,1858,1859],{},"The most common technical problem is compression in messengers.",[11,1861,1862],{},"When you send an image as a “photo”, Telegram, Viber and WhatsApp shrink it. On a phone screen the difference is barely visible, but the main photo is stretched across the whole screen — and there the compression shows immediately.",[11,1864,1865,1868],{},[38,1866,1867],{},"Send them as files."," In Telegram that's “Send without compression”, in WhatsApp — “Document”.",[11,1870,1871],{},"A few more small things that save time:",[32,1873,1874,1877,1880],{},[35,1875,1876],{},"send the originals, not screenshots from Instagram",[35,1878,1879],{},"if you have versions edited by your photographer, those are better",[35,1881,1882],{},"don't crop them yourself: we'll pick the right framing for each block",[18,1884,1886],{"id":1885},"if-you-havent-had-your-photo-shoot-yet","If you haven't had your photo shoot yet",[11,1888,1889],{},"A common situation: the wedding is in two months, the photo shoot in one. There's no need to wait.",[11,1891,1892,1893,1896,1897,1900],{},"We build the invitation with placeholder photos, ",[91,1894,1895],{"href":397},"you see the structure and the design",", and when your pictures arrive we swap them in. ",[38,1898,1899],{},"Your guests' links don't change",", so you can even send the invitation before the swap.",[11,1902,1903],{},"It works the same way later: found a better photo a week after sending? Write to us and we'll replace it.",[18,1905,640],{"id":639},[108,1907,1908,1918],{},[111,1909,1910],{},[114,1911,1912,1915],{},[117,1913,1914],{},"What",[117,1916,1917],{},"Best practice",[123,1919,1920,1928,1936,1944,1952],{},[114,1921,1922,1925],{},[128,1923,1924],{},"Main photo",[128,1926,1927],{},"portrait, both faces, room for text",[114,1929,1930,1933],{},[128,1931,1932],{},"Gallery",[128,1934,1935],{},"7–14 shots, a mix of wide and close-up",[114,1937,1938,1941],{},[128,1939,1940],{},"Link preview",[128,1942,1943],{},"a separate landscape shot",[114,1945,1946,1949],{},[128,1947,1948],{},"How to send",[128,1950,1951],{},"as files, uncompressed",[114,1953,1954,1957],{},[128,1955,1956],{},"Source",[128,1958,1959],{},"originals or your photographer's edits",{"title":194,"searchDepth":195,"depth":195,"links":1961},[1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967],{"id":1733,"depth":195,"text":1734},{"id":1805,"depth":195,"text":1806},{"id":1838,"depth":195,"text":1839},{"id":1855,"depth":195,"text":1856},{"id":1885,"depth":195,"text":1886},{"id":639,"depth":195,"text":640},"How many photos an invitation website needs, which shots work best, and how to send them without losing quality.",[1970,1973,1976,1979,1982,1985],{"q":1971,"a":1972},"How many photos do we need?","The median published invitation uses about 11 photos, typically 7–14. The MINI package is designed for 2–3 photos and MAX for 7–10, and the gallery can be extended by arrangement.",{"q":1974,"a":1975},"Why should the main photo be portrait-oriented?","Because guests almost always open the invitation on their phone, and the main photo fills the whole screen. A landscape shot there is either cropped or leaves empty bars.",{"q":1977,"a":1978},"Are photos taken on a phone good enough?","Yes. Modern phones take good enough pictures. What matters more is good light and no heavy zoom.",{"q":1980,"a":1981},"How should we send the photos?","As files, not as “photos” in a messenger. Messengers compress images, and on a large screen it shows — especially on the main shot.",{"q":1983,"a":1984},"What if we haven't had our photo shoot yet?","You can start without it: we build the invitation with placeholder photos and add yours later. Your guests' links won't change.",{"q":1986,"a":1987},"Can we add photos after the invitations have been sent?","Yes. We add or replace photos at any time — guests open the same link and see the updated gallery.",[1989,1990,1991,1992],"photos for wedding invitation","which photos for wedding invitation","how many photos for invitation website","portrait wedding photos",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fwedding-invitation-photos",{"title":1721,"description":1968},[235,236],"blog\u002Fwedding-invitation-photos","\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fwedding-invitation-photos.jpg","A portrait photo for the phone screen and a landscape one for the link preview","OgWPzYILGt4n6GH98r9B0_uDrSJ6qiDDIWx_2I39aq4",{"id":2002,"title":2003,"answer":2004,"body":2005,"date":203,"description":2169,"extension":205,"faq":2170,"feature":2186,"keywords":2187,"locale":228,"meta":2191,"navigation":230,"path":2192,"readingMinutes":452,"seo":2193,"sites":2194,"stem":2195,"thumbnail":2196,"thumbnailAlt":2197,"translationKey":2198,"updated":240,"__hash__":2199},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fcouples-app-guest-list.md","The couple's app: your guest list and RSVP statistics on your phone","Along with the invitation, the couple gets access to an app with all the guests and their answers. You can see who confirmed, who declined, who hasn't opened the invitation yet, the menu choices and who needs transport. The data can be exported as a spreadsheet for the venue or the coordinator.",{"type":8,"value":2006,"toc":2161},[2007,2010,2014,2017,2037,2044,2047,2052,2056,2118,2121,2125,2128,2131,2135,2138,2141,2145,2148,2151,2155,2158],[11,2008,2009],{},"The invitation site is what your guests see. The app is what you see.",[18,2011,2013],{"id":2012},"three-states-instead-of-two","Three states instead of two",[11,2015,2016],{},"The most useful thing in a guest list is telling apart not two states but three:",[32,2018,2019,2025,2031],{},[35,2020,2021,2024],{},[38,2022,2023],{},"Confirmed"," — the guest is coming.",[35,2026,2027,2030],{},[38,2028,2029],{},"Declined"," — the guest isn't coming.",[35,2032,2033,2036],{},[38,2034,2035],{},"Not opened yet"," — the guest hasn't even seen the invitation.",[11,2038,2039,2040,2043],{},"The third state matters more than it seems. When you're missing twenty answers a week before the wedding, those are two different situations: the person saw the invitation and is hesitating — or ",[91,2041,2042],{"href":1281},"the link got lost in a chat"," and they don't know about it.",[11,2045,2046],{},"It's the second group you should remind. Reminding the first only adds pressure.",[73,2048,2049],{},[11,2050,2051],{},"You see not only how many invitations were sent, but how many actually reached people.",[18,2053,2055],{"id":2054},"what-else-you-can-see","What else you can see",[108,2057,2058,2068],{},[111,2059,2060],{},[114,2061,2062,2065],{},[117,2063,2064],{},"Section",[117,2066,2067],{},"What it shows",[123,2069,2070,2078,2086,2094,2102,2110],{},[114,2071,2072,2075],{},[128,2073,2074],{},"Guests",[128,2076,2077],{},"Every guest individually, with partners and children",[114,2079,2080,2083],{},[128,2081,2082],{},"Statistics",[128,2084,2085],{},"Overall numbers: confirmed, declined, waiting",[114,2087,2088,2091],{},[128,2089,2090],{},"Menu",[128,2092,2093],{},"Meal choices — the numbers for the venue",[114,2095,2096,2099],{},[128,2097,2098],{},"Restrictions",[128,2100,2101],{},"Allergies and dietary needs as a separate list",[114,2103,2104,2107],{},[128,2105,2106],{},"Transport",[128,2108,2109],{},"Who needs a ride",[114,2111,2112,2115],{},[128,2113,2114],{},"Parts of the day",[128,2116,2117],{},"Who is coming to the ceremony, the dinner, the afterparty",[11,2119,2120],{},"The last one is useful for weddings with several venues: the headcount at the ceremony and at the dinner is often different, and each has to be planned separately.",[18,2122,2124],{"id":2123},"exports-for-your-suppliers","Exports for your suppliers",[11,2126,2127],{},"The venue needs a list with the menu. The coordinator needs a spreadsheet for the seating plan. The host needs names and who is coming with whom.",[11,2129,2130],{},"All of it exports as a spreadsheet in one click. No retyping from chats, and no risk of losing someone's allergy somewhere in a message thread.",[18,2132,2134],{"id":2133},"no-limit-on-the-number-of-guests","No limit on the number of guests",[11,2136,2137],{},"We don't charge per guest. Twenty or two hundred — the price is the same.",[11,2139,2140],{},"That's not a small thing: many services charge for every guest above a limit, and the final bill becomes unpredictable exactly when your list starts to grow.",[18,2142,2144],{"id":2143},"not-another-app-to-install","Not another app to install",[11,2146,2147],{},"The app opens in the browser and can be added to your phone's home screen — it looks and works like a regular app, but there's nothing to download from a store.",[11,2149,2150],{},"In practice that means you can open it from any device: your phone, a tablet, your mum's laptop.",[18,2152,2154],{"id":2153},"what-it-gives-you","What it gives you",[11,2156,2157],{},"Wedding planning throws up dozens of small questions: what number to give the venue, which guests still haven't replied, who is allergic to nuts.",[11,2159,2160],{},"When the answers are in one place and update themselves, those questions stop depending on your memory and your message history.",{"title":194,"searchDepth":195,"depth":195,"links":2162},[2163,2164,2165,2166,2167,2168],{"id":2012,"depth":195,"text":2013},{"id":2054,"depth":195,"text":2055},{"id":2123,"depth":195,"text":2124},{"id":2133,"depth":195,"text":2134},{"id":2143,"depth":195,"text":2144},{"id":2153,"depth":195,"text":2154},"Along with the wedding invitation, the couple gets an app: the guest list, RSVP statistics and a spreadsheet export for the venue and the coordinator. No limit on the number of guests.",[2171,2174,2177,2180,2183],{"q":2172,"a":2173},"Is it a separate app we have to install?","It opens in your phone's browser and can be added to the home screen like a regular app. There's nothing to install from an app store.",{"q":2175,"a":2176},"Is there a limit on the number of guests?","No. An intimate wedding for 20 or a celebration for 200 — the number of guests isn't limited and doesn't affect the price.",{"q":2178,"a":2179},"Who has access?","The couple. Access comes with the order and doesn't depend on which of the two of you opens the app.",{"q":2181,"a":2182},"Can we export the list for the venue?","Yes, the data exports as a spreadsheet — with names, menu choices, allergies and transport needs. The format is ready to hand to a supplier without retyping anything.",{"q":2184,"a":2185},"Can we see who hasn't opened the invitation yet?","Yes. It's a separate category: the guest hasn't declined, they simply haven't seen the invitation yet. Those are the people worth reminding.","app",[2188,227,2189,2190],"wedding planning app","rsvp statistics","organise a wedding online",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcouples-app-guest-list",{"title":2003,"description":2169},[235,236],"blog\u002Fcouples-app-guest-list","\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fcouples-app-guest-list.jpg","The couple's app with the guest list and RSVP statistics","couple-app","1CI3C_xP39Dmit6Gy3MiJpr_HWgFNvg-O0Vko_kBzRg",{"id":2201,"title":2202,"answer":2203,"body":2204,"date":203,"description":2432,"extension":205,"faq":2433,"feature":2449,"keywords":2450,"locale":228,"meta":2455,"navigation":230,"path":2456,"readingMinutes":232,"seo":2457,"sites":2458,"stem":2459,"thumbnail":2460,"thumbnailAlt":2461,"translationKey":2449,"updated":240,"__hash__":2462},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Finvitation-variants-for-guest-groups.md","Different invitation variants for different groups of guests","An invitation can have several variants — for example “family” and “friends”. Every block of the site is marked with the variants it appears in, and each guest sees only their own version: their programme for the day, their addresses, their questions in the RSVP form. It is one site with one guest list, not several separate invitations.",{"type":8,"value":2205,"toc":2424},[2206,2209,2212,2218,2222,2233,2249,2255,2260,2264,2267,2270,2273,2332,2336,2342,2345,2369,2372,2376,2382,2388,2394,2399,2403,2410,2413,2417],[11,2207,2208],{},"A typical situation: the church ceremony is for family only, the dinner is for everyone, and the afterparty is for friends.",[11,2210,2211],{},"Writing that as a single text is hard. “Ceremony at 2 pm (close family only), dinner at 5 pm, afterparty at 11 pm (friends)” — each guest has to work out for themselves which parts apply to them. Some won't, and they'll turn up at the wrong place or the wrong time.",[11,2213,2214,2215,539],{},"Invitation variants solve it differently: ",[38,2216,2217],{},"every guest sees only their own part",[18,2219,2221],{"id":2220},"how-it-works","How it works",[11,2223,2224,2225,2228,2229,2232],{},"You define variants — for example ",[708,2226,2227],{},"family"," and ",[708,2230,2231],{},"friends",". Then each block of the site can be marked with the variants it appears in.",[32,2234,2235,2241,2244],{},[35,2236,2237,2238,2240],{},"Ceremony block → ",[708,2239,2227],{}," only",[35,2242,2243],{},"Dinner block → both",[35,2245,2246,2247,2240],{},"Afterparty block → ",[708,2248,2231],{},[11,2250,2251,2252,2254],{},"A guest in the ",[708,2253,2231],{}," variant opens the invitation and sees the dinner and the afterparty. The ceremony isn't mentioned at all — not “closed”, not “unavailable”, simply not there.",[73,2256,2257],{},[11,2258,2259],{},"Guests can't see that other variants exist. For them it is simply their invitation.",[18,2261,2263],{"id":2262},"one-site-not-several","One site, not several",[11,2265,2266],{},"This is the key difference from “let's make two separate invitations”.",[11,2268,2269],{},"Shared information lives in one place. The venue changed? You tell us once, and both variants are updated. You never end up with the new address on the family version and the old one on the friends' version.",[11,2271,2272],{},"There is one guest list, too. RSVP statistics are shared, with a breakdown by variant.",[108,2274,2275,2287],{},[111,2276,2277],{},[114,2278,2279,2281,2284],{},[117,2280],{},[117,2282,2283],{},"Several separate sites",[117,2285,2286],{},"Variants in one site",[123,2288,2289,2300,2311,2321],{},[114,2290,2291,2294,2297],{},[128,2292,2293],{},"Changing shared information",[128,2295,2296],{},"in each site separately",[128,2298,2299],{},"once",[114,2301,2302,2305,2308],{},[128,2303,2304],{},"Guest list",[128,2306,2307],{},"one per site",[128,2309,2310],{},"one",[114,2312,2313,2315,2318],{},[128,2314,2082],{},[128,2316,2317],{},"combined by hand",[128,2319,2320],{},"shared",[114,2322,2323,2326,2329],{},[128,2324,2325],{},"Risk of getting out of sync",[128,2327,2328],{},"high",[128,2330,2331],{},"none",[18,2333,2335],{"id":2334},"different-questions-in-the-rsvp-form","Different questions in the RSVP form",[11,2337,2338,2339,539],{},"The most useful scenario isn't hiding a block — it's ",[38,2340,2341],{},"not asking unnecessary questions",[11,2343,2344],{},"The RSVP form works on the same principle as the rest of the site: every question can be tied to a variant.",[32,2346,2347,2352,2358,2364],{},[35,2348,2349,2351],{},[38,2350,2106],{}," — only for guests travelling from another city. Your neighbour simply never sees it.",[35,2353,2354,2357],{},[38,2355,2356],{},"Children"," — only for families. A couple without kids doesn't see it at all.",[35,2359,2360,2363],{},[38,2361,2362],{},"Partner"," — only for guests you are inviting with a plus-one.",[35,2365,2366,2368],{},[38,2367,2090],{}," — ask everyone, or only those coming to the dinner.",[11,2370,2371],{},"The payoff is direct: short forms get filled in, long ones don't. A guest who sees two questions instead of eight answers right away.",[18,2373,2375],{"id":2374},"typical-scenarios","Typical scenarios",[11,2377,2378,2381],{},[38,2379,2380],{},"Intimate ceremony and a big party."," The most common case. Family sees the full programme, friends only the evening part.",[11,2383,2384,2387],{},[38,2385,2386],{},"Guests from out of town."," A separate variant with a block about the hotel, transport and departure times. Local guests don't need it, and it would only add noise.",[11,2389,2390,2393],{},[38,2391,2392],{},"Colleagues."," It often makes sense to show them a more formal version of the text and leave out family details.",[11,2395,2396,2398],{},[38,2397,46],{}," A variant for families with children: a block about the kids' area, an entertainer, a children's menu.",[18,2400,2402],{"id":2401},"what-variants-dont-do","What variants don't do",[11,2404,2405,2406,2409],{},"It's worth saying this too. Variants are not a privacy mechanism: if a guest forwards their link, the recipient sees the same variant. They are a tool for ",[38,2407,2408],{},"relevance",", not protection.",[11,2411,2412],{},"And one more thing: too many variants make the preparation itself harder. Two or three are manageable. With five you'll start losing track of who sees what, and each one has to be checked separately.",[18,2414,2416],{"id":2415},"how-to-order-it","How to order it",[11,2418,2419,2420,2423],{},"Tell us ",[91,2421,2422],{"href":537},"which groups of guests you have"," and how their invitations should differ. We set up the variants — all you need to do is say who belongs to which group.",{"title":194,"searchDepth":195,"depth":195,"links":2425},[2426,2427,2428,2429,2430,2431],{"id":2220,"depth":195,"text":2221},{"id":2262,"depth":195,"text":2263},{"id":2334,"depth":195,"text":2335},{"id":2374,"depth":195,"text":2375},{"id":2401,"depth":195,"text":2402},{"id":2415,"depth":195,"text":2416},"One wedding invitation can show different information to different groups: a separate programme for family and for friends, different questions in the RSVP form. One site, several variants.",[2434,2437,2440,2443,2446],{"q":2435,"a":2436},"How is a variant different from a separate site?","Variants live in one site, with one guest list and one set of RSVP statistics. Changes to shared information — dates, venues, photos — apply to every variant at once, so nothing gets out of sync.",{"q":2438,"a":2439},"How many variants can we have?","There is no technical limit, but in practice two or three are enough: usually “family” and “friends”, sometimes separate “colleagues” or “guests from abroad”.",{"q":2441,"a":2442},"Can the RSVP form show different questions?","Yes, and it's one of the most useful scenarios. The transport question can be shown only to guests travelling from another city, and the question about children only to families.",{"q":2444,"a":2445},"Will a guest see that other variants exist?","No. The guest opens their link and sees a complete invitation. No switches, no mention of other versions.",{"q":2447,"a":2448},"Can variants be combined with different languages?","Yes, they are independent settings. A guest can be in the “friends” variant and get the English version at the same time.","variants",[2451,2452,2453,2454],"wedding invitation variants","invitations for different guest groups","small ceremony and big party","wedding invitation different schedule",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Finvitation-variants-for-guest-groups",{"title":2202,"description":2432},[235,236],"blog\u002Finvitation-variants-for-guest-groups","\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Finvitation-variants-for-guest-groups.jpg","One invitation in two variants for different groups of guests","wCcnfBkbCisUIfQL1zI1xQQVvTLeXtVDB0Ah0TgTfCc",{"id":2464,"title":2465,"answer":2466,"body":2467,"date":203,"description":2696,"extension":205,"faq":2697,"feature":2716,"keywords":2717,"locale":228,"meta":2722,"navigation":230,"path":2723,"readingMinutes":452,"seo":2724,"sites":2725,"stem":2726,"thumbnail":2727,"thumbnailAlt":2728,"translationKey":2716,"updated":240,"__hash__":2729},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fmultilingual-wedding-invitations.md","Multilingual wedding invitations: guests from abroad read it in their own language","One invitation can exist in several languages at once. The language is set by the guest's link, so your relatives see the version in your language while friends from abroad see English or Spanish. The translation is done by AI given the wedding context, and a manager reviews the result before it is published. It is one site rather than several, so a change of date or address updates every language version.",{"type":8,"value":2468,"toc":2688},[2469,2472,2476,2482,2489,2494,2498,2505,2508,2534,2538,2541,2544,2547,2591,2595,2598,2601,2639,2642,2646,2649,2677,2680,2682,2685],[11,2470,2471],{},"A mixed crowd at a wedding is normal now. The bride is from one country, the groom from another, and the guests come from three more. The invitation has to make sense to every one of them.",[18,2473,2475],{"id":2474},"the-link-decides-the-language","The link decides the language",[11,2477,2478,2481],{},[91,2479,2480],{"href":526},"The language version is tied to the guest's link",". You send your relatives a link in your language and your friends from abroad an English one. Each of them opens it and immediately sees their own language. Nothing to switch.",[11,2483,2484,2485,2488],{},"Technically it is ",[38,2486,2487],{},"one site",", not several. That makes a real difference: when the ceremony time changes, you tell us once and every version is updated. You never end up with the new address in one language and the old one in another.",[73,2490,2491],{},[11,2492,2493],{},"One site, several languages. Information is updated in every version at the same time.",[18,2495,2497],{"id":2496},"how-we-translate","How we translate",[11,2499,2500,2501,2504],{},"Let's be straightforward: we don't have native speakers of twenty languages on the team. Instead, the translation is done by ",[38,2502,2503],{},"AI that is given the wedding context",", and a manager reviews the result before it's published.",[11,2506,2507],{},"The difference from pasting your text into a regular translator lies in the rules we give the model:",[32,2509,2510,2516,2522,2528],{},[35,2511,2512,2515],{},[38,2513,2514],{},"Placeholders stay untouched."," The text contains substitutions such as the guest's name or the wedding date. A regular translator may translate or reorder them — and instead of a name the guest sees a broken sentence. For us this is forbidden by a dedicated rule.",[35,2517,2518,2521],{},[38,2519,2520],{},"Line breaks are classified by meaning."," In a poem or an address, a line break is part of the content and has to be kept. In an ordinary paragraph it is only there to look good in the original language — in another language the words have different lengths, and the same break would ruin the layout. The model classifies each line break separately.",[35,2523,2524,2527],{},[38,2525,2526],{},"Forms of address are generated deliberately."," Languages with grammatical gender and cases need separate versions for one person, for a man, for a woman and for several guests. That's a task of its own, not a side effect of translation.",[35,2529,2530,2533],{},[38,2531,2532],{},"Nothing is made up."," The model is not allowed to add information that wasn't in the original.",[18,2535,2537],{"id":2536},"why-a-person-is-still-needed","Why a person is still needed",[11,2539,2540],{},"AI makes mistakes, and we see them in practice. The most common kind isn't a crude error but an overly free rewrite: the model “improves” a short line and adds something the couple never said.",[11,2542,2543],{},"That's why the final word belongs to a manager. They compare the translation with the original and fix the places where the tone has drifted. Special attention goes to how the guest is addressed: a mistake in a name or a verb form is the most visible, and the least forgiven.",[11,2545,2546],{},"The process is simple:",[108,2548,2549,2559],{},[111,2550,2551],{},[114,2552,2553,2556],{},[117,2554,2555],{},"Step",[117,2557,2558],{},"Who does it",[123,2560,2561,2569,2576,2584],{},[114,2562,2563,2566],{},[128,2564,2565],{},"Translation with wedding context and rules",[128,2567,2568],{},"AI",[114,2570,2571,2574],{},[128,2572,2573],{},"Forms of address by gender and number",[128,2575,2568],{},[114,2577,2578,2581],{},[128,2579,2580],{},"Comparison with the original, tone fixes",[128,2582,2583],{},"manager",[114,2585,2586,2589],{},[128,2587,2588],{},"Publishing",[128,2590,2583],{},[18,2592,2594],{"id":2593},"how-many-languages-you-really-need","How many languages you really need",[11,2596,2597],{},"In our experience — two, sometimes three. The hosts' language plus the guests' language.",[11,2599,2600],{},"Typical combinations:",[108,2602,2603,2613],{},[111,2604,2605],{},[114,2606,2607,2610],{},[117,2608,2609],{},"Situation",[117,2611,2612],{},"Languages",[123,2614,2615,2623,2631],{},[114,2616,2617,2620],{},[128,2618,2619],{},"Wedding at home, some guests from abroad",[128,2621,2622],{},"your language + English",[114,2624,2625,2628],{},[128,2626,2627],{},"Couple from different countries, wedding abroad",[128,2629,2630],{},"English + each family's language",[114,2632,2633,2636],{},[128,2634,2635],{},"Couple getting married in another country",[128,2637,2638],{},"your language + the local language",[11,2640,2641],{},"There's no technical limit — the platform supports more than 20 languages, including those written right to left. But more than three rarely makes sense in practice.",[18,2643,2645],{"id":2644},"what-changes-besides-the-words","What changes besides the words",[11,2647,2648],{},"Language isn't only text. The versions also differ in the details:",[32,2650,2651,2665,2671],{},[35,2652,2653,2656,2657,2660,2661,2664],{},[38,2654,2655],{},"Date format."," ",[708,2658,2659],{},"26.09.2026"," for some, ",[708,2662,2663],{},"September 26, 2026"," for others.",[35,2666,2667,2670],{},[38,2668,2669],{},"First day of the week in the calendar."," Monday in most of Europe, Sunday in the US.",[35,2672,2673,2676],{},[38,2674,2675],{},"Time zone."," If guests are in different countries, the event time is shown correctly.",[11,2678,2679],{},"Nobody notices these details when they're right — and everyone notices when they're wrong.",[18,2681,2154],{"id":2153},[11,2683,2684],{},"A guest from abroad doesn't have to paste the text into a translator to understand when and where to go. They open the link and read the invitation just as they would read it in your language.",[11,2686,2687],{},"For a wedding with a mixed crowd, that's the difference between “roughly understood it” and “felt that they're expected”.",{"title":194,"searchDepth":195,"depth":195,"links":2689},[2690,2691,2692,2693,2694,2695],{"id":2474,"depth":195,"text":2475},{"id":2496,"depth":195,"text":2497},{"id":2536,"depth":195,"text":2537},{"id":2593,"depth":195,"text":2594},{"id":2644,"depth":195,"text":2645},{"id":2153,"depth":195,"text":2154},"One wedding invitation in several languages: each guest opens their link and sees the site in their language. AI translation with wedding context, reviewed by a manager before it's published.",[2698,2701,2704,2707,2710,2713],{"q":2699,"a":2700},"Do we need a separate site for each language?","No. It is one site with several language versions. Each guest gets a link that opens the right language straight away.",{"q":2702,"a":2703},"How exactly is the translation done?","The translation is done by AI that is given the wedding context: it keeps name placeholders intact, tells meaningful line breaks from decorative ones, and produces the right forms of address. A manager then reviews the result — a person makes the final call before anything is published.",{"q":2705,"a":2706},"Isn't that just machine translation, like a translator app?","No, and the difference is practical. A regular translator works on a sentence out of context: it doesn't know that {{guestNames}} is a placeholder, or that a line break matters in a poem but not in a paragraph. Our translation receives these rules as part of the task, and a manager proofreads anything questionable.",{"q":2708,"a":2709},"How many languages can we add?","Usually two or three, which is enough for most weddings with a mixed crowd. There is no technical limit: the platform supports more than 20 languages, including right-to-left scripts.",{"q":2711,"a":2712},"What if the date or the venue changes?","You message us, and we update the information in every language version at once. The languages never get out of sync.",{"q":2714,"a":2715},"Can guests get a language switcher?","Yes, but it's usually unnecessary: the link already opens the right language. A switcher helps when a guest is bilingual or wants to forward the invitation to relatives.","multilingual",[2718,2719,2720,2721],"multilingual wedding invitations","wedding invitation in english","wedding with international guests","bilingual wedding invitation",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fmultilingual-wedding-invitations",{"title":2465,"description":2696},[235,236],"blog\u002Fmultilingual-wedding-invitations","\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fmultilingual-wedding-invitations.jpg","One wedding invitation in three language versions","X6vxOL1Dx8TtZCr7-tXl_bePBXxEFVHqouGD4phH0nI",{"id":4,"title":5,"answer":6,"body":2731,"date":203,"description":204,"extension":205,"faq":2857,"feature":222,"keywords":2863,"locale":228,"meta":2864,"navigation":230,"path":231,"readingMinutes":232,"seo":2865,"sites":2866,"stem":237,"thumbnail":238,"thumbnailAlt":239,"translationKey":222,"updated":240,"__hash__":241},{"type":8,"value":2732,"toc":2849},[2733,2735,2737,2739,2741,2743,2745,2771,2775,2777,2779,2781,2785,2787,2791,2833,2835,2837,2839,2841,2843,2845,2847],[11,2734,13],{},[11,2736,16],{},[18,2738,21],{"id":20},[11,2740,24],{},[11,2742,27],{},[11,2744,30],{},[32,2746,2747,2751,2755,2759,2763,2767],{},[35,2748,2749,41],{},[38,2750,40],{},[35,2752,2753,47],{},[38,2754,46],{},[35,2756,2757,53],{},[38,2758,52],{},[35,2760,2761,59],{},[38,2762,58],{},[35,2764,2765,65],{},[38,2766,64],{},[35,2768,2769,71],{},[38,2770,70],{},[73,2772,2773],{},[11,2774,77],{},[18,2776,81],{"id":80},[11,2778,84],{},[11,2780,87],{},[11,2782,2783,95],{},[91,2784,94],{"href":93},[18,2786,99],{"id":98},[11,2788,2789,106],{},[91,2790,105],{"href":104},[108,2792,2793,2801],{},[111,2794,2795],{},[114,2796,2797,2799],{},[117,2798,99],{},[117,2800,121],{},[123,2802,2803,2809,2815,2821,2827],{},[114,2804,2805,2807],{},[128,2806,130],{},[128,2808,133],{},[114,2810,2811,2813],{},[128,2812,138],{},[128,2814,141],{},[114,2816,2817,2819],{},[128,2818,146],{},[128,2820,149],{},[114,2822,2823,2825],{},[128,2824,154],{},[128,2826,157],{},[114,2828,2829,2831],{},[128,2830,162],{},[128,2832,165],{},[11,2834,168],{},[18,2836,172],{"id":171},[11,2838,175],{},[18,2840,179],{"id":178},[11,2842,182],{},[18,2844,186],{"id":185},[11,2846,189],{},[11,2848,192],{},{"title":194,"searchDepth":195,"depth":195,"links":2850},[2851,2852,2853,2854,2855,2856],{"id":20,"depth":195,"text":21},{"id":80,"depth":195,"text":81},{"id":98,"depth":195,"text":99},{"id":171,"depth":195,"text":172},{"id":178,"depth":195,"text":179},{"id":185,"depth":195,"text":186},[2858,2859,2860,2861,2862],{"q":208,"a":209},{"q":211,"a":212},{"q":214,"a":215},{"q":217,"a":218},{"q":220,"a":221},[224,225,226,227],{},{"title":5,"description":204},[235,236],{"id":2868,"title":2869,"answer":2870,"body":2871,"date":203,"description":3183,"extension":205,"faq":3184,"feature":669,"keywords":3200,"locale":228,"meta":3205,"navigation":230,"path":3206,"readingMinutes":232,"seo":3207,"sites":3208,"stem":3209,"thumbnail":3210,"thumbnailAlt":3211,"translationKey":3212,"updated":240,"__hash__":3213},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fpersonal-links-or-shared-link.md","Personal links or one shared link: how to send your wedding invitation","Personal links give you a greeting by name and an exact picture of who is coming to what, but you need your guest list in advance and have to send each link separately. A shared link is one link for everyone — you can drop it into a group chat — but guests type their own name and there is no personalisation. Both modes are supported and can be combined: named links for close family, the shared link for the group chat.",{"type":8,"value":2872,"toc":3176},[2873,2884,2887,2891,2897,2902,2938,2943,2969,2973,2976,2980,3006,3010,3036,3040,3135,3139,3145,3151,3156,3159,3163,3170,3173],[11,2874,2875,2876,2879,2880,2883],{},"Before you send out your invitations, you need to decide one thing: does every guest get ",[38,2877,2878],{},"their own"," link, or does everyone get ",[38,2881,2882],{},"one shared"," link?",[11,2885,2886],{},"We support both. They have different strengths, and the choice depends not on your budget but on how you communicate with your guests.",[18,2888,2890],{"id":2889},"personal-links","Personal links",[11,2892,2893,2896],{},[91,2894,2895],{"href":526},"Every guest gets their own link",". When they open it, the invitation greets them by name.",[11,2898,2899],{},[38,2900,2901],{},"Pros:",[32,2903,2904,2910,2916,2926,2932],{},[35,2905,2906,2909],{},[38,2907,2908],{},"A greeting by name."," “Dear Anna and Mark” instead of “Dear guests”. It's the first thing a guest sees, and it sets the tone.",[35,2911,2912,2915],{},[38,2913,2914],{},"Correct grammar."," In languages with grammatical gender and plural forms, the text exists in versions for one person, for a man, for a woman and for several guests. The site picks the right one itself.",[35,2917,2918,2921,2922,2925],{},[38,2919,2920],{},"An exact list."," You know in advance whom you invited, and you see three states: confirmed, declined and ",[38,2923,2924],{},"not opened yet",". The last one matters — those are the people worth reminding.",[35,2927,2928,2931],{},[38,2929,2930],{},"Questions for each guest."," Transport is offered only to people travelling from far away; the question about children only to families.",[35,2933,2934,2937],{},[38,2935,2936],{},"Invitation variants."," Different groups of guests can see a different programme for the day.",[11,2939,2940],{},[38,2941,2942],{},"Cons:",[32,2944,2945,2951,2957,2963],{},[35,2946,2947,2950],{},[38,2948,2949],{},"You need the list in advance."," Without names there is nothing to personalise.",[35,2952,2953,2956],{},[38,2954,2955],{},"Each message is sent separately."," Two hundred guests means two hundred messages. It's real work, even if you only do it once.",[35,2958,2959,2962],{},[38,2960,2961],{},"Forwarding breaks the logic."," If a guest forwards their link, the recipient sees the greeting meant for the guest, not for themselves.",[35,2964,2965,2968],{},[38,2966,2967],{},"Not suitable for posting."," You can't drop a named link into your stories or an open chat.",[18,2970,2972],{"id":2971},"the-shared-link","The shared link",[11,2974,2975],{},"One link for everyone. There are no names in the text, and each guest adds themselves in the RSVP form.",[11,2977,2978],{},[38,2979,2901],{},[32,2981,2982,2988,2994,3000],{},[35,2983,2984,2987],{},[38,2985,2986],{},"One link."," Drop it into a group chat, your stories or a mailing — and that's it.",[35,2989,2990,2993],{},[38,2991,2992],{},"No list needed."," It works even when you haven't finally decided whom to invite.",[35,2995,2996,2999],{},[38,2997,2998],{},"Forward it freely."," A guest can pass the link on to relatives with no side effects.",[35,3001,3002,3005],{},[38,3003,3004],{},"A quick start."," Once the invitation is ready, sending it takes a minute.",[11,3007,3008],{},[38,3009,2942],{},[32,3011,3012,3018,3024,3030],{},[35,3013,3014,3017],{},[38,3015,3016],{},"No personalisation."," No name, no separate programme, no questions tailored to the guest.",[35,3019,3020,3023],{},[38,3021,3022],{},"The list is built from answers."," You don't know how many people received the invitation and you won't see “not opened yet” — only those who have already answered.",[35,3025,3026,3029],{},[38,3027,3028],{},"Guests type their own names."," You get duplicates and different spellings of the same name, which you have to reconcile by hand.",[35,3031,3032,3035],{},[38,3033,3034],{},"Reminders are harder."," There is no list of the people who haven't replied yet.",[18,3037,3039],{"id":3038},"a-quick-comparison","A quick comparison",[108,3041,3042,3054],{},[111,3043,3044],{},[114,3045,3046,3048,3051],{},[117,3047],{},[117,3049,3050],{},"Personal",[117,3052,3053],{},"Shared",[123,3055,3056,3067,3076,3087,3096,3106,3115,3124],{},[114,3057,3058,3061,3064],{},[128,3059,3060],{},"Greeting by name",[128,3062,3063],{},"yes",[128,3065,3066],{},"no",[114,3068,3069,3072,3074],{},[128,3070,3071],{},"List needed in advance",[128,3073,3063],{},[128,3075,3066],{},[114,3077,3078,3081,3084],{},[128,3079,3080],{},"Sending",[128,3082,3083],{},"one message per guest",[128,3085,3086],{},"one link",[114,3088,3089,3092,3094],{},[128,3090,3091],{},"See “not opened yet”",[128,3093,3063],{},[128,3095,3066],{},[114,3097,3098,3101,3103],{},[128,3099,3100],{},"Questions per guest",[128,3102,3063],{},[128,3104,3105],{},"same for everyone",[114,3107,3108,3111,3113],{},[128,3109,3110],{},"Different programme per group",[128,3112,3063],{},[128,3114,3066],{},[114,3116,3117,3120,3122],{},[128,3118,3119],{},"Can be posted publicly",[128,3121,3066],{},[128,3123,3063],{},[114,3125,3126,3129,3132],{},[128,3127,3128],{},"Forwarding",[128,3130,3131],{},"breaks the greeting",[128,3133,3134],{},"safe",[18,3136,3138],{"id":3137},"which-to-choose","Which to choose",[11,3140,3141,3144],{},[38,3142,3143],{},"Personal links if"," you have a guest list and the wedding has structure: an intimate ceremony and a larger party, guests from different cities, several groups with different programmes. That's where personalisation gives you the most.",[11,3146,3147,3150],{},[38,3148,3149],{},"The shared link if"," you talk to your guests in a group chat, the list is still changing, or the wedding is informal and an exact count isn't critical.",[73,3152,3153],{},[11,3154,3155],{},"The most common practical choice is both. Send named links to close friends and family, and drop the shared link into the group chat.",[11,3157,3158],{},"This hybrid gives you the best of both: personalisation for the people it matters to, and the simplicity of one link for everyone else.",[18,3160,3162],{"id":3161},"one-technical-detail","One technical detail",[11,3164,3165,3166,3169],{},"The links in these two modes are ",[38,3167,3168],{},"different",". Shared mode has its own link, and it isn't the same as any of the named ones.",[11,3171,3172],{},"That means: if you have already sent named links and later decide to add a shared one, the named links keep working, but the shared one has to be sent separately. Nothing breaks, but it's worth knowing in advance so you don't send everything twice.",[11,3174,3175],{},"If you're not sure which to choose, tell us who you're celebrating with and how you usually keep in touch with your guests. We'll suggest what fits.",{"title":194,"searchDepth":195,"depth":195,"links":3177},[3178,3179,3180,3181,3182],{"id":2889,"depth":195,"text":2890},{"id":2971,"depth":195,"text":2972},{"id":3038,"depth":195,"text":3039},{"id":3137,"depth":195,"text":3138},{"id":3161,"depth":195,"text":3162},"Two ways to invite guests: a named link for each person or one shared link for everyone. We compare the pros and cons of each, and explain when it makes sense to combine them.",[3185,3188,3191,3194,3197],{"q":3186,"a":3187},"Which option should we choose if we don't have a guest list yet?","The shared link. Named links need the names in advance, while the shared link works straight away — guests add themselves in the RSVP form.",{"q":3189,"a":3190},"Can we combine both modes?","Yes, and that's the most common practical choice: named links for close friends and family, and the shared link for a group chat or your stories.",{"q":3192,"a":3193},"What happens if a guest forwards their named link?","The recipient will see the greeting meant for the original guest. That's why the shared link is better for public chats.",{"q":3195,"a":3196},"In shared mode, will we know who answered?","Yes — the guest types their name in the form and it lands in your list. The difference is that the list is built from the answers rather than prepared in advance.",{"q":3198,"a":3199},"Can we switch modes after the invitations have gone out?","Yes, the mode can be switched. But the shared link is a different link, so if you have already sent named links they keep working, and the shared one has to be sent separately.",[3201,3202,3203,3204],"how to send wedding invitations","personal invitation links","shared wedding invitation link","send wedding invitation on whatsapp",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fpersonal-links-or-shared-link",{"title":2869,"description":3183},[235,236],"blog\u002Fpersonal-links-or-shared-link","\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fpersonal-links-or-shared-link.jpg","Personal links compared with a shared link to a wedding invitation","personal-vs-general-link","Dc83dUMuN-08BsTCsDyPRhXlRETy0suQ7ISUKIfxzXs",{"id":3215,"title":3216,"answer":3217,"body":3218,"date":203,"description":3380,"extension":205,"faq":3381,"feature":3394,"keywords":3395,"locale":228,"meta":3400,"navigation":230,"path":3401,"readingMinutes":232,"seo":3402,"sites":3403,"stem":3404,"thumbnail":3405,"thumbnailAlt":3406,"translationKey":3394,"updated":240,"__hash__":3407},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fpersonalised-wedding-invitations.md","Personalised wedding invitations: every guest sees their own name","Every guest gets their own 12-character link. When they open it, the invitation greets them by name — in the correct form for one person, a couple or a family. Languages such as Ukrainian and Romanian change words by gender and number, so each greeting exists in several versions and the site picks the right one automatically.",{"type":8,"value":3219,"toc":3373},[3220,3223,3229,3231,3238,3248,3253,3257,3264,3267,3270,3318,3321,3325,3328,3334,3340,3346,3350,3353,3360,3363,3367,3370],[11,3221,3222],{},"Picture two invitations. The first opens with “Dear guest!”. The second says “Dear Anna and Mark, we can't imagine this day without you.”",[11,3224,3225,3226,539],{},"The difference isn't the design. The difference is that the second invitation ",[38,3227,3228],{},"knows who it is talking to",[18,3230,2221],{"id":2220},[11,3232,3233,3234,3237],{},"Every guest on your list gets their own link — a 12-character string such as ",[708,3235,3236],{},"invito.li\u002Fnk8k20lsafuk",". The first two characters point to your site, the remaining ten to one specific invitation.",[11,3239,3240,3241,3244,3245,3247],{},"When the guest opens that link, ",[91,3242,3243],{"href":93},"the site puts their name into the text",". You write the invitation ",[38,3246,2299],{},", and every guest sees a version made for them.",[73,3249,3250],{},[11,3251,3252],{},"There is still only one site. The only thing that changes is who it welcomes.",[18,3254,3256],{"id":3255},"grammar-makes-it-harder-and-we-handle-it","Grammar makes it harder — and we handle it",[11,3258,3259,3260,3263],{},"In English it is simple: ",[708,3261,3262],{},"Dear Anna and Mark"," works for anyone. In many other languages it doesn't.",[11,3265,3266],{},"In Ukrainian, for example, both the word for “dear” and the verb in “will you be able to” change depending on whether you are writing to a couple, a man or a woman. Romanian distinguishes “Dragă Maria” from “Dragi Maria și Andrei”. A generic translation tool won't help here: one wrong ending spoils even the warmest text.",[11,3268,3269],{},"That is why every text that addresses the guest is stored in three forms:",[108,3271,3272,3284],{},[111,3273,3274],{},[114,3275,3276,3279,3282],{},[117,3277,3278],{},"Who",[117,3280,3281],{},"Greeting",[117,3283,873],{},[123,3285,3286,3297,3308],{},[114,3287,3288,3291,3294],{},[128,3289,3290],{},"Several people, a family",[128,3292,3293],{},"plural form",[128,3295,3296],{},"“Will you (all) be able to join us?”",[114,3298,3299,3302,3305],{},[128,3300,3301],{},"One man",[128,3303,3304],{},"masculine singular",[128,3306,3307],{},"“Will you be able to join us?”",[114,3309,3310,3313,3316],{},[128,3311,3312],{},"One woman",[128,3314,3315],{},"feminine singular",[128,3317,3307],{},[11,3319,3320],{},"The site picks the form automatically, based on who you put on the invitation. You don't need to switch anything.",[18,3322,3324],{"id":3323},"personalisation-is-more-than-a-name","Personalisation is more than a name",[11,3326,3327],{},"The name is the most visible part, but the same mechanism does more.",[11,3329,3330,3333],{},[38,3331,3332],{},"Different guests see different parts of the day."," Planning a ceremony for family and a party for friends? Each guest sees only the part of the programme they are invited to. Friends won't see details of a ceremony they aren't attending, and parents won't see the afterparty.",[11,3335,3336,3339],{},[38,3337,3338],{},"Questions are asked only of the guests they concern."," It makes sense to offer transport to guests from another city — not to someone who lives around the corner. The RSVP form shows only the relevant questions, so answering takes a few seconds rather than filling in a survey.",[11,3341,3342,3345],{},[38,3343,3344],{},"You see exactly who answered."," Not “47 people are coming”, but exactly who, with whom, and what they picked from the menu.",[18,3347,3349],{"id":3348},"when-you-dont-need-personalisation","When you don't need personalisation",[11,3351,3352],{},"Sometimes named invitations are inconvenient. You post the invitation in a group chat or in your stories, and you don't know in advance exactly who will come.",[11,3354,3355,3356,3359],{},"For that there is the ",[38,3357,3358],{},"shared mode",": one link for everyone, no names in the text, and each guest adds themselves in the RSVP form. It is a single switch, and the same invitation simply works differently.",[11,3361,3362],{},"You can combine both: named links for close family, and the shared link for the group chat.",[18,3364,3366],{"id":3365},"what-it-gives-you-in-practice","What it gives you in practice",[11,3368,3369],{},"A personal greeting is the first thing a guest sees. It sets the tone for the whole invitation and shows you thought about each person — rather than sending one picture to two hundred contacts.",[11,3371,3372],{},"Technically it is simple: you give us your guest list, and we prepare the links. All that's left is to send them.",{"title":194,"searchDepth":195,"depth":195,"links":3374},[3375,3376,3377,3378,3379],{"id":2220,"depth":195,"text":2221},{"id":3255,"depth":195,"text":3256},{"id":3323,"depth":195,"text":3324},{"id":3348,"depth":195,"text":3349},{"id":3365,"depth":195,"text":3366},"How personal invitation links work: the guest opens the site and is greeted by name — in the right grammatical form for one person, a couple or a family. No more “Dear guest”.",[3382,3385,3388,3391],{"q":3383,"a":3384},"Do you build a separate site for every guest?","No. There is one site and as many links as there are guests. Each link puts that guest's name into the text, so you only edit the invitation once.",{"q":3386,"a":3387},"What happens if a guest forwards their link to someone else?","That person will see the greeting meant for the original guest. For group chats and stories it is better to use the shared link — it has no names, and guests type their own name in the RSVP form.",{"q":3389,"a":3390},"How does it handle grammatical gender and plural forms?","Every text that addresses the guest is stored in three forms: for several people, for a man and for a woman. In English they often look the same, but in Ukrainian or Romanian the greeting and the verbs change. The site picks the form from who is on the invitation, so it always reads naturally.",{"q":3392,"a":3393},"Can we have an invitation without names?","Yes. That is the shared mode: one link for everyone, no names in the text, and each guest writes their own name. Handy when you post the invitation in a group chat.","personalization",[3396,3397,3398,3399],"personalised wedding invitations","wedding invitation with guest name","digital wedding invitations","wedding invitation website",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fpersonalised-wedding-invitations",{"title":3216,"description":3380},[235,236],"blog\u002Fpersonalised-wedding-invitations","\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fpersonalised-wedding-invitations.jpg","Wedding invitation screen greeting a guest by name","lOvR7g-n64lu4juYeajwueQtbJ7IR-FHiCCc7gT46fQ",1790411179354]