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A welcome screen for the wedding

The day's schedule, the photos your guests take, their wishes, and every guest's table.

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A wedding welcome screen on the TV shows your guests the day's schedule with what's on now, the photos they take and their wishes for the two of you, and a seating chart where everyone finds their own table on their phone. It is a board on any TV or screen at the venue, set up from your phone the week before.

Nobody has to ask when the speeches are, nobody crowds round a printed plan by the door, and the pictures from every phone in the room end up somewhere everyone can see them.

The day's schedule, with what's on now

Type the moments in the order of the day: the ceremony, drinks and photos, dinner, the speeches, the first dance. The schedule marks the one on now and the one coming next, and dims what has passed, so the room always knows where the day has got to. A time earlier than the one before it is the next morning, so a party that runs past midnight stays in order, and the last moment stays lit for an hour before the evening reads as done.

The photo wall

Your guests are taking pictures all day anyway. With a photos tile on the board, they scan its code and send one from their phone, with their name and a short caption of up to 80 characters if they like. Show one at a time, or a wall of several that changes a picture at a time, the newest first. Nothing goes up until you have seen it, unless you switch that off.

Wishes for the two of you

A messages tile does the same for words: a guest scans the code, writes a line and picks a color for their name, and it shows on the TV once you have approved it. A rude-word filter holds anything doubtful for you to look at; it never edits anyone's words or drops them.

Every guest's table

Find your seat is a lookup, not a planner. Paste your guest list from a spreadsheet, a name and a table a line, up to 400 guests, and the TV shows the tables a page at a time, or everyone by name for a smaller wedding. Its code opens a page on a guest's phone: they type the start of their name and see their table. Nothing they type is kept, and nobody needs an app.

Photos and Find your seat need a paid plan

They are part of Pro and the Event Pass. The schedule, the wishes, the wifi and the clock are all on the free plan.

What's private leaves with the evening

The table plan and the wifi start with "Hide after the event" switched on. Give the board's event its start and end, and when it is over they come off the screen by themselves, and the table lookup closes with them. A list of who was there doesn't stay up on a screen at the venue the next morning.

After the party

Everything that went up on the TV waits on the board's After the party page: the photos to download, a ZIP of up to 50 at a time with each guest's name in the file, and the wishes laid out as a guestbook you can print or save as a PDF. The page says how long they are kept, so you can take your time.

What it costs

An Event Pass is $6, once, for 7 days around the wedding, with every premium widget, the photo wall and the table plan among them. It is not a subscription and there is nothing to cancel afterward, and your guests' photos and wishes stay after the board goes to sleep while you decide what to keep.

A board worth copying

Pick "Wedding day" when you make the board. The photo wall takes the biggest block, with the day's schedule beside it, and underneath sit your guests' wishes, a code for your wedding website and the clock. That is five tiles. On a screen turned on its side the photos lead, then the schedule and the wishes, with the code and the clock side by side at the bottom. The Photos widget is part of Pro and the Event Pass. On the free plan, the Image widget goes where the Photos widget is.

Wedding day Free, photos with Pro The day's schedule, the photos your guests take, and their wishes for the two of you. Photos, Schedule, Messages, QR code and Clock The Photos widget is part of Pro and the Event Pass. On the free plan, the Image widget goes where the Photos widget is.
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For the entrance, pick "Find your seat": the table plan across most of the screen, with a notice and the clock beside it. That is three tiles. On a screen turned on its side the notice sits at the top, the plan fills the middle and the clock closes it. Built around the Find your seat widget, so it needs Pro or an Event Pass. On the free plan, Wedding day is the closest. Watch it on the board above.

The layouts guide has every other starting point, and the setup guide walks through getting the board onto the screen at the venue.

Questions

How do guests find their table?

They scan the code on the board and type the start of their name, and their phone shows their table. Nothing they type is kept. When the board's event ends, the table plan comes off the screen and the page closes with it.

Can we keep the photos and the wishes?

Yes. Everything that went up on the TV waits on the board's After the party page, where you can download the photos and print the wishes as a guestbook. They are kept 7 days on the free plan, 30 with an Event Pass and 90 on Pro.

Do we need a paid plan?

The schedule, the wishes, the wifi and the clock are on the free plan. The photo wall and the table plan are part of Pro and the Event Pass. An Event Pass is $6 once for 7 days, with nothing to cancel afterward.

Try it on the TV you already have

Your first board is free, there is no card, and it is on a screen in about two minutes.

Start a board, it's free

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