Bride Panel Documents

Bride Dashboard Guide

Use the Mariage Élégant bride dashboard to organize your wedding plan, budget, guest list, RSVP website, saved vendors, and conversations in one place.

Recommended setup order

Complete your names and event details in Profile.
Create the main event in Event Manager.
Add meal choices for the event.
Add or import guests in Guest List.
Build the RSVP website, set its password and deadline, then wait for administrator approval.
Add planning tasks and your wedding budget.
Browse vendors, save favorites, and follow conversations in Messages.

Explore the guide

Dashboard Task Manager Budget Manager Events and Guest List RSVP and Website Favorites, Messages, and Profile Browse and contact vendors

Dashboard

The dashboard summarizes work that needs your attention. Notifications may include administrator or vendor messages, approaching task deadlines, RSVP response totals, and suggested starter tasks.

Open Profile from Settings to review account and event details.

Wedding countdown

The dashboard countdown is calculated from the event date saved in Profile. To correct it, update Event Date and save your changes.

Event details are shared with the planning tools.

Task Manager

Use Task Manager to organize wedding work by name, category, due date, and summary.

Add a task

Select Add New Task in the upper-right corner, complete the required fields, and select Add.

Empty Task Manager with Add New Task highlighted — Start with Add New Task.

Add New Task form — Enter a name, category, due date, and optional summary.

Understand task colors

Grey: due more than one month from now.
Red: due within the next month.
Green: every task in that month is complete.

Task with a grey month header — A grey group is not due soon.

Task with an urgent month header — An urgent group has an approaching deadline.

Completed task with a green header and 100 percent chart — A green group is complete.

Complete, edit, delete, or export

Select the checkbox beside a task to mark it complete. Select it again to return the task to the active list.

Task completion checkbox highlighted — Update completion status with the checkbox.

The badge beside Task Manager counts unfinished tasks. Use the pencil to edit and the trash icon to delete.

Task Manager badge showing one unfinished task — The sidebar badge counts unfinished tasks.

Task edit icon highlighted — Edit a task.

Task delete icon highlighted — Delete a task.

Select the download icon to export tasks to Excel, or select Print for a printable copy.

Task download button highlighted — Export the complete task list.

Budget Manager

Budget Manager tracks your total budget, spending, remaining amount, and payments.

Set a budget and add expenses

Select the pencil beside Total Budget, enter the complete wedding budget, and save it. Then select Add New Expense and provide a name, category, cost, and optional note.

Edit icon beside Total Budget — Set the total budget first.

Add New Expense button highlighted — Add an expense.

Add New Expense form — Choose a category for accurate summaries.

The overview and category chart update automatically. Select a category to see its expenses.

Budget overview and category list — Compare spending by category.

Inside a category, use the pencil to edit an expense or the trash icon to delete it.

Category expenses with edit and delete icons — Manage each expense from its row.

Add and manage payments

Select Deposits beside an expense, open Add new payment, and enter the amount, method, payer, date, and optional note.

Deposits link highlighted — Payments belong to an individual expense.

Add new payment button highlighted — Open the payment form.

Add new payment form — Record payment details.

Use the pencil or trash icon to update a payment. Select the arrow at the end of its row for more details.

Payment edit and delete controls — Edit or delete a payment.

Payment details expansion arrow — Expand the payment details.

Paid totals update in both the category and the main overview.

Category paid totals — The Paid column reflects recorded payments.

Updated budget overview — The overview recalculates automatically.

Use the download icon to export expenses and payments to Excel, or select Print.

Budget download icon highlighted — Export the complete budget.

Events and Guest List

Event Manager, Guest List, and RSVP & Website are connected. Create an event before adding guests or building an RSVP website.

Create and manage an event

Select Add a new event, then enter the event name, date, venue name, and venue address. These event details are also linked to Profile.

Empty Event Manager with Add a new event highlighted — Create the event first.

Add New Event form — Complete the event and venue fields.

Use the pencil to edit the event or the trash icon to delete it.

Event edit and delete icons highlighted — Manage the saved event.

Add meal choices

Select Add food options, then enter a meal name and description. Guests can choose among these options when they respond.

Add food options button highlighted — Add meal choices after creating the event.

Meal option form — Describe what each meal includes.

Use the pencil or trash icon beside a meal to edit or delete it.

Meal option edit and delete controls — Keep meal choices up to date.

Import guests from Excel

Open Guest List and select Download a sample Excel to fill. Keep the example rows, then add guests beginning with the yellow row. Couples or families may share a row when names are separated with “&” or “and.” Each entry needs at least an email address or phone number, and the list supports up to 200 guests.

Guest List sample Excel download link highlighted — Download the template before importing.

Sample guest-list spreadsheet with example rows and a yellow first-entry row — Begin entering guests on the yellow row.

When the file is complete, select Import from Excel.

Add guests manually

Select Add a new group. A group can be a family, friends, or one guest. Enter the group name and size, plus at least one email address or phone number.

Add a new group button highlighted — Create a guest group.

Add a new group form with sample contact values — The public screenshot uses neutral sample contact information.

Use the pencil beside a group to update its shared information and the trash icon to delete the entire group. Use the pencil beside an individual guest to edit that person, or the × icon to remove that guest only.

Guest groups with group edit and delete controls — Group controls affect the whole group.

Individual guest edit and remove controls — Guest controls affect one person.

The guest editor records the name, RSVP status, meal, and allergies.

Edit Guest form with RSVP meal and allergy fields — Update a guest manually when needed.

RSVP statuses

Not Sent: no invitation email, SMS, or card has been sent.
Sent: an invitation has been sent.
Confirmed: the guest will attend.
Declined: the guest will not attend.

You can update these values manually or allow guests to submit the RSVP form.

RSVP and Website

Create the event and guest list before starting. The event website displays your event details and is required before RSVP invitations can be sent.

Create the website and select a theme

Select Create a Website, choose the English or French version of a theme, preview it with View, and activate it with Select.

Create a Website button highlighted — Create the RSVP website.

English and French website theme cards — Choose the theme language that matches your guests.

Theme View link highlighted — Preview a theme.

Theme Select link highlighted — Select the theme.

Add content and preview

Select Edit Website Data to add your content. Preview your website opens a temporary preview; the official URL becomes available only after administrator approval.

Edit Website Data button highlighted — Add event content to the website.

Preview your website button highlighted — Review the temporary preview.

Password and deadline

A password is optional, but helps limit access to invited guests. Invitations sent by email or SMS include the password automatically.

Set password button highlighted — Protect the website if desired.

Select Set a deadline to choose the final response date. After that date, guests can no longer submit the RSVP form.

Set a deadline button highlighted — Set the RSVP deadline.

Administrator approval and sending invitations

Before approval, the final-address and send controls remain disabled. After approval, copy the official website URL and select Send RSVP.

Website and RSVP controls under administrator review — Controls remain unavailable during review.

Approved website with Copy Final Address and Send RSVP buttons — Approval unlocks the official address and invitations.

You receive 200 RSVP credits by default. Each email or SMS uses one credit; contact the site administrator if more credits are needed.

Delete the website

Scroll to the bottom and select Delete Website. This removes the event website, so confirm that you no longer need it first.

Delete Website button highlighted — Delete the website from the bottom of the page.

Favorites, Messages, and Profile

Save favorites

Select the heart on a vendor profile or inspiration article to save it.

Save a vendor.

Heart button highlighted on an inspiration article — Save an article.

Open My Favorites and switch between Vendors and Inspiration. Vendor cards are grouped by category.

My Favorites page with Vendors and Inspiration tabs — Review everything you have saved.

Messages

The Messages page contains conversations with vendors and the administrator. Use search to find a conversation, then open its row to read and respond.

Profile and password

In Profile, update your name, partner’s name, phone number, event date, venue, address, and profile image, then select Save changes. Use Change Password for account security.

The public screenshot uses sample account values.

Browse and Contact Vendors

Find a vendor

Open Vendors in the main navigation and select a category. Choose a business from the category results to open its profile.

Expanded Vendors menu with categories — Start by choosing a vendor category.

Send a pricing request

On the vendor profile, select Connect With Vendor.

Open the contact form from the vendor profile.

Complete the required name, email, message, and security-code fields, then select Send Message. Registered users can follow replies in the dashboard’s Messages section.

Message Vendor form with sample name and email — The public screenshot uses neutral sample contact details.

Return to the dashboard

Select the profile icon in the upper-right corner to return to your account and planning dashboard.

Use the profile icon to return to the dashboard.

Change language

Select FR or EN in the upper-right corner to switch the website and dashboard language.

EN language switch highlighted on the French dashboard — Switch between English and French at any time.