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Friday, July 18th 2008

5:41 PM

Announce Your Wedding Online to Friends and Family with a Wedding Website

Wedding planning seems to go on for months and months, but that final moment when it all comes together seems to be over within just the blink of an eye. One way to simplify your wedding planning is to create your own wedding website. A wedding website enables you to capture RSVP emails, make announcements about the wedding to friends and relatives, and more.

What is a Wedding Website?

A wedding website is your own Web URL or a certain amount of space hosted on another's website that announces your wedding and includes some information that possible guests would want to know. The website is dedicated solely to your wedding. It's a great way to let those nearby or abroad know about your wedding date and details, who will be in the wedding, and what to expect.

The wedding website may contain photos of the bride and groom with special captions to explain each photo, the bride's and groom's names, the wedding date, an optional wedding song lyric, and a listing of the bride and groom parties. You can also post personal information about how you met, how the groom proposed, and who you are now. The website may also have a guestbook for visitors to leave comments for you. You can even list links to your bridal registries to make gift giving easy.

Your Own Web Space versus Using Space on Another Site

If you don't mind paying monthly fees for your own domain name and web hosting, you can get your own wedding website and hire a designer or design it on your own if you have the know-how. This gives you more flexibility as to what you can include, how many photos you can upload, and how long you want to display the website.

If you want to keep costs as low as possible, you might opt to get a free wedding website hosted on another's website. Some wedding planning websites will offer free space to you for several months before the wedding. They will allow you to upload certain information and a limited number of photos. Also, these types of sites will usually provide design templates for you to choose from to make creating the website easy. If you choose the free wedding website, you might be required to have an ad or two on your website as a sponsor. This is a fair trade since you're getting your website free of charge.

When seeking a wedding website venue, check out the company thoroughly before entering photos or personal information. Also, take a look at their example sites to get an idea of the quality of design and how yours will look once completed. Be sure you'll be able to update or delete the wedding site at any time, and find out how many photos you can include. Look at the template designs to be sure there's one you'll like.

The benefits of having a wedding website are many. It gives another avenue of reaching guests and helps to personalize your wedding planning. Go online today to start planning your most special event!

About the Author

Chris Robertson is an author of Majon International, one of the worlds MOST popular internet marketing companies. For tips/information, click here: weddings
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