§ masterplan.md

Classy Digital Wedding Invite

A minimal, elegant invitation with RSVP form, photo timeline, travel details and a countdown to the big day.

Classy Minimal

App overview and objectives

A private, elegant wedding site that replaces the paper card: the invitation, the story, the schedule, travel help and RSVP in one link the couple can send by message. It should feel personal and calm, never like a form.

The problem worth solving

Guests lose paper cards and hosts lose count of who is coming. One link solves both, and the couple keeps a permanent record of the day's plan and the guest list.

Target audience

Primary — Couples organising a wedding for 50-500 guests.
Secondary — Out-of-town guests who need travel, dress code and timing details.

Roles and permissions

Visitor — read-only public pages, can sign up.
Member — owns their own records, cannot see other users' data.

Core features

Personalised invitation link per guest or household with their name on the card
RSVP with attendance, meal choice, plus-ones and a message to the couple
Schedule with a timeline for each event day
Travel and stay page with hotels, directions and transport
Story page with a photo timeline of the couple
Host dashboard with live RSVP counts and export

Deliberately later

Gift registry
Photo upload wall after the event
Multi-language invitations

Technical stack

React site with a small database, per-guest tokenised links, no public sign-up.

Why: Guests must never create accounts; a signed personal link is both the authentication and the personalisation.

Alternatives: Off-the-shelf wedding platforms (instant, generic, ad-supported) or a plain form (cheap, loses elegance and tracking).

Conceptual data model

Wedding — couple, date, venues, theme, privacy setting

Guest — household, names, invite token, dietary notes, language

Rsvp — guest, attending, count, meal choices, message, updated_at

Event — wedding, name, time, venue, dress code

Integrations

Email or SMS for invitations and reminders
Map for venues
Image storage for photos

UI design principles

Generous whitespace, a two-font system, and a palette of three colours at most.
Photography and typography do the work; borders, shadows and gradients stay almost invisible.
Every screen has one clear primary action, placed in the same spot each time.

Security considerations

Invite tokens are long, unguessable, and can be revoked individually.
The site is noindex by default so a wedding is not publicly searchable.
Guest data is exportable and deletable by the couple after the event.

Development phases

Phase 1 — Prove the core

— Personalised invitation link per guest or household with their name on the card
— RSVP with attendance, meal choice, plus-ones and a message to the couple
— Schedule with a timeline for each event day
— Static content and design system in place
— Basic analytics

Phase 2 — Make it real

— Travel and stay page with hotels, directions and transport
— Story page with a photo timeline of the couple
— Host dashboard with live RSVP counts and export
— Accounts, sign-in and password reset
— Empty, loading and error states everywhere

Phase 3 — Polish and launch

— Performance, accessibility and SEO pass
— Legal pages, contact route and 404 handling
— Wire up: Email or SMS for invitations and reminders
— Wire up: Map for venues

Phase 4 — Grow

— Gift registry
— Photo upload wall after the event
— Multi-language invitations

Challenges and solutions

Risk — Guests ignore the RSVP

Solution — One-tap yes/no straight from the message, with a reminder schedule the couple controls.

Risk — Elderly guests struggle with the link

Solution — Very large type, no login, and a printable fallback card.

Risk — Last-minute changes

Solution — Editable schedule with a change banner and optional notification to all guests.

Future expansion

A reusable product for other couples
Vendor coordination view
Live-stream page for remote guests

Page list (13 pages)

01 AUTH Invite — The personalised card and the single RSVP call to action.
02 PUBLIC Story — How the couple met, as a quiet photo timeline.
03 PUBLIC Schedule — Every event, time and dress code.
04 PUBLIC RSVP — Attendance, meals and message.
05 PUBLIC Travel — Hotels, directions and transport.
06 AUTH Sign up — Create an account with email or a social provider.
07 AUTH Log in — Return to the account, with error and lockout states.
08 AUTH Reset password — Request a reset link and set a new password.
09 APP (signed in) Account settings — Profile, email, password, language and delete account.
10 PUBLIC Contact — Contact form plus real address, phone and email.
11 LEGAL & SYSTEM Privacy policy — What data is collected, why, and how to remove it.
12 LEGAL & SYSTEM Terms of service — Rules of use, liability and account termination.
13 LEGAL & SYSTEM 404 not found — Friendly dead end with search and links back.

Page map

PUBLIC       AUTH               APP (signed in)      LEGAL & SYSTEM
───────────  ─────────────────  ───────────────────  ───────────────────
├─ Story     ├─ Invite          └─ Account settings  ├─ Privacy policy
├─ Schedule  ├─ Sign up                              ├─ Terms of service
├─ RSVP      ├─ Log in                               └─ 404 not found
├─ Travel    └─ Reset password
└─ Contact

key flows:
  Invite ──▶ RSVP
  Schedule ──▶ Travel
  RSVP ──▶ Schedule