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Re: Show HN: Open-sourcing my wedding website on my first anniversary

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Post by logifail »

bronco21016 wrote: post #93
Walkman wrote: post #6

I still find the idea of a digital wedding invitation pretty strange, because here in Hungary the bride and the fiancé invite everybody in person together. Maybe distant relatives are invited by mail or something. Is digital invitation a common thing nowadays? Or was it more common even years ago in other countries?

As others have said, in the US the formal paper invite is considered official. When my wife and I married we still did this but we encouraged people to RSVP via the website or email. No sense in sending more paper. It’s sad to me that we felt so pressured to do the paper invites. They’re ridiculously overpriced and all of that paper and emissions for delivery for something that can easily be delivered electronically…

>> It’s sad to me that we felt so pressured to do the paper invites

Doesn't the entire wedding industry basically revolve around "encouraging" everyone to do a whole bunch of stuff that's either unneccessary, over-complex or simply over-priced?

Paper invites are the least of your worries.

Re: Show HN: Open-sourcing my wedding website on my first anniversary

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Post by th3iedkid »

jyriand wrote: post #113
th3iedkid wrote: post #90

Wow! Great timing...Getting married in a couple of days and here 's our website https://mamamami.wedding

FYI, after clicking RSVP link, all the navigation links stop working. I'm using Firefox.

Hey thanks! Fixing it :D

Re: Show HN: Open-sourcing my wedding website on my first anniversary

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Post by winningcontinue »

pokstad wrote: post #106

I just went to my old wedding domain name to see if it was still up (www.paulandtessa.com) and it turns out another couple bought it for their wedding next February. Amazingly, they are from the same city as us (Long Beach). I'm not sure what the chances of that happening considering anyone in the world could have bought it. It's a good thing I didn't renew the domain name so that someone else could enjoy it for thei…

great story. highly unlikely coincidence. same names and wedding at the same city. domain names can have different easy to remember permutations and there are different top level domains so it's likely the couple would've registered something similar. overall good advice on not keeping it permanent, although I could understand some people turning it into a family business or something.

Re: Show HN: Open-sourcing my wedding website on my first anniversary

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Post by black-tea »

Y7ZCQtNo39 wrote: post #42
osrec wrote: post #7

Happy Anniversary! For those looking to use this, the following may help a little: find /path/to/folder -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i 's/Ram/YourName/g' find /path/to/folder -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i 's/Antara/OtherHalfsName/g' Edit: FianceeName -> OtherHalfsName (some people are easily offended) :P

I always found the concept of a whole website, domain name, etc dedicated to a wedding to feel a little... heavy. I understand it's a big occasion. It just feels like a lot for a single event and domain that will become irrelevant after the event is over.

Yeah but men basically go insane when trying to impress women. The entire concept of a wedding is insane. That much time, effort and money for something that essentially amounts to a few photographs, most of which are fake and posed. A man wouldn't buy this for himself.
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