Creating a page

To begin, click the Create button on the home page or go to wishflo.com/create. Creating a page takes four steps, shown at the top of the screen:

1. Template: pick a design
2. Details: tell us about the celebration
3. Design: make the page your own
4. Finish: invite guests, choose your preferences, and publish

You need a free WishFlo account to create a page. If you aren't logged in, you'll be asked to log in or sign up at the start. Each step is explained in more detail below.

The first step is choosing a template. You'll see our templates (Pilot, Scrapbook, Lollipop, and Muse), each with its own look. More templates are coming soon.

To get started:

• Click any template to preview how it will look.
• When you've found the right one, click Begin to move forward.

If you aren't logged in yet, clicking Begin asks you to log in or create a new account. It only takes a few seconds, and then you can carry on setting up your page.

Note: Once you publish your page, you can't change its template.

Next, enter the celebration details. These personalize your page and make sure it reaches the celebrant. Here's what you'll need:

• I'm creating this page for myself (only shown when you're logged in): Select this if the celebration is yours. WishFlo fills in your name and email, and the page appears in your dashboard.
• Type: Choose the kind of celebration, such as a Birthday, Anniversary, Wedding, Graduation, Baby shower, Farewell, or one of the many other types in the list.
• Date: Choose the day of the celebration. This is the day the celebrant is notified about the page. You can schedule a page up to a year ahead, but not further.
• Time: Choose the time the page is delivered on the celebration date.
• Timezone: The time is delivered in the timezone you choose, so "9:00 AM" arrives at 9:00 AM wherever the celebrant is. You'll see a line such as Deliver page at 9:00 AM Asia/Tokyo time, so you can check it. By default this is your own timezone. Click Change Timezone if the celebrant is in a different one. When the timezone isn't yours, we also show you what the time is for you.
• Name: Enter the celebrant's first and last name.
• Email: Enter the celebrant's email address. This is where the notification about the page, and any other messages about it, will be sent. If you don't have it, select Continue without email. Some features, including private pages and automatic notifications, won't be available without it. Click More Info to learn more.

Tip: If you don't have the celebrant's email and don't want to spoil the surprise by asking, you can use a trusted alternative, such as your own secondary email or a family member's. All updates and notifications will go to that email, and the page will appear in that email's dashboard. Be sure to share the page link with the celebrant on the day.

• Send a WhatsApp notification to the celebrant? (optional): Select this to also send the celebrant a WhatsApp message on the celebration date. You'll be asked for their number. It's used only for this notification.
• Save to WishFlo Calendar (optional): Saves this celebration to your WishFlo Calendar. For celebrations that repeat every year (such as birthdays and anniversaries), this is selected by default and gives you yearly reminders.

When you're done, click Start Editing to move on to the next step: Designing the page.

Now that you've added the celebration details, it's time to design your page.

When you reach this step, a pop-up shows a link to the page you're working on. You can visit this link at any time to continue designing, and your progress is saved automatically. You'll also find the page in your dashboard.

A WishFlo page can have up to 5 sections. A new page starts with Greeting, Contributions, and Footer. You can add the other two with the + Section button.

1. Greeting: The first section, usually with the main message. This is what the celebrant sees first (unless you change the order).
2. Message: A short note to the celebrant, often a well-wish or an acknowledgment.
3. Gallery: Upload photos that the celebrant can view as a slideshow. After you publish, the photos are displayed beautifully.
4. Footer: Usually the last section of the page, for a final greeting or closing message.
5. Contributions: The one section where friends, family, and other guests add their own messages, GIFs, videos, and gifts. Learn how contributing works.

Editing Sections

While you're designing, you can add, remove, or reorder sections. Use the plus and bin icons on the bar above a section to add or delete one.

Note:

• Every page must have at least one section.
• If you remove the Contributions section, guests won't be able to leave messages, GIFs, videos, or gifts on the page.
• If you remove the Gallery section, its uploaded photos are deleted, and you'll need to upload them again if you add it back.

To reorder sections, collapse them by clicking the four arrows icon, then drag the six dots icon to move a section. Click the four arrows again to expand a section. You can also collapse or expand all sections with the four arrows icon in the bottom menu.

Editing Content and Theme

You can edit the text, images, theme, and fonts on the page. The Contributions section can't be edited, because that's where your guests add their contributions.

Style Presets

The sidebar starts with a Styles section with a set of presets for your template. Each preset is a combination of theme colors and fonts, so choosing one gives you a polished look at once. You can then fine-tune individual colors and fonts with the controls below.

Editing Text

To edit any text, click it, then type your new content. You can remove a piece of text by clicking the bin icon.

Editing Font Styles

The sidebar has controls for each type of text: headings, subheadings, paragraphs, and, depending on the template, an accent font. You can change the font, size, and color, and apply bold, italic, or underline.

On a phone, tap the brush icon in the bottom menu to open the sidebar and adjust styles. When you're finished, tap Back to return.

Editing Images

To change an image, click the Edit button at the top left of the image, then upload your new one.

Editing Theme

You can change the theme colors of your page with the color pickers in the Theme part of the sidebar. To go back to the template's own colors, click Reset theme.

Note: All changes are saved automatically.

Previewing Your Changes

To preview your work, click the eye icon in the bottom toolbar, next to the Next, Help, and Back buttons.

Next Steps

When you're happy with your page, click Next. You can always come back and make changes.

The last step is to invite guests (optional) and choose your page settings. At the top you'll see when the celebrant will be emailed their link, with a Modify details button if something needs to change.

Inviting guests

To invite people to view and contribute, enter their email addresses and click Add. When you publish, each invitee gets an email with a link to your page.

Preferences

• Private page: If this is on, only you, the celebrant, and the people you invited can see the page. They'll need to log in or sign up with the email address you invited. If it's off, anyone with the link can open the page. This option needs the celebrant's email address.

• Allow contributions after celebration date: If this is on, people can still add messages, GIFs, videos, and gifts after the celebration date has passed. The celebrant is notified of new contributions by email. This option only appears if your page has a Contributions section.

Advanced Settings

Open Advanced Settings for more options:

• Hide contributions to guests before date: If this is on, people who aren't logged in can't see the messages, gifts, or videos until after the celebration date. This keeps contributions hidden until the big reveal.

Final review and publishing

Take a moment to check your details, design, and settings, then click Finish to publish your page.

Note: Once published, the template can't be changed. You can keep editing the page's details, design, and settings until the celebration date, and you can add more invitees (but not remove ones you've already added). After the celebration date, the page is locked.

Congratulations! Your page is published.

• Celebrant notification: The celebrant is notified on the celebration date, by email and also by WhatsApp if you turned that on.
• Invitee notification: If you added invitees, they're emailed straight away and can start viewing and contributing.

A few seconds after you publish, a Who's next? pop-up may appear. It's a reminder that you can schedule another page up to a year in advance. Click Create another page to start one, or Maybe later to close it.

Sharing the page

On the confirmation screen you'll find the page link (with a button to copy it) and a QR code. You can also:

• Generate Poster: Download a shareable image with the page details, great for group chats or printing.
• Share on social media: For public pages, share straight to X (Twitter), WhatsApp, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Telegram.
• View page or go to My pages at any time. You can also find the page in your dashboard.

If your page isn't private, you can share the link with friends and family who weren't invited. They can view and contribute just like invited guests.

Terminating a page

If you need to cancel a published page, use the Terminate button on the confirmation screen. This cancels the page and its notifications for good. You can only terminate a page before anyone has contributed to it.

We hope your celebrant enjoys the thoughtful page you've made. Thank you for using WishFlo!