Create your perfect wedding website

On your website, you have several options to inform your guests of your wedding plans. The easiest way is to create a wedding website on which you can publish key dates and other plans. For example, it's possible to integrate Google Calendar into your wedding website and allow guests to view the relevant dates. To ensure that all guests stay informed, even if they don't regularly look at your wedding website, you can recommend a newsletter subscription. One of the numerous web apps that you can integrate with 1&1 IONOS MyWebsite is the CleverReach app – allowing you to use pre-made designs and create a newsletter in no time at all. Your guests only need to subscribe to your newsletter once to receive it automatically. This way, you can efficiently inform your guests of things like schedules, directions, the dress code or a vote for the wedding menu. You can also use the Menu app to present a complete wedding menu on your site – handy if you're planning an a la carte menu. Additionally, you can use a survey to find out what menu choices are preferred by your guests.

Creating a photo gallery for photos and videos with 1&1 IONOS MyWebsite's modular system is easy – you can create a complete gallery in just a few clicks. From the main menu of 1&1 IONOS MyWebsite, select 'Insert Elements', then the sub-item 'Multimedia' and finally the type of element you want to insert; a single image, photo gallery or video. You can now simply drag the item onto your wedding website template and place it in the desired location. Now you can edit the item by assigning the images or videos you want to display. Even more options, including multimedia presentations, are found with the web apps. You can, for example, place images from your FIickr or Pinterest account on your wedding website. Alternatively you can include videos from YouTube, MyVideo, and Vimeo. With the app, you can create a great multimedia presentation, for instance, using the highlights of the wedding, or the childhood photos of the couple. If you integrate the Dropbox app on your wedding website, you can even ask guests to share their photos and videos of the ceremony.

Yes, there are also web apps that can be integrated on your website for this purpose. For example, you can use Polldaddy or MicroPoll to conduct polls directly on the page. This allows you to simplify your planning by getting your guests to answer in one central place. For example, you can add a poll to determine the colour of your table dressing if you're unsure. Your favourite patterns and colours can also be clearly displayed as photos or with the COLOURlovers app. Do you have a specific wedding gift in mind? Publishing your wish lists from Etsy and DaWanda with the appropriate apps is easy. You can also gather ideas first by incorporating a mind map from Mindomo or MindMeister and then continue to expand these proposals. The ideas for your wedding website are virtually unlimited! If you decide to use your wedding website later down the line as a family website, then apps can also be used to plan family trips or schedule things like christenings and birthdays.