WedUploader Account

How to collect photos from guests

This tutorial begins after you have signed-up and connected your Google Drive with WedUploader.

Create an album

Creating an album is the first step toward gathering memories from friends and family. Your album does no expire, and guests can access it without logging in or downloading an apt

The first step will be to enter a title for your event which will help your guest identify your album.
Next, you’ll enter a name for the folder that will be created in your Google Drive where all guest uploads will be sent.
Lastly, select the date of your event and click CREATE.

Upload a photo to your album

Once you’ve created your album, you’ll want to upload your first photo. Scroll to the WedUploader Album section and click on the album's title.

Now you are on your unique WedUploader album page. To upload your first photo, click BROWSE FILES, select a photo using your device’s file picker and confirm your choice, and then click UPLOAD.
You’ll see progress status for your upload and when it is complete, it’ll say “Uploaded” next to your file and you’ll receive an email notification.

Share your URL and QR code with guests

To share your album with guests so they can upload photos, you’ll need to grab (A) the unique URL or (B) the QR code.

Unique URL: From your dashboard looking at the WedUploader Album section, click on the Copy button. In the pop-up, you should be notified that the link was copied to your clipboard and it should be in the format - https://weduploader.com/upload/[your-unique-code].
QR Code: From your dashboard looking at the WedUploader Album section, click the View button. In the pop-up, you should see the QR code that, when scanned, links to your album. You can save a copy of the QR code image to your device by clicking the download button.
Now once you have the link and QR code, you can share your album with your guests however you like. Popular ideas are to post the link on your wedding website, email the link to guests, and share the link through social media.

Many couples will also create table cards with the QR code as well as send out the QR code with thank you notes reminding guests they want all those photos! Here is a video one of our users created showing how they made QR code signs for their wedding… https://www.tiktok.com/

Optional add a background image

Now that you have your unique WedUploader album to share with guests, personalize it with a custom background image.

Open Custom Background from your album settings, choose an image, and preview the guest page at phone width before saving.

What Dimensions Work Best for the Background Image?

The vast majority of your guests will be uploading from a mobile device so a portrait orientation (skinnier and taller photo) is best. Also, since the vast majority of your guests will be on mobile devices, the best dimensions for your background image, in our opinion, are ~500px in width and ~800px in height.

Choose a suitable image

Use a sufficiently large image with room around the subject so responsive cropping does not cut off important details.

Preview the crop

Open the album preview at desktop and mobile widths, then adjust the image position if the focal point or text becomes obscured.

How to Enable the Public Gallery

A convenient way to share guest uploads with all your guests is to enable the public gallery for your WedUploader album.

Open the album

Choose the album and find Gallery Visibility under Guest Experience.

Choose the visibility

Select Public to let guests browse shared uploads, or Private to keep the shared gallery hidden.

Preview the guest view

Open the guest link on a phone and check that the gallery state matches what you intended.

How to use the moderator tools

Open Moderation

Use the signed-in album dashboard to open Moderation for album-wide review.

Review before acting

Check the photo, video, or message carefully before changing its visibility.

Removing a photo from the gallery

Use the removal flow that matches your role.

Find the photo

Account owners can review album uploads in Moderation. Guests can use “Need to remove a file?” from the Gallery for the focused public removal flow.

Confirm removal

Check the selected media, confirm the action, and verify the result in the gallery.

Reinstating a photo into the gallery

Reinstate is an account owner action for previously hidden media.

Open Reinstate

Review previously hidden content from the account owner’s Reinstate area.

Restore the right item

Select the intended media and confirm that it returns to the gallery.

How to enable the guestbook

Turn on Guestbook when you want guests to leave a message with an upload.

Open Guest Experience

Choose the album and find Guestbook under Guest Experience.

Enable Guestbook

Turn on Guestbook, save, and open the guest album to verify the message field appears.

Test the upload flow

Check that a guestbook message is submitted together with at least one selected photo or video.

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