Website: Yay or nay question.

I think I just want to make sure people are going to it. haha My fiancee' finds it silly I spet the time on it but I think it keeps people informed and they can reach out through the site if there are questions. I may just leave it without signing in.

We didn't have guests sign in. I felt like guests would feel awkward doing so or if they though we could track when they visit our website. Also guests have multiple devices, so they'd need to sign in the first time they check from their home computer, office, phone, tablet, etc which could mean they have to do it multiple times, and that might deter them from actually looking at your site and accessing it when they need to. Personally I didn't feel requiring guests to sign in added any value to me, so I left it off. We had all of our guests email addresses already, so maybe if I didn't it could be a nice way to collect them.

I do have the website set so that only registered guests can RSVP, which is a think a good restriction. Our website is also set not to appear in search engines, so you would actually need the URL to find it, which I felt also helped with privacy. Our website is through The Knot, I didn't use WW because they didn't have the same protections. If your website is searchable or publicly viewable, then I think adding a layer of "signing in" would be a good protection. I think its really weird when I can stalk a high school classmate that I've never spoken a word to in 15+ years but I can find out details about their wedding, their partner, their registry, etc just by searching online.

Wow, these are all very good points. I think I will leave it off the more I think about it. I also need to look at the setting for the privacy than for it to not be searched. That's another good point.

And a follow up; How do I prevent my site from being searched?