Lesní svatba Roklinka: A forest wedding site for a returning client

The new offer didn't fit on the cabin's site. A wedding sells on atmosphere, and couples need different information from people who want to rent the cabin. So it got its own site at svatba-v-lese.cz, with its own identity, linking to the cabin's site for accommodation.

The opening section has subtle parallax, mist and fireflies. A scroll-driven "forest path" animation runs through the gallery, and content reveals itself as you scroll. The motion never gets in the way of reading: animations respect the system's reduced-motion setting and the page doesn't jump around while loading.

Photos load optimised and the browser caches them permanently. Until a photo loads, a blurred preview takes its place, so nothing flickers.

The site is in Czech and English, including translated page URLs. Both language versions get their own sitemap entries, canonical links, structured data and social preview images. I self-host the fonts including Latin Extended, so Czech never loses its diacritics. An automated test makes sure both language versions have the same set of strings.

The form validates input on both the client and the server. The venue receives a clear enquiry and the couple a confirmation, both in consistent brand styling. The server limits request size, verifies the origin and guards against flooding.

If sending fails, the user sees a specific, understandable message. During development all mail is redirected to a test address, so trial enquiries never reach real people.

Photos are split into categories with filters. The grid loads in batches and the lightbox preloads neighbouring images. The open photo is reflected in the URL, so it can be shared as a link.

Every colour was checked for WCAG contrast when the palette was designed, and automated tests guard accessibility. The privacy policy and cookie page adapt automatically to whether analytics is switched on, so the legal text never describes something other than what the site actually does.

More than 370 automated tests cover navigation, redirects, the form, the gallery, fonts and accessibility. Every page is pre-rendered and served from a CDN; the only server function is sending an enquiry. In Lighthouse the site scores 100 for accessibility, SEO and best practices on both mobile and desktop, and the layout doesn't shift while loading.

Deployment and every environment variable are documented, so operations can be handed over at any time.

With the second project there was no getting-to-know-you phase. I already knew how Roklinka operates and how the client works with content, so we went straight to what the wedding site needed to do. I maintain both sites long-term. When something changes on the ground — a contact, the season or the capacity — I update it in both places at once.