wedding-invitation-template — Vite Starter Template

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# Wedding Invitation Template

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A mobile-first wedding invitation website with scroll animations, a live countdown, an RSVP form and link-preview metadata. All of the content (names, date, venues, dress code, gifts, RSVP texts) lives in one config file and is baked into static HTML at build time.

The site copy is in Spanish; the code and documentation are in English.

**Live demo:** [lfrocharod.github.io/wedding-invitation-template](https://lfrocharod.github.io/wedding-invitation-template/)

## Screenshots

Phone viewport (390px wide) with the placeholder content.

|                                                                    Hero and ceremony                                                                     |                                                             Dress code, gifts and countdown                                                             |                                                          RSVP                                                           |
| :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |
| <img src="docs/screenshots/hero-and-ceremony.jpg" width="260" alt="Header with the couple's names and the date, the welcome text and the ceremony card"> | <img src="docs/screenshots/dress-code-gifts-countdown.jpg" width="260" alt="Dress code panel, gift table with example bank details, and the countdown"> | <img src="docs/screenshots/rsvp.jpg" width="260" alt="RSVP form with name, phone and the Sí/No toggles for each event"> |

## Features

- **Mobile-first illustrated layout:** a single column (480px max) where text sits on top of the illustrations, positioned with percentages and sized with container query units (`cqw`), so it scales with the artwork on any screen.
- **Scroll-reveal animations** with `IntersectionObserver`. They are opt-in: sections only start hidden when the visitor allows motion (`prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference`) and JavaScript is running, so the content is never stuck invisible.
- **Live countdown** to the ceremony, read from the config.
- **RSVP form** with Sí/No toggles per event, phone formatting (`+52 555 000 00 00`), validation, a honeypot field against bots and two backends: a network-free **demo** mode and a **Google Apps Script** mode that writes each answer to a Google Sheet.
- **Link previews that work on WhatsApp:** the page title and Open Graph tags are in the static HTML, generated from the config by a small Vite plugin. Link-preview crawlers don't run JavaScript.
- **One config file:** `src/invitation.config.js`. A placeholder without a matching value fails the build instead of shipping `{{ … }}` to guests.
- **Accessible:** a real `<h1>` and section headings for screen readers (the visible titles are drawn into the artwork), labelled form controls and toggle groups, focus moved to the confirmation message, and `autocomplete` hints.
- **Lightweight:** no framework, about 5 KB of JavaScript, and illustrations compressed to 256-color lossless WebP (the image folder went from 3.4 MB to about 0.8 MB).
- **Tooling:** ESLint, Stylelint, Prettier, a Husky + lint-staged pre-commit hook and GitHub Actions CI that deploys `main` to GitHub Pages.

## Quick start

Requires Node.js 20.19+ or 22.12+.

```bash
npm install
npm run dev # then open the URL Vite prints (it includes the base path from site.url)
```

## Customize it

### 1. Content: `src/invitation.config.js`

| Key                                                   | What it controls                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ----------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `site.url`                                            | Public URL of the deployed site, without a trailing slash. Used for `og:url` and for the absolute `og:image` URL that WhatsApp needs. Its path is also the base the site is built for, e.g. `/<repo>/` on GitHub Pages. |
| `site.description`                                    | Meta description and link-preview text.                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `site.ogImage`, `site.ogImageAlt`                     | Link-preview image (1200×630) and its alt text.                                                                                                                                                                         |
| `couple.partner1`, `couple.partner2`, `couple.joiner` | Names, joined as "Valeria & Daniel" in the page title, link preview and header.                                                                                                                                         |
| `couple.photo`                                        | Photo next to the welcome text (586×612 frame; other shapes are cropped, not stretched).                                                                                                                                |
| `date`                                                | Ceremony start in ISO 8601 with the venue's UTC offset, e.g. `2027-05-15T17:00:00-06:00`. Drives the countdown and every displayed date.                                                                                |
| `intro`                                               | Welcome text next to the photo.                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| `ceremony`, `reception`                               | Venue name, time and Google Maps link.                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `dressCode`                                           | Dress code (read by screen readers), the note, and the inspiration links behind the "Mujer" / "Hombre" buttons.                                                                                                         |
| `gifts`                                               | Message and bank or gift-registry details, one line each.                                                                                                                                                               |
| `rsvp`                                                | Intro text, note (e.g. "¡No niños!") and confirmation message.                                                                                                                                                          |

In text values, `\n` is a line break; arrays render one item per line.

### 2. Images: `public/assets/images/`

Replace the files (keeping their names, or updating the paths in `index.html`). The text over each illustration is positioned with percentages, so artwork with a different composition needs those positions tuned in `src/styles/main.scss`.

The section titles and labels ("Templo", "Mujer", "ceremonia", …) are drawn into the illustrations, so their HTML counterparts carry the `visually-hidden` class: screen readers still get them, sighted visitors don't see them twice. If your artwork has no lettering, remove that class in `index.html` and the titles render in place.

### 3. Link preview

Replace `og-image.jpg` (1200×630; keep it small, as WhatsApp may skip images over roughly 300 KB), set `site.url`, deploy, and check the result with a link-preview debugger such as Facebook's Sharing Debugger. WhatsApp caches previews, so when testing changes share the URL with a query string like `?v=2`.

## RSVP setup

The RSVP backend is chosen at build time with `VITE_RSVP_MODE`. Locally, copy `.env.example` to `.env.local`; on your host, set the same variables in its dashboard and redeploy.

| Mode             | Behavior                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `demo` (default) | No network call. After a short delay the normal confirmation appears, and the payload that would have been saved is logged to the browser console. Safe for a public demo.                                |
| `apps-script`    | POSTs the answer as JSON to `VITE_RSVP_ENDPOINT`, a Google Apps Script web app that appends a row to a Google Sheet. The build fails if the endpoint is missing, and a failed save is shown to the guest. |

### Google Apps Script backend

1. Create a Google Sheet for the answers.
2. Open **Extensions → Apps Script**, replace the contents of `Code.gs` with [`apps-script/Code.gs`](apps-script/Code.gs) and save.
3. Click **Deploy → New deployment**, select the type **Web app** and set:
    - **Execute as:** Me
    - **Who has access:** Anyone
4. Click **Deploy**, authorize the requested permissions and copy the **Web app URL** (it ends in `/exec`). Opening it in a browser should show `{"ok":true,…}`.
5. Set the variables in `.env.local` and on your host:

    ```bash
    VITE_RSVP_MODE=apps-script
    VITE_RSVP_ENDPOINT=<your web app URL>
    ```

6. Rebuild or redeploy, send a test RSVP and check the **RSVP** tab of the sheet. It is created on the first submission, with a header row.

After editing the script, publish the change with **Deploy → Manage deployments → Edit → Version: New version**, which keeps the same URL.

Good to know:

- `VITE_*` variables are inlined into the public JavaScript bundle. The endpoint isn't a secret; keeping it out of the repo keeps the template generic and away from scrapers.
- "Anyone" access is what lets the browser read the script's reply. The script validates every field, drops honeypot submissions, uses a lock so simultaneous answers don't collide, and stores values starting with `=`, `+`, `-` or `@` as plain text so Sheets never evaluates them as formulas (phone numbers like `+52 …` included).

### Spam protection

The form has a hidden `website` field. People never see it, but bots that fill in every field do. Those submissions get a fake success message and are never sent; the Apps Script drops them too, in case a bot posts to the endpoint directly.

## Scripts

| Command                | Description                                  |
| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| `npm run dev`          | Start the Vite dev server                    |
| `npm run build`        | Build the static site into `dist/`           |
| `npm run preview`      | Serve the production build locally           |
| `npm run lint`         | Run ESLint, Stylelint and the Prettier check |
| `npm run lint:js`      | Run ESLint only                              |
| `npm run lint:css`     | Run Stylelint only                           |
| `npm run format`       | Format all files with Prettier               |
| `npm run format:check` | Check formatting without writing             |

A pre-commit hook (Husky + lint-staged) lints and formats the staged files. GitHub Actions runs ESLint, Stylelint, the Prettier check and the production build on every push and pull request, and deploys `main` to GitHub Pages once they pass.

## Tech stack

- [Vite](https://vite.dev) 8, with a custom `transformIndexHtml` plugin
- Vanilla JavaScript (ES modules), no framework
- SCSS (Dart Sass) with BEM naming and container query units
- Google Apps Script and Google Sheets for RSVPs
- ESLint, Stylelint (`stylelint-config-standard-scss`) and Prettier
- Husky + lint-staged, GitHub Actions

## Project structure

```text
.
├── apps-script/
│   └── Code.gs                     # RSVP backend (Google Apps Script web app)
├── docs/screenshots/               # README screenshots
├── plugins/
│   └── vite-plugin-invitation.js   # Injects the config into index.html at build time
├── public/                         # Copied as-is: favicon and images
├── src/
│   ├── invitation.config.js        # All of the invitation content
│   ├── scripts/                    # main.js (entry), reveal.js, countdown.js, rsvp.js
│   └── styles/main.scss
├── .env.example                    # RSVP mode and endpoint
├── index.html                      # Page template with {{ placeholders }}
└── vite.config.js                  # Registers the plugin, sets the base path, checks the RSVP variables
```

## How the config gets into the HTML

`index.html` contains placeholders such as `{{ couple.names }}` and `{{ ceremony.venue }}`. The plugin in `plugins/vite-plugin-invitation.js` hooks into Vite's `transformIndexHtml` before Vite resolves asset URLs and replaces each placeholder with the matching value from `src/invitation.config.js`. Values are HTML-escaped, and line breaks are handled differently in text and in attributes. The plugin also derives a few values, such as the couple's display name and the Spanish date parts used in the title and preview.

Doing this at build time rather than in the browser means the page title, the Open Graph tags and every visible text are in the static HTML that WhatsApp's crawler fetches, and the content doesn't depend on JavaScript to appear.

## Deployment

The CI workflow deploys `main` to **GitHub Pages** after the checks pass. To do the same with your copy:

1. In the repository settings, open **Pages** and set **Source** to **GitHub Actions**.
2. Set `site.url` to `https://<user>.github.io/<repo>`. The build picks up `/<repo>/` as its base path from it.
3. Push to `main`.

`npm run build` writes a static site to `dist/`, so any other static host works too. On Vercel or Netlify, import the repository (the Vite preset is detected automatically: build command `npm run build`, output directory `dist`), set `site.url` to your domain, and add the RSVP environment variables if you use the Apps Script mode.

## Credits

Illustrations © Pao Lepe, used with permission. Not covered by this repo's license and not for reuse.

## License

The code is released under the [MIT License](LICENSE). The illustrations in `public/assets/images/`, and the images made from them (the link-preview image and the screenshots in `docs/screenshots/`), are excluded (see [Credits](#credits)).