14 DAY TRIAL // WordPress.com has debuted a new free theme, dubbed Forever, that may come in very handy if you're planning to add an online component to your wedding and, in 2012, there's no way you're not. Granted, you're still going to have a WordPress blog, but there are a few special features and customizations that suit the moment.
"Forever makes it easy to wrap your wedding up in a neat little blog on WordPress.com. You can show off every one of your best photos and highlight every important detail leading up to the big day and beyond," WordPress.com's Ian Stewart wrote.
Getting married can be one of the most hectic experiences of your life and with so many things to do, a website may be the least of your concerns. But a site like this can be a great destination for your friends and family and it's an easy way of keeping everyone informed.
Later, it can also serve as a great memory of the event, lasting, as the theme's name says, forever, or as long as WordPress.com is going to be around.
"Forever makes it easy to welcome your family and friends to your blog with a dramatic personalized home page. The design is bold and clean with lots of room for large, colorful photos of the happy couple (that’s you!) in an optional featured post slider and home page excerpts," Stewart explained.
"You We also built in a special Guestbook Template that lets your guests take over a page of your choice with their best wishes for you … and maybe a few embarrassing stories :) … as comments," he added.
WordPress.com is also debuting an interesting new widget that fits perfectly with the new theme, the Milestone Widget. It displays how many days are left before a special event, in this case, the wedding. But the widget is available for all WordPress.com blogs and themes.
