![]() NextGen Gallery: for managing photo galleries and creating slide shows.RSVP: for managing events and guestlist.That makes installing WordPress super easy. If you only have minimal HTML/CSS knowledge but you are good at figuring this stuff out, don't be afraid to do it! Just look for a webhost that has Fantastico (I use Green Geeks). If you have basic web creation skills, you can build your own site using a WordPress installation on your own webspace. The templates are limited, but well-designed. The other option, particularly for folks who are pretty comfortable figuring out technology: Google wedsites. However, on MyWedding you can edit the page titles/ focus, and create additional custom pages. Appy Couple also is easy to edit from your device. While the designs on Appy Couple are gorgeous, and I love the idea of a coordinating Android or IPhone app, the page choices are limited. I especially liked MyWedding and Appy Couple - they have everything you need and it's easy to make them look fabulous. There are a ton of easy alternatives out there. Avoid sending out the URL when all you have is “We are still working on this, so come back later!” If there isn't much content when you announce the URL, many folks just won't come back. Set it to private or hide the link from Google until you distribute the URL. Get your website started early, especially if it is a destination wedding. I never found a good program that I could use on my computer AND mobile devices, so I do this on mobile devices only. It is integrated with Evernote, so you can instantly save your image after annotating, and then share right from Evernote to email or text. When I realized, however, that my sweetie and I had better articulate a clear vision, and fast, before my very sweet, helpful, and strong-minded sisters had created their own vision for us, I started using Skitch.Īny picture I send to explain what I mean has little annotations like you see in the pic. Skitch is a super easy way to annotate photos. Never upload images to Pinterest without the owner's permission! On Android and IOS, you can also just share the relevant URL to Evernote if you prefer. There are apps and widgets for Android and IOS, and if you use the Dolphin browser on Android, there is also an EverNote plugin that you can use to “clip” enitre pages. There's an awesome plug-in for Chrome and Firefox that will clip the webpage to your Evernote account (kind of like pinning from Pinterest). On computers you access through the web interface. Visual Inspiration and Private Sources: Skitch example.įor keeping track of ideas from the Tribe and other private sources, I use EverNote. That way my electronically impatient helpers can see what I envision at a glance without going through all my boards. Most of my boards host anything I find cool or interesting, but I have one board entitled “THE Look” that I am keeping to the top ten images. Everybody's way of using Pinterest is different, but I have it divided up into lots of boards that make sense to me (clothes, decor, food, etc.).(Sidenote: Pinterest has had an interesting impact on Offbeat Bride!) If you aren't on Pinterest, check out Offbeat Bride's tutorial.They don't have an app for Android, though, so if you are an Android user, you have to access using one of your mobile device's browsers (Dolphin and Chrome seem to work the best for me). I have a separate account for wedding stuff with a fake name that none of my friends know about. Pinterest seems to be the only way to go for gathering visual inspiration. Inspiration Organization Visual inspiration and public sources: Most are not wedding-specific, and those that are either are super easy or rely on skills useful outside of wedding planning. So this is the suite of tools I've assembled to help me out. ![]() ![]() I don't want to spend a lot of time figuring out something that is only relevant to the wedding. I want everything to automatically back-up and sync across all our devices. ![]() Most of the web-based resources are not so easily usable on mobile devices. This means things accessible on Windows, MacOS, Android, and IOS. I have to travel a lot, so I want aids that are accessible on all of my devices (and on my sweetie's devices, too). However, I have a few criteria that are really important to me: There are gazillions of planning tools out there, and many of them are web-based. None of THESE apps will help you plan a wedding, but they'll taste good! Photo by Moxie Studios ![]()
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