To make a wedding website, decide what the site needs to do for your guests, gather your details (names, dates, venues, story, photos & every celebration), & choose between building it yourself or having it made for you. Then preview it, approve it & share one link with everyone. The steps below walk you through each stage, with the questions Nigerian & African couples tend to face along the way.
A good wedding website is less about looks & more about answers. When an aunty in Abuja or a cousin in Manchester wants to know the venue, the colours or the time the church service starts, the site should tell them before they think to ask you.
Step 1: Decide what your wedding website needs to do
Before you pick a design, list the jobs the website has to handle. For some couples it is simply an online invitation. For others, with several hundred guests across more than one event, it becomes the place where invitations, RSVPs, entry & family abroad all meet.
Ask yourselves:
- How many celebrations are you hosting: introduction, traditional wedding, church or mosque ceremony, reception, after party?
- Do you need to control who comes, with RSVPs you approve & passes checked at the gate?
- Will family abroad need to watch a livestream?
- Do you want guests to spray digitally, upload photos or leave messages?
- Who will manage the guest list day to day: you, a planner or a family member?
Your answers decide which features matter, & which package or platform fits. Write them down, because you will come back to this list when you compare options.
Step 2: Gather your content
Most delays in building a wedding site come from missing details, not from the design. Collect these before you start, ideally in one shared folder or note that both of you can edit:
- Names, spelled exactly as you want them written, & how the families should be credited
- Dates & times for every event, including any that are family only
- Venues, with full addresses, landmarks & parking notes
- Dress code & aso-ebi colours for each celebration
- Your story: how you met, the proposal & a few moments you want guests to know
- Photos: a handful of clear, well-lit shots, including at least one portrait for the home page
- Registry or gift preferences, if you have them
- Bridal train & key vendors, if you want them featured
If you are unsure what belongs on the site, our wedding website checklist covers every section guests usually look for.
Step 3: Choose DIY or done-for-you
There are two broad routes, & both can work well. The right one depends on your time, your guest list & how much the site has to manage.
Building it yourself
DIY website builders give you full control & can suit couples who enjoy design & have time to spare. The trade-off is the hours it takes to set up & maintain. Features many Nigerian & African weddings rely on, such as approved RSVPs, personal entry passes, door check-in or digital spraying, may not be built in.
Having it made for you
A done-for-you service means you send your details & someone else builds, tests & launches the site. This suits busy couples, couples planning from abroad & families with a long guest list. You still decide the content & approve the result; you just do not do the building.
A quick way to decide: if the website is mainly a pretty invitation, DIY is often enough. If it needs to manage guests, the gate & family abroad, a specialist service usually saves time & stress.
Step 4: Pick a design & only the features you need
Whichever route you take, choose a design that is easy to read on a phone, because many guests will open it from a WhatsApp message. Keep fonts legible, colours in line with your wedding palette, & the most important details (date, venue & RSVP) near the top.
Then switch on only the features you will actually use. A smaller site that guests can find their way around quickly beats a crowded one. You can always add a gallery or livestream page closer to the day.
Making a wedding website with us: how it works
If you would rather not build it yourselves, our Wedding Website is made for Nigerian & African weddings, where the guest list is long & the celebrations can run for days. There are two packages:
- Template-Customised Wedding Website (on request, paid online): one of our wedding website designs, customised with your names, photos, colours & celebrations.
- Custom Bespoke Wedding Website (from on request, quoted for your wedding on WhatsApp): designed from a blank page, with your own custom domain, guest video uploads, Google Drive syncing, translation into supported languages & the option for guests to save it as a mobile app.
The process is the same either way:
- Choose & pay for the template-customised package online, or message us on WhatsApp to get a bespoke quote first.
- We get in touch to collect your names, dates, venues, story, photos & every celebration you are hosting.
- We customise your chosen design, or design your bespoke website, & send you a private preview link.
- You tell us what to change, we refine it with you, & it goes live when you approve it.
- You receive your link & printed QR codes for banners & tabletops, ready to share on WhatsApp.
Every package detail & add-on is listed on our pricing page.
Step 5: Preview, test & share your link
Before anything goes to guests, test the site the way they will use it. Open it on an older phone, on slow mobile data & on a laptop. Check every date, spelling & venue, then ask one detail-minded friend to read it too.
- Submit a test RSVP & confirm it arrives where you expect.
- Tap every map & calendar link.
- Read the site in the order a guest would: invitation, schedule, dress code, RSVP.
When you are happy, share the link on WhatsApp with a short personal message, & put QR codes on printed invitations, welcome boards & tables so guests can find it on the day. If you are controlling entry, our guide to personal entry passes explains how approved guests receive their codes.
After launch: keep it current
A wedding website is not a one-off post. Update it when timings change, add a note once RSVPs close, & switch on features such as the livestream or gallery as the day approaches. After the wedding, a short thank-you message & a photo or two give guests a reason to visit one last time.
Questions people ask
How long does it take to make a wedding website?
It depends mostly on how quickly you gather your details & give feedback. The bulk of the time goes on collecting names, dates, venues, photos & your story, then reviewing a preview. Starting a few months before you send invitations leaves room for changes without rushing. If someone is making it for you, sending complete details early keeps things moving.
Can I make a wedding website for free?
Some website builders offer free plans, which can work for a simple online invitation. Free plans may limit the design, show the builder's branding or leave out features such as approved RSVPs, entry passes, livestreaming or digital spraying. Weigh the time you will spend building & managing it against what a paid or done-for-you option includes.
What is the difference between a template-customised & a bespoke wedding website?
A template-customised website takes one of our designs & customises it with your names, photos, colours & celebrations, & is paid online. A bespoke website is designed from a blank page around your wedding, with your own domain, guest video uploads, Google Drive syncing, translation & save-as-app. Our Wedding Website page compares both.
Do guests need to download anything to use our wedding website?
No. Guests open your wedding website from a link or by scanning a QR code, in the browser they already use. With our bespoke package, guests can also save the website to their home screen so it opens like an app, & read it in a supported language, but neither is required.
