Bridal Buds
If you’re hoping to use an online source for letting people know what’s going on with your wedding, the two wisest choices to make are to either have a website or a blog of some sort. Each one offers something different and, depending on your skills or availability, are legitimate options for keeping everyone informed across the board.
Let’s talk about a website first. A website isn’t all that expensive, but there is a cost and technology factor that you might have to deal with. First you’d have to think of a domain name to use, which will probably be your names in some fashion. Then you have to buy the domain name, which can cost anywhere between $3 and $10, depending on what the extension is that you purchase (.com, .info, .us, etc). Next you have to decide where to host your site, which can run you anywhere from $2 to $50 a month; you won’t be purchasing the high end stuff for this purpose, though.
That’s it for the money; now it’s time for the technology. If you know HTML (website coding language), you can build a simple site that you can keep adding things to. You can decide on multiple pages or just one long page. Each one offers something different, but you might want to make it simple, which means one page. If you don’t know HTML, there are plenty of templates out there, some free, that you can use to create your site.
If that’s too much for you, both in price and scope, you can decide on a blog, and a free option at that. There are two sites where you can create free blogs that are most recommended. Those are Blogger and WordPress. Blogger is owned by Google and is the most popular, but WordPress allows you to create a blog that anyone can respond to without having to have a Blogger account. Both are easy to use, but the problem you might face is that, with every update, you end up creating new pages, and with every update your older information moves further and further away from your visitors.
This is where the ‘or’ comes in. Many people know about a service called Squidoo, which is kind of a mix of a website and a blog. It’s totally free, and what it allows you to do is keep adding updates and information, but keeps everything on the same page. That will make it easier for everyone to find the information you want them to find.
Of course there are also websites that will allow you to use one of their templates to create your own website or blog. Some will even design it for you if you’d prefer. A site called Offbeat Bride offers both.
Whatever choice you make, at least you have options for finding exactly what you want to do.
