Guest Memories: set it up in five minutes

Steps

1. Open Guests from the sidebar and choose the Memories tab. Set up Guest Memories lists five steps, and each one ticks itself off as you do it.

   

2. What guests can share: switch on Photos, and any of Short videos up to 30 seconds, Notes and Voice and video messages. Under When a photo arrives, choose Show photos straight away, or Check each one first to approve each one in your Inbox before anyone sees it. Photos work with or without a website.

   

3. Your greeting: choose Record your greeting and say a few words, or record a short video. Guests hear it before they leave you a message. Someone who can't be there can leave one from your message page: choose Copy link to send it to them.

4. On the night: choose Live to put photos on the big screen as they arrive, or Reveal night for a disposable camera: each guest gets a set number of shots, and everyone sees the photos together when they develop. Add a few of Tonight's challenges to get everyone snapping.

5. Print your cards: choose Choose a card in Studio. A new table card opens on the table card designs. Pick one, or add a QR code: on a table card it starts on your Guest Memories page. On any other card, choose Guest Memories page: photos, notes and messages under Scans to. The step ticks itself off once a card has the code.

6. The morning after: Morning-after note is on to start with. At 9am the day after, everyone who said yes gets an email in your names asking for their photos, with a button to your guest page that is just for them, so what they add arrives with their name. You don't need a website for it. Choose Preview the email to read it, or switch it off. A gentle second note a week later goes only to guests who haven't shared. An album for your guests puts everyone's photos and videos in one place from the morning after, and Tell guests when the album is ready emails everyone who said yes three days after. See After the wedding: your album and your memories.