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Short, practical walkthroughs of everything in Ode, from your first event to the seating plan. Most take a few minutes to read.
Plan limits at a glance: Free has 20 photos, a 7-day album window, 30 RSVP replies and no co-organisers. Starter (£15) has 50 photos, 30 days, 75 replies and 1 co-organiser, and adds the guestbook and custom colours. Plus (£35) has 300 photos, 90 days, 250 replies and 2 co-organisers, and adds the seating plan, music requests, guest-list RSVP and the catering PDF. Complete (£65) has 1,000 photos, 180 days, 500 replies and 5 co-organisers. The full comparison is on the pricing page.
The complete walkthrough: from blank page to wedding day
One long read that builds a whole wedding site in order: the event, the cover, every section, RSVPs with menus, publishing and sharing your link.
Create your event
The two-step wizard: the occasion, then both names, the date and your link, and what happens when you land in the studio.
Build and design your page
Adding, reordering and hiding sections in Content, then Design: the theme picker first, and palette, colours, accent and fonts if you stay on Classic.
Choose a theme
What a theme sets (layout, type, colourways and section styles) and what stays yours, the From tag, going back to Classic, and Play motion.
Welcome animations
The opening animation guests see: choosing and previewing a style, first visit only or every visit, custom wording, and why it sometimes does not play.
Go live and share your link
Publishing your page, choosing a plan, the Share popover for your link and QR code, and what Draft, Live and Ended mean for guests.
Set up for you: what to send us, and when
If you've chosen Set up for you, this is everything we'll ask for to build your website, RSVP and guest list, with notes on cover photos and menus.
Plan with the task list
The starter tasks, taking more from the UK wedding suggestions by stage, adding your own with dates and notes, reordering by drag, and ticking things off. Every plan.
Track your budget and supplier payments
Setting a target and currency, adding what you are paying for and who supplies it, scheduling deposits and balances, and the PDF. Plus and above.
See how your wedding is going
Site visits over the last 30 days, replies and who is coming, what is in the album, tasks and budget at a glance, and how much of your plan you have used. Every plan.
Set up RSVPs and meal choices
Open vs guest-list RSVP, menus and courses, plus-ones, setting a deadline, adding your guest list, and what guests see when they reply.
Manage replies and export for your caterer
Reading replies by section, the Follow up badge and Dietary needs filter, handling late changes, and the caterer PDF on Plus.
Build the seating plan
Adding tables, seating guests by drag or tap, putting the Seating plan section on your page, and the two PDFs for the venue and kitchen.
Guestbook, music requests and the gift registry
Managing messages, downloading the song list for your DJ, and adding gifts guests can claim.
Ode Business for venues, planners and suppliers
A wedding website in your package: create an event for each couple, invite them to build their own site, and manage the team, photo pool and albums.
Invite a co-organiser
Sharing the workload: sending an invite, how the invitee accepts, what co-organisers can and cannot do, and removing access.
Privacy, passwords and guest permissions
Who can access your page, setting or removing a password, your plan and billing, and deleting the event.
Refer a friend
Your event address is your referral code. A friend gets 10% off any plan and your event gets 100 extra photos, up to 500 per event.
Troubleshooting and common questions
Quick answers: missing photos, guests who can't RSVP, a theme guests don't see, the welcome animation, locked album dates, login problems and more.
A note on accuracy. Ode changes often: we take on feedback from couples every week, add features and tidy up rough edges, and the guides are written after the fact. So a label, a layout or a step here may be slightly out of date. When the studio and a guide disagree, the studio is right, and we would be glad to hear about it so we can fix the guide.
Can’t find what you need? Email hello@ode.events and a founder will reply.