FAQ

How to Rerun the Setup Wizard This guide will help you on how to use the Setup wizard. If you want to try out a different preset look, you can try to use the Setup Wizard. The Setup Wizard will let you reset or change your design globally. In changing your theme through this, everything will stay in place including the photos, videos, and page info, only the theme will change. 1. At the top right side of the page Click > WebBabyShower > Rerun Setup Wizard 2. Click the arr...

How To Send Test Email This article will guide you to send a test email. 1. Go to > Invitations > All messages Choose your invitation 2. At the right side, you'll see the Delivery tab 3. Your email will be used automatically, you can edit it if you want to send it to a different email. Click > Send Test Email Button Please note, the test function is just for a quick test. It does not use our regular service and can sometimes end up in spam. But the final invit...

How To Reset My Password This is a guide on how you can reset your password when needed. 1. First, you have to be the host or co-host to log in, if you're a guest, you don't have to log in anymore. 2. If you're logged out, you will see a reset password at the bottom of the page. Click > Reset Password 3. Input > email or username and Click > Reset Password 4. Go to > Email Account and Look for the Reset Link sent by WebBabyShower Click the Link 5. C...

GENERAL WHAT ARE PRINTABLES? - A printable is a ready to print PDF file that can be downloaded for a small fee or for free. - This file can be printed instantly at home or with a professional print shop or online printer. - Every printable is formatted to print on an 8.5 x 11 inch / A4 size sheet of paper. - Printables are fast and cost-efficient, they can be printed over and over again for personal use. HOW DO THEY WORK? - Download your printable - Save the ...

If the expecting parents have already registered or had specific gift requests, you can use the Gift Registry Manager to turn on the Gift Registries page and add links to it. From the Gift Registry Links Manager you can: - Add Links to online stores where the expecting parent has already registered - Edit the Gift Registry message to include any special instructions, gift requests, thank you notes - Add your photo to be displayed on the Gift Registries page - Turn the page off if you...

Create a Printable Keepsake to save your Web Baby Shower memories! The Printable Keepsake displays a cover page for your Web Baby Shower and section divider pages for each of the pages you choose to include in your Keepsake, plus the printable content from those pages! ALERT! Your Web Baby Shower Printable Keepsake may be many pages, some showers are 100 pages! So consider what you want to include, and save as a PDF to your computer before printing. Here's How It Works: - Scroll Down &...

- For some sweet ideas on cute and practical binders and covers for digital-scrapbooks, please see the “Baby Shower Scrapbook Idea” page on the main Web Baby Shower website! - If the Printable Keepsake is not to your liking, you can use your browser’s “Save Page As” function and save as “Complete HTML” to download all the photos and content in the Printable Keepsake HTML Preview to your hard drive. You can then open in it MS Word or copy and paste the content into a desktop publishing applicat...

You can manage your Pending and Confirmed co-hosts using the Additional Hosts Manager > in the "Hosts On File With Web Baby Shower" section. To remove an individual co-host, hover over their email address and click the "remove" link that appears. You will be asked to confirm the removal of the individual co-host To re-send the Co-Host invitation to an individual pending co-host, hover over their email address and click the "re-send" link that appears. Please note that you must wait for 24 ...

Here is how to invite a co-host into your WebBabyShower account so they can help out. 1. Make sure you have already logged into your WebBabyShower Host Control Panel. 2. Click the “Additional Hosts” side menu or icon on the dashboard. 3. In the “Add New Co-Hosts” box, add the email addresses, names, and a simple password, of your friends and family you wish to invite to become co-hosts. 4. Remember, co-hosts will be able to make all the same changes to your WebBabyShower ...

- Once you have finalized your Web Baby Shower details, you may generate a PDF copy to download, save and/or print. - From the Printable Keepsake Manager (in the Host Control Panel), scroll down to the gray box with the pink border that says “Click Here To Generate & Download a PDF of your Finalized Web Baby Shower Printable Keepsake!” - Once you click that link, Web Baby Shower’s partner, PDFmyURL will transform your HTML Preview into an easy to save, share and print PDF - Please make sur...

Web Baby Shower is an unlisted, virtual, long distance baby shower website provider. If you are hosting a Web Baby Shower, you must to use the unlisted link that is emailed to you in the “Your Web Baby Shower is Ready!” email when you sign up. If you are a guest of a Web Baby Shower, you must use the unlisted link that is emailed or shared with you by the host. The only way to find a Web Baby Shower is by using the unlisted link to it. At this time you cannot search for a Web Baby Shower (becaus...

- Once you have chosen the pages you would like to include in the Printable Keepsake, scroll down to the box with the pink background and dashed border that says “Click here to open your Web Baby Shower Printable Keepsake HTML PREVIEW in a new browser window!” from the Printable Keepsake Manager (in the Host Control Panel), - When you click on that link, the HTML Preview will open in a new browser window. - The HTML Preview will give you a good idea of how things will look in your printable ...

- From the Printable Keepsake manager in the Host Control Panel Dashboard, scroll down to the “Printable Keepsake Options” section. - From there, you can choose which pages from your Web Baby Shower you would like to include in your Printable Keepsake and you can also choose to print photos one per page with full captions, or print 4 per page with no captions. - Place a check next to the sections and/or options you would like to include in your Web Baby Shower Printable Keepsake. - To remo...

If you haven’t already, you must log into the Host Control Panel to access the Printable Keepsake for your Web Baby Shower. Once you are logged in to the Host Control Panel Dashboard ,click on the “Printable Keepsake” icon or choose “Printable Keepsake” from the Host Control Panel Dashboard menu.

- To make changes to the Printable Keepsake, please use the corresponding “page manager” in the Host Control Panel Dashboard to edit your Web Baby Shower. For example: to edit or remove comments in your Guest Book use the Comments Manager. To make changes to your Photo Album, use the Photo Album Manager. At this time there is not a way to edit just the Printable Keepsake; you have to make the changes to your Web Baby Shower and they will be reflected in your Printable Keepsake - Change the wor...

Share Your Shower on Facebook There are two ways to share your shower site on Facebook. 1. From inside Facebook, you can share the link to your shower like any other website URL you would share. Post with the shower URL, or send individually via Facebook Messenger. Your shower URL looks like this: https://mywebbabyshower.com/YOURSHOWERNAME 2. You can also use the social share buttons at the bottom of each page, you will see a Facebook icon, and twitter icon if they are turned on. ...

If you are planning a specific date & time for a Skype call, Google+ Hangout, or other live video chat, you can enter the information in the “Add New Skype Schedule” section of the Skype Manager. The schedule will be displayed on your Web Baby Shower Skype and will also enable a video-chat specific invitation in the Invitation Manager (which must be sent through the Invitation Manager as a separate step) The Skype Planner Scheduler allows you to include the following information about your live...

From the Skype Planner in your Web Baby Shower Host Control Panel, you can choose from several standardized titles to fit your live chat / video chat plans, if you do not wish to use the specific Skype service, or if you just want to use a different title: - Skype - Google+ Hangout - Video Chat - Video Call - Live Chat - Conference Call Note: Even though you can choose a title for the Skype page in your Web Baby Shower (that your guests see), the Skype Planner will still be ca...

You do not have to use Skype! However, since Skype is probably the most popular group video-chat service, it is offered as the “default” option. The Skype Planner is offered as a convenience and an aid to help you in planning and sharing your Skype call or live chat information. Please note that the name “Skype” is a registered mark of Microsoft Corporation and references to the name “Skype” on this page refer to the specific “Skype” service offered by Microsoft. At this time, Web Baby Shower d...

If you would like, you can optionally display your Skype/Live Chat Schedule on your Web Baby Shower Home Page. This needs to be done from the Home Page Manager, so make sure you have saved your changes to the Skype Planner by clicking “Save Changes” to save your changes and then navigating to the Home Page Manager in the Host Control Panel. From the Home Page Manager, in the “Skype Planner” area where it says “Display Skype / Live Chat Schedule on home page (if applicable)?”, choose: - “Ye...

Additional Information: Add Your Own Personal Message or Additional Instructions for your Guests If your plans just don’t fit into the “Add A New Schedule” form, you may write your own instructions or provide any additional login or scheduling information in the “Additional Information” area. - You can also use the Additional Information field to introduce the page or event. - This is a text-editing area where you can pretty much write whatever you would like! - This paragraph will app...

If you choose to use any of the optional privacy settings from the “Privacy and Sharing” page in the Host Control Panel, your Skype page will respect those settings as follows: - Invitation Code: Visitors must enter the correct Invitation Code in order to view the Skype Schedule on either the Home Page or the Skype page - Guest List Only: Visitors will be able to view text-only schedule information on the home page, but must enter an email address on the Guest List in order to view the co...

Turn Comments / RSVPs On If you would like your guests to be able to RSVP or make comments about your Skype/video chat schedule, you may turn the comments on. At this time, there is no other way to automatically RSVP for a specific date/time, but your guests can write their RSVP in the comments form. In the “Add RSVP / Comments Section to Skype (et al) Page?” section of the Skype Planner, choose: - Yes – to turn comments / RSVPs on - No – to turn (or leave) comments / RSVPs off As a...

Once you have added a new event to the Skype / video chat schedule, you will be able to view the schedule, make any changes or even remove an existing schedule using the Skype Planner. - To edit an existing schedule, click the [Click to Edit] link next to the schedule you wish to edit. A form with the existing schedule details will open where you can make any needed changes to the existing schedule. For more information about editing an existing chat schedule, please see the “Add A New Even...

Web Baby Shower provides the Skype Planner and the information in this Help page as an aid in helping you plan your ideal virtual baby shower. However, Web Baby Shower Customer Support cannot provide technical or user support for any 3rd Party video chat or live chat service. Web Baby Shower is also not responsible for any service outages or interruptions on any 3rd party service. If you or your guests need assistance with Skype, Google+ Hangouts, or any 3rd party live event service of your cho...

It is helpful to know about your Skype / Video Chat plans so that I can work around them for any planned scheduled maintenance. Please note however, there are unexpected situations that may require website maintenance and that is why I recommend a backup plan (see related article!). If it becomes necessary to schedule a planned maintenance during a scheduled Skype or video chat, I will do my best to contact you so that we can co-ordinate and get both things done smoothly.

The Web Baby Shower Skype Planner makes it easy to plan and invite your Web Baby Shower guests to a Skype or other live video chat event! Please keep in mind that Web Baby Shower does not have an "in-house" video chat program at this time. You must use the actual Skype app (by Microsoft), Google+ Hangouts, or your favorite video chat, live chat or conference call app. IMPORTANT NOTE: The Web Baby Shower "Skype Planner" is offered as a convenience and an aid to help you in planning and sharing...

Your Web Baby Shower will end at approximately 4:00 PM Eastern US one month (30 days) past the expected due date you enter when you sign up for Web Baby Shower. While it is possible to use 3rd party chat services after that date, your Web Baby Shower will not be available as a coordinating place. You can check your Web Baby Shower expiration date by visiting the “Web Baby Shower Settings” page in your Host Control Panel, or by actually reading the “Your Web Baby Shower is Ready!” email that you...

If you are hosting both an in-person shower, running a Web Baby Shower and Skyping in remote guests — it’s time to add some co-hosts and delegate, delegate, delegate. Do not attempt to both host an in-person shower and run a Skype event too. Assign a (preferably) tech-savvy guest to be the Skype point-person so that you can take care of the 1,000 other things involved in hosting a baby shower! This is 100% my opinion, which you are welcome to ignore.

Before the big day, do a mini-chat with the expecting parent(s) and any other key guests to make sure everyone has all of the right accounts, downloads, apps, etc ready to go. I have received some complaints that doing a “test chat” is a burden, but really?, Skyping with the expecting mom you are throwing the Web Baby Shower for in the first place is a burden? Get on the app and talk to her!!

Another 100% Snowboard Mommy Opinion is to make a “technical rain date” with your guests. Due to circumstances that are sometimes beyond everyone’s control I strongly encourage each host to schedule a primary chat date & time and also an alternate date & time in the event of technical or other difficulties. The vast majority of online chats run smoothly, however, as with most things related to computers, when things do go wrong it is helpful to have another date & time when everyone can try agai...

For pages and features that use comments, you can choose to turn comments off so that guests can view the page, but not add any new comments, including: - Guest Book - Photo Album - Video Album - Baby Photos Guessing Game - Skype Planner To turn Comments On or Off Navigate to the corresponding Page Manager in Host Control Panel In the “Comments” area, choose “Yes” to allow new comments or “No” to turn comments off. Remember to press the “Save Changes” button at the bottom of...

When your Web Baby Shower is set up, the following pages are automatically turned on for you: - Home - Guest List - Gift Registry Links - Photo Album - Video Album - Skype - Games - Birthday Bets If you do not wish to use the features on any of the above pages, except for the home page, you can turn it off by choosing “No” in the “Show Page?” box on the corresponding Page Manager. For example, if you do not plan to use Skype or any other live chat program, you can navigat...

Web Baby Shower takes your privacy and security seriously. In order to help protect Web Baby Shower from “brute force” or “denial of service” login, registration or password re-set attacks, we have to limit the number of times that anyone can attempt to log in, create an account or re-set a password within a short period of time. This is an industry-standard security practice across any and all websites that value safety and security. Sometimes, it is hard to tell the difference between a poten...

It happens to the best of us: technology just isn’t cooperating! If you find that you are stuck or encounter problems that seem to be “only happening to me,” please follow the steps in this troubleshooting guide to help get you unstuck. Even if these measures do not fix the problem, we can at least rule them out and get to the real cause. - Please add webbabyshower.com and mywebbabyshower.com as trusted websites to your: - Web Browser (Internet Explorer, FireFox, Chrome, Safari, etc) ...

Most hosts and expecting parents like to thank their guests for participating in their Web Baby Shower right on the Web Baby Shower Guest Book. You can add a reply to any message on your Guest Book.If you wish to thank guests for sending gifts, you can also enter a thank you note on the Guest Book or even post a photo of the expecting parents with the gift in the Photo Album and caption it with a thank you note. You can also decide whether printed, mailed cards are needed or whether an online t...

You can sign up at any time, but we usually recommend waiting until a pregnancy is solidly in 2nd trimester or an adoption has a confirmed travel or receiving date.

You can use the “Web Baby Shower Settings” page in the Host Control Panel to update or change the information you submitted when you signed up for Web Baby Shower. The settings you can update or change from the Web Baby Shower Settings page include: - Expecting / Adopting Mother First Name:* - Expecting / Adopting Mother Last Name:* - Partner First Name: - Partner Last Name: - Display Names As “The Web Baby Shower For … “:* - If you wish to use nicknames or screen names, please...

Web Baby Shower provides the Comments Manager as a tool to make it easy to see all of the comments submitted to your Web Baby Shower and moderate them as needed. For pages where you are collecting comments from your guests, including the Guest Book, Photo Album, Video Album, Baby Photos Game and the Skype Planner, you use the Comments Manager in the Host Control Panel to manage the comments. From the Comments Manager you can: - Edit Comments - Reply To Comments - Delete Comments - M...

If you would like to be notified via email when your guests have participated in your Web Baby Shower, check that the email address displayed in the Email Notifications section is correct*, and then choose “Yes – notify me via email”. Be sure to click the “Save Changes” button at the bottom of the page to save your setting. *Notes about Guest Activity Notifications: If you no longer wish to be notified via email when your guests have participated in your Web Baby Shower, choose: “No – unsub...

IMPORTANT: When you are done making changes on any Page Manager or any settings page in the Host Control Panel, ALWAYS scroll to the bottom of the page and click the “Save Changes” button at the bottom of the page to save your changes.

For pages and features that use comments, you can choose to turn comments off so that guests can view the page, but not add any new comments, including: - Guest Book - Photo Album - Video Album - Baby Photos Guessing Game - Skype Planner To turn Comments On or Off Navigate to the corresponding Page Manager in Host Control Panel In the “Comments” area, choose “Yes” to allow new comments or “No” to turn comments off. Remember to press the “Save Changes” button at the bottom of...

Web Baby Shower is an unlisted, virtual, long distance baby shower website provider. If you are hosting a Web Baby Shower, you must to use the unlisted link that is emailed to you in the “Your Web Baby Shower is Ready!” email when you sign up. If you are a guest of a Web Baby Shower, you must use the unlisted link that is emailed or shared with you by the host. The only way to find a Web Baby Shower is by using the unlisted link to it. At this time you cannot search for a Web Baby Shower (becaus...

You can sign up at any time, but we usually recommend waiting until a pregnancy is solidly in 2nd trimester or an adoption has a confirmed travel or receiving date.

Most hosts and expecting parents like to thank their guests for participating in their Web Baby Shower right on the Web Baby Shower Guest Book. You can add a reply to any message on your Guest Book.If you wish to thank guests for sending gifts, you can also enter a thank you note on the Guest Book or even post a photo of the expecting parents with the gift in the Photo Album and caption it with a thank you note. You can also decide whether printed, mailed cards are needed or whether an online t...

The Web Baby Shower Video Chat Planner makes it easy to plan and invite your WebBabyShower guests to use a live video chat event! Please keep in mind that WebBabyShower does not have an "in-house" video chat program at this time. You must use, Zoom, Skype, Google+ Hangouts, or your favorite video chat, live chat or conference call app. Check Out "Which Video Chat Provider Is Best (https://help.webbabyshower.com/416519-Which-Video-Chat-Provider-is-Best-for-My-Family)" IMPORTANT NOTE: The WebB...

YES! It is Mobile-Friendly! The Web Baby Shower virtual baby shower website service is designed to work across all types of devices and web browsers. This allows both hosts and their guests to access their Web Baby Shower from just about any Wifi or Internet-enabled device! There are no apps or downloads — all Web Baby Shower features are meant to be used in the web browser on your device so that everyone can just participate without having to hassle with separate, individual downloads or app...

Absolutely! Not only is OK to invite men, it has also been known to happen that men host a Web Baby Shower “man shower” too! Everyone is welcome to celebrate at Web Baby Shower! So, feel free to include expecting Dads and invite their friends and family too.

As your long distance Web Baby Shower hosting service, we think it’s great if you want to get the ball rolling and sign up for Web Baby Shower yourself! At Web Baby Shower, we have found that when expecting parents are far away from friends and family, friends and family are usually so thrilled with being able to have any kind of shower, that they usually forget to notice who is hosting it and, in most cases, are glad you did it yourself (especially if you put up some cute pregnancy photos they ...

How Long Does WebBabyShower Last? This depends on your plan. The base plan can be up to 6 months. The Baby's First Year plan is 12 months. Babies don't always come on time! So your WebBabyShower will run for 30 days past the expected due date you enter when you sign up. You can sign up at any time.

Your Web Baby Shower automatically comes with the Birthday Bets game and several popular, quiz-style baby shower games. Prizes would be entirely up to you. Most virtual baby shower hosts seem to choose the “satisfaction of knowing you won” prize! But you can also give out online gift certificates or even mail prizes to the winners.

How Do Gifts Work With A Web Baby Shower? If the expecting or adopting parents have any online gift registries or wish lists, you can link to those online registries using the Gift Registry page in your Web Baby Shower.If the expecting parents have specific gift or fundraising requests, you can also include details and instructions on the Gift Registries page. How you want to handle gifts for your virtual baby shower from there really depends on you and the expecting parent(s) and how much...

Some hosts skip this part; others go all out and mail gift certificates/gift cards or even actual shower favors to their guests. It really depends on you and how much time and budget you have!

In order to comply with local, national and global child protection laws, children under the age of 13 should not be allowed to create a Web Baby Shower account. If there are siblings or other children involved, please have a responsible adult participate at Web Baby Shower on their behalf.

Of course! Since Web Baby Shower is a private, unlisted virtual baby shower service, all you have to do is not share your unlisted Web Baby Shower URL with the expecting or adopting parent(s)! It will also help to not share the unlisted URL for your private Web Baby Shower on social media and to be sure to mention that you want to keep it a surprise when communicating with your guests.

Web Baby Shower has been asked over the years whether it’s tacky to have a long distance baby shower. After all the hard work that’s been put into creating the Web Baby Shower virtual baby shower service, we certainly hope not! But, since everything seems to change quickly online, we can see how technology may cause confusion on the point too. As with hosting any type of shower, you need to know the etiquette basics and how to be a good host. Here are Web Baby Shower’s virtual baby shower ...

If you receive an email invitation to become a Web Baby Shower co-host, please follow the instructions to create your Web Baby Shower account. You may create a local account at Web Baby Shower, or use social media login to create your account, as long as your social media login email address matches the email address where you received the co-host invitation. Please note that if you create an account using social media login, you must continue to login with your social media account. Once you h...

Why is there no direct phone help? We offer email support 5 days a week. Our goal is to respond to inquiries within the same day during business hours. Our team finds email is the best way to give all of our customers the quickest and best solutions – here’s why: - We are often able to fix issues by looking at the account email right away, because it links to your shower, rather than having you wait on hold or try to give us your email account over the phone. - Website creation is a v...

Why is there no direct phone help? We offer email support 5 days a week. Our goal is to respond to inquiries within the same day during business hours. Our team finds email is the best way to give all of our customers the quickest and best solutions – here’s why: - We are often able to fix issues by looking at the account email right away, because it links to your shower, rather than having you wait on hold or try to give us your email account over the phone. - Website creation is a v...