Designs & the studio
How do I preview my invitation as a guest?
By Nimanto 1 min read
In short
Open the invitation from your dashboard and choose Preview in the Overview header. It shows your current draft exactly as guests will get it, on Desktop or Phone, with Play again for the opening. A reply sent from the preview is only rehearsed and saves nothing.
You can see the invitation as guests will at every stage, and nothing you do in a preview reaches anyone.
Where you see it
- Catalogue tile preview: the design with its envelope and effects and sample words, before you choose it.
- Create form phone: the design filled live with what you type, scrolling to the page you are on.
- Overview phone: your current draft, with Replay for the envelope.
- Preview in the Overview header: the full-screen preview below.
- Update invitation details: the draft with everything unsaved as typed.
- Invitation studio: the canvas, with a Preview toggle and a replay button.
The full-screen preview
- 1Open the invitation from your dashboard.
- 2Choose Preview in the Overview header.
- 3Switch between Desktop and Phone. Desktop fills the screen as on a guest's laptop; Phone shows a phone frame.
- 4Choose Play again to replay the opening.
- 5Close with the X, or press Escape. On a draft you can choose Publish or Pay & publish straight from the bar.
The bar reads "Exactly what guests will get. Not published yet; replies aren't sent." On a live invitation it shows your latest changes, as guests will see them once you publish them.
Rehearsing a reply
A reply sent from the preview goes through the same checks a guest meets and shows the thank-you, but nothing is saved: nobody joins the guest list, no alert goes out, and views are not counted.
After publishing
Open your own link on your phone to check it end to end, exactly as a guest. A Card invitation's preview works the same way: the sealed envelope, the card rising out, and the details under it.
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