Send an HTML invitation as a link

Ways to share an HTML invitation as a link

Why you cannot just text or email an .html file to guests

When you attach an .html file in WhatsApp, iMessage or email, mobile phones often show raw code, block the JavaScript or refuse to open the attachment inside a browser. If your invitation website has separate images or stylesheet files in a folder, an attachment leaves them behind so guests only see broken icons.

Hosting the page turns it into a normal HTTPS web address. Guests tap the link in a message or scan a QR code on a paper invite, and the page opens right away in Safari or Chrome on any phone.

How to include photos, fonts, music and RSVP forms

ship.page hosts static files, which means HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, fonts, audio and video all work out of the box. Put your main invitation in index.html at the root of your folder or ZIP so it opens at the main address, and double-check that your file paths match the exact uppercase and lowercase letters of your file names.

Folder uploads go up as one request of at most 10 MB with the files encoded inside it, which fits roughly 7 MB of files on every plan. If your wedding website or birthday website has high-resolution photos over that size, compress the folder into a .zip first: the free plan takes ZIPs up to 25 MB (100 MB unpacked) with up to 100 files.

Because ship.page does not run server code like PHP, Python, Node.js or a database, an HTML form tag needs a third-party form service or an embedded form to collect RSVPs.

• Single .html file: up to 10 MB on every plan, or paste the HTML directly.
• Folder drag-and-drop: up to roughly 7 MB of files (10 MB encoded request).
• ZIP upload (free): up to 25 MB zipped, 100 MB unpacked, 100 files max.
• ZIP upload (Pro, $4/mo): up to 100 MB zipped, 400 MB unpacked, 10,000 files max.
• Single PDF, image or video: wrap it inside a folder or ZIP with an index.html file.

What happens if the event time or venue changes

On the free plan, a page cannot be updated in place: uploading a fixed HTML file creates a brand-new link. That works well when your details are final before you text the URL to guests.

If you already sent the link out or printed the QR code on paper cards, upgrading to Pro for $4 a month lets you re-upload or edit your invitation and keep the exact same link. Pro pages never expire, remove the small closable "Hosted on ship.page" badge, and let you add a password or claim up to 5 custom subdomains like yourname.ship.place.

Tip: Every uploaded page includes a noindex header and is never listed publicly by ship.page, so search engines leave your invitation out while anyone with the link can open it.

When GitHub Pages or Netlify Drop is a better fit

If you want to connect your own custom domain name (which no ship.page plan offers) or update the same URL for free using Git, GitHub Pages is the better pick. It is free for public repositories on GitHub Free, supports custom domains, and gives you up to 1 GB per site with a 100 GB monthly soft bandwidth limit and 10 builds an hour, though it requires a GitHub account, a public repository and is not allowed for commercial businesses.

Netlify Drop also accepts a folder, ZIP or single HTML file in the browser, where deploys under 50 MB work best and single files over 10 MB may get stuck. However, a site dropped on Netlify without signing in stays behind a temporary password and expires on its own unless you claim it with a Netlify account, so ship.page is faster when you want a public link with zero signup.