What a wedding website needs (and what it doesn’t)

A wedding website is read by one audience, in one window, mostly on a phone, mostly while looking for one piece of information. Design it for that and it works. Design it as a scrapbook and nobody finds the parking.

The timeline is the page

Ceremony, reception, party, in the order of the day. Each with time, place, address, a Maps link and where to park. Paola and Mauro’s site does exactly this: two venues, two parking notes, and a guest can plan the day in one scroll.

RSVP that saves you the spreadsheet

Attendance, number of guests with names, dietary notes, a deadline. One form, delivered to your inbox. This single section is the reason to have a wedding website at all.

Countdown, tone, one photo

A live countdown gives people a reason to come back. Copy in your voice makes it yours. One good photo at the top does more than a gallery of twenty.

Gifts, last and gently

A short section at the end with whatever you’ve chosen to share. Guests look for it; it shouldn’t shout.

What to leave out

Long love stories, password walls, ten pages, music that autoplays. The site isn’t the wedding; it’s the map to it.

Platform

Framer: live in a week or two, beautiful on mobile, your names as the domain, easy to update when the plan changes. Custom illustrations make two sites on the same structure look like two different stories.

FAQ

What’s the one thing a wedding website actually needs?

An RSVP that saves you the spreadsheet: attendance, guest names, dietary notes and a deadline, delivered straight to your inbox. It’s the single section that justifies having a wedding website at all.

How much detail should the timeline include?

Time, place, address, a Maps link and where to park for each part of the day — the way Paola and Mauro’s site gives two venues and two parking notes so guests can plan the day in one scroll.

What should I leave off a wedding website?

Long love stories, password walls, ten pages, and music that autoplays. The site isn’t the wedding, it’s the map to it.

How long does it take to build a wedding website?

On Framer, live in a week or two — fast enough to launch with plenty of runway before the date.

Should gifts be mentioned on the site?

Yes, but gently — a short section at the end with whatever details the couple chooses to share, placed where guests expect to find it rather than announced upfront.

Can two wedding sites use the same structure without looking the same?

Yes. Custom illustrations and visual accents drawn for each couple mean two sites built on one structure, like paolaemauro.com and martinaejacopo.com, read as two different stories.

See the wedding websites case study, or get in touch if you’re planning one.