How to create an online wedding invitation

Open chungdoi.com and tap the create button at the top of the page. No card and no payment yet: you build the whole invitation first and decide about upgrading afterwards.

If you already have an account, sign in before you start. The invitation is saved to My Invitations, so you can come back and keep editing later.

Once created, the invitation opens in the editor. The Change template button is at the top, and it opens the full list of designs so you can find one that suits your wedding.

Every template already has the parts a wedding needs: the couple's names, both families, ceremony and reception times, a photo gallery, RSVP, wishes, a map and gift details.

Changing template does not erase anything you have typed, so try a few before deciding.

The Basic info section is where you enter the couple's names, both sets of parents, and the message guests read first.

Type names and addresses carefully from the start. They are reused in several places: on the card itself, in the link preview when you send it through Zalo or Messenger, and in each guest's personal link.

Scroll down to the Ceremony and Reception sections to enter the date, time and address. The more complete the address, the more accurately the map points at the right place.

If the ceremony and the reception are in different places, fill in both. Guests then see each time clearly instead of messaging you to ask.

Upload photos after the text is done. That way you see the real layout and can tell straight away which photo suits which frame.

Use the originals from your camera or phone. Photos re-downloaded from social media are already compressed, so they break up when the card enlarges them. Background music is chosen in the Music section and plays when a guest opens the card.

Almost every guest will open the invitation on a phone. On a phone the Form and Preview toggle sits in the bar at the bottom of the screen; on a computer it is in the middle of the top bar. Switch to Preview to see exactly what they will see.

Check that long names do not break awkwardly, that the dates and times are right, and that the map points at the real venue.

While an invitation is unpublished, the link will not open for guests. Tap Publish once you are happy with it.

You can still edit after publishing, and you can unpublish again to close the card temporarily.

Tap Share to copy the public link, get a QR code, or send it straight through Zalo and Messenger.

The free trial has a view limit. Upgrade before you send it to your real guest list so the card is not locked partway through.