Card invitations

What do guests see when they open a card?

By Nimanto 2 min read

In short

The link opens on a sealed envelope. One tap opens it; the card rises out with the design's shower, and the details arrive around it: your note, the reply buttons, where it is with directions and a calendar link, your questions, gifts and photos. Guests reply in place.

A card shows everything at once, with nothing to open and no page to scroll on the card itself.

The opening

  1. The link opens on the envelope, sealed and addressed to the guest.
  2. A tap anywhere on it starts the opening in the envelope's own style: the seal cracks, the flap lifts, and the card rises out.
  3. The design's own particles shower across the screen once, then thin to a gentle drift.
  4. The card and envelope travel to their places, and the details arrive around them one after another.

On a phone the card runs the full width of the screen with the envelope peeking out above it, and the details follow below. Until the guest replies, a bar at the foot reads "Will you be there?" with Reply. Put it back closes everything and plays the opening backwards.

Around the card

  • The hosts and your note, signed with the hosts' names, or "We can't wait to celebrate with you." if you wrote none.
  • The reply: Joyfully accepts, Maybe when you allow it, and Can't make it, with a count of extra guests when you allow them and Send reply. Your reply-by line sits beside it.
  • Where: the place and address, Directions to the address, the Uber and Lyft marks to book a ride, and Add to calendar.
  • Your questions, once a guest says yes or maybe; a required one must be answered before sending.
  • Gifts: your words and up to four gifts, with See all gifts opening the whole registry from the tile. A group gift shows what is still to go, and Chip in adds the amount to the reply.
  • Photos: the newest pictures guests have shared, or Share your photos, opening the album.

Nothing printed on the card is repeated under it, and a part your invitation does not have is left out.

Replying

A guest on their personal link is answered at once. Anyone else is asked for their name, e-mail and an optional phone before Send reply. Once sent, the answer reads "See you there", "Fingers crossed" or "We'll miss you", with Change my reply. Replies land in your dashboard like any other; see Track replies.

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