Mine came with the ability to password protect I used wedshare.com and I've been thrilled! So worth the $70 or so it was to join!
I even password protected it after everyone knew about it- I just snet out aquick e-mail and there's been no issue.
If someone missplaced it then just e-mail me at the listed address I provide right off the bat "The site is password protected, if you've lost the password please cantact Amber at......."
I believe there is a way to remove your wedding site from search engines. Mr. eggplant did that for ours. but to be on the safe side, Mr Eggplant also removed all surnames from the wed-site also. I'll ask Mr. Eggplant what the method is to remove sites from search engines.
I will not be using one because of privacy issues, but I am concerned that if I register with say, Williams Sonoma" that weddingchannel.com or theknot will automatically create a page for me. i am not a fan of the websites in general. People got by without them 10 years ago- I plan to as well.
We're using mywedding.com, and there is a security option where no one can see your page unless they register and use a code provided by the couple. I just did a google search for both of our full names and it did not come up. Best of all, the site is free!
I'm using mywedding.com also -- great so far. Not using last names and not using the password protect thing. Have tried google searching, found nada. I don't get the big concern if you are not a professional like the original post. Is someone going to steal my wedding identity? If I have nothing more than this is the date, this is the location, here are some places to stay, here are my registries -- is it dangerous? I kind of figured that the only people who were interested in the site were people who are attending. maybe I am naive.
I was concerned about the same problem but have done various self-searches since launching our site and nothing has come up (phew)! We used eoccasions.com. Â
I've tried Googling our website and the only time it comes up is if I enter the exact URL into the Google Search engine. We used Wedding Window and spent the extra $ to get a customized URL address. Try creating a unique URL that doesn't have your full names in it.
Since you might not have total control of the coding of your website on some of the wedding site hosting services--this might not be useful with those services. But if you have access to the metatags on your pages, or can include files--then I think you should be pretty much set...
Most sites can be password enabled, so that even if it does come up on a search users would have to type in a password to access it anyway. We decided to let ours be public, but have password protected the RSVP. Also, I have to approve all comments before they are posted on the website. That said, we aren't too worried about privacy --we want the whole world to know!
agree with calioteach - mine is password protected so all you can see is that we are getting married (first names only) and the date. didn't have any concerns for letting the world know those 2 things.
Mine came with the ability to password protect I used wedshare.com and I've been thrilled! So worth the $70 or so it was to join!
I even password protected it after everyone knew about it- I just snet out aquick e-mail and there's been no issue.
If someone missplaced it then just e-mail me at the listed address I provide right off the bat "The site is password protected, if you've lost the password please cantact Amber at......."
Easy as pie.
posted by Sweeney2Be 1,488 posts 10 months agoI believe there is a way to remove your wedding site from search engines. Mr. eggplant did that for ours. but to be on the safe side, Mr Eggplant also removed all surnames from the wed-site also. I'll ask Mr. Eggplant what the method is to remove sites from search engines.
posted by eggplant 73 posts 10 months agoWe are using weddingannouncer.com - it has never come up on a google search for our names
posted by maple 105 posts 10 months agoI will not be using one because of privacy issues, but I am concerned that if I register with say, Williams Sonoma" that weddingchannel.com or theknot will automatically create a page for me. i am not a fan of the websites in general. People got by without them 10 years ago- I plan to as well.
posted by southernbella 101 posts 10 months agoWe're using mywedding.com, and there is a security option where no one can see your page unless they register and use a code provided by the couple. I just did a google search for both of our full names and it did not come up. Best of all, the site is free!
posted by joyful2 18 posts 10 months agoI'm using mywedding.com also -- great so far. Not using last names and not using the password protect thing. Have tried google searching, found nada. I don't get the big concern if you are not a professional like the original post. Is someone going to steal my wedding identity? If I have nothing more than this is the date, this is the location, here are some places to stay, here are my registries -- is it dangerous? I kind of figured that the only people who were interested in the site were people who are attending. maybe I am naive.
posted by katiethelady 163 posts 10 months agoI was concerned about the same problem but have done various self-searches since launching our site and nothing has come up (phew)! We used eoccasions.com. Â
posted by AndiamoBride 1 posts 10 months agoI've tried Googling our website and the only time it comes up is if I enter the exact URL into the Google Search engine. We used Wedding Window and spent the extra $ to get a customized URL address. Try creating a unique URL that doesn't have your full names in it.
posted by Kamy7181 27 posts 9 months agoYou can include code in your website that actually excludes search engines indexing it. Google has some pretty basic, helpful tips on the subject:
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35301
Since you might not have total control of the coding of your website on some of the wedding site hosting services--this might not be useful with those services. But if you have access to the metatags on your pages, or can include files--then I think you should be pretty much set...
posted by brendalynn 59 posts 9 months agoMost sites can be password enabled, so that even if it does come up on a search users would have to type in a password to access it anyway. We decided to let ours be public, but have password protected the RSVP. Also, I have to approve all comments before they are posted on the website. That said, we aren't too worried about privacy --we want the whole world to know!
posted by caliocteach 720 posts 9 months agoagree with calioteach - mine is password protected so all you can see is that we are getting married (first names only) and the date. didn't have any concerns for letting the world know those 2 things.
posted by Amy 209 posts 9 months ago