How to make a wedding website (step by step)
Six steps, in order, from claiming the link to sharing it, with the parts you can safely leave until later.
Making a wedding website takes about an hour if you build it in the right order: claim the link, put the date and venue on one page, publish it, then add travel, RSVP, and the FAQ as answers firm up. Publishing something short early beats perfecting something long late.
The order below is the one we walk couples through on Simplyweds. Each step is finishable in a sitting, and nothing later depends on you having every detail settled today.
Step 1: Claim the link before anything else
The link goes on save-the-dates, invitations, signage, and the QR code at the venue, so it needs to be short and readable out loud. Two first names is the safe pattern. Avoid dates in the link: if the day moves, every printed piece is wrong.
Step 2: Publish a one-page version the same day
Names, date, city, venue, and one sentence saying details are coming. That is enough to be useful. A live page with five facts is worth more than a draft with fifty, because guests can bookmark it and you can stop answering the same text.
Step 3: Add travel and parking
This is the section guests reopen most. Give the venue address as a map link, name two or three hotels with rough prices, and say plainly whether there is parking and whether transport is provided. If you are running shuttles, list pickup points and times even if they are provisional: mark them provisional.
Step 4: Turn on RSVP
Collect replies by household, not by individual, so a family of four answers once. Ask for meal choices and dietary notes in the same form; chasing them separately three months later is its own project. See how household RSVP works if you want the mechanics.
Step 5: Write the dress code and the FAQ
Two sentences on attire, then the ten or twelve questions you are already tired of answering: children, plus ones, arrival time, weather plan, gifts. Our twelve-question FAQ template gives you wording to copy.
Step 6: Share it once, properly
Put the link on the save-the-date, print a QR code for the welcome table, and send one message with the link and one line about what is on the page. Guests who know what a link contains actually open it.
What to skip
Background music, a countdown clock, a photo gallery of your engagement shoot on the home page, and a long "our story" above the practical details. None of them answer a question a guest has at 7am on the day.
FAQ
How do you make a wedding website?
Pick a builder, claim a short link, add the date and venue, publish a one-page version, then add travel, RSVP, and FAQ over the following weeks. The first version should take under an hour.
When should you make your wedding website?
As soon as the date and venue are fixed, usually eight to ten months out. Save-the-dates should carry the link, so the site needs to exist before they go out.
Is a wedding website free to make?
Building one is free on most platforms, including Simplyweds. What you pay for is publishing it and inviting guests, so check the charge before you spend an evening on the design.
What should a wedding website include?
Date and time, venue with a map, travel and parking, dress code, RSVP, and an FAQ. Anything else is optional and most of it goes unread.
Do you need a wedding website if you send paper invitations?
Yes, and the two work together. The card carries the invitation; the website carries the details that would not fit and the answers that change between now and the day.
If you want the whole thing in one place (RSVP, travel, shuttles, live updates, and a single QR code), see the Simplyweds builder.