Canva can publish a website on a free canva.site address, which makes it a popular home for wedding websites. There are two ways to get there: design one yourself in Canva's editor, or bring in a finished wedding website file and publish it. Here is how each works, and how to choose.
Option 1: design it yourself in Canva
Start from one of Canva's website layouts and edit it page by page: text, photos, colours and fonts. It suits couples who enjoy designing and want something simple, like a single page with the date, the venue and a few photos.
Canva's editor is built for visual layouts, so the practical parts of a wedding website usually take more work. An RSVP form that saves replies, a live countdown, map buttons and an Add to Calendar link generally mean setting up other services and linking out to them. Check every page on a phone too, because that is where most guests will open it.
Option 2: publish a ready-made wedding website file
This is how OrvellaFinds designs work. You fill in a short form in our builder while the preview builds your website beside it. When you are happy, you download the whole website as one .html file and import it into Canva. The opening animation, RSVP form, countdown, maps and calendar button are already inside the file, so there is nothing to wire up.
Step by step: publishing your file with Canva
- Go to canva.com and sign in. A free account is enough.
- Drag your downloaded .html file straight onto the Canva home page.
- Wait for Canva to import it as a website design.
- Click Publish at the top right, then choose Website.
- Take the free canva.site address, or connect a domain you already own.
- Click Publish. The link Canva gives you is your wedding website.
Keep your photos online rather than inside the file. In our builder you paste the address of a photo that is already on the web, from Google Drive, Dropbox or your photographer's gallery. That keeps the file small enough for Canva to import.
Before you send the link to anyone
- Open it on a phone as well as on a laptop.
- Send yourself a test RSVP and check that the reply arrives.
- Tap the map links and the Add to Calendar button.
- Read the dates out loud. A wrong date is the one mistake every guest will notice.
Changing details later
Plans change. Unlock the builder again with the same details and your answers are waiting. Change what you need, download the new file and import it into Canva again, then publish. There is no limit on how often you do this and no extra charge.
Do you need your own domain?
No. The free canva.site address works well, and it is what most couples use. If you would like a custom address such as amaraandidris.com, you can buy one from any domain seller and connect it through Canva when you publish.
Not using Canva?
The file is an ordinary web page, so other hosts serve it just as well: Netlify Drop, GitHub Pages, or any hosting you already pay for.
Which way should you choose?
If you love designing and need very little, build it yourself in Canva. If you want a website that looks designed, with RSVPs, maps and a countdown that work on day one, start from a finished design and publish it with Canva in a few minutes. See how it works.