Rodeo Template — Complete Guide

Rodeo is a modern Western invitation for the nights when everyone pulls on their boots: a Western birthday, a "last rodeo" bachelorette, a barn or ranch wedding, a country-music night or a company hoedown. The page opens on a paisley bandana band, and the cover is a panel of hand-tooled leather with a stitched edge and silver conchos, your photo framed by a lariat at its centre. The countdown numbers are branded into wooden tags, the schedule is painted on a ranch sign and the reply form is a stitched leather tag.

Rodeo is one of Fotify's simpler designs: its look comes from one bandana colour you choose — any colour at all — a vibe and an emblem.

This guide covers how Rodeo looks, the options unique to it, how to apply it to your event, and how it lays out each section of your invitation.

Rodeo is available on every plan, Free included.

For an overview of the template gallery and the picker, see How to Customize Your RSVP Invitation.

What makes Rodeo different

Standard templates change colours and fonts over the same shared layout. Rodeo replaces the layout itself: its own cover and closing, its own section heads, and its own treatment of the message, countdown, gallery, story, schedule and RSVP.

Signature design elements

• A bandana colour — the paisley bandana bands at the top and the foot of the page, the buttons, the small section labels and the stitching, picked from suggested swatches or from the colour picker
• Three vibes — Ranch (parchment and saddle-tan leather), Desert (sand, terracotta suede and a sunset mesa) or Honky-tonk (a night page with titles lit like a neon sign)
• A lariat — a loop of twisted rope framing your cover photo on the tooled-leather panel, its tail curling away below it
• Silver conchos — at the corners of the cover, on the reply tag and as the buckle of the leather belt at the end of the page, engraved with your emblem: a cowboy hat, a boot, a horseshoe or a star
• Wooden tags — the countdown numbers branded into pine tags in a fat wood-type face
• A painted ranch sign — the schedule painted on a stained board hanging from a log beam
• Always readable — whatever colour you pick, even a pale yellow or a near-black, the buttons, the labels and the neon titles are shaded until they read clearly

When to choose Rodeo

Rodeo suits any party with a dress code of boots and hats:

• Western birthdays — pick the cowboy hat or the boot, set the cover line to "Saddle up" and let guests reply on a leather tag
• "Last rodeo" bachelorettes — the Honky-tonk vibe with a hot-pink bandana, the cover line set to "Her last rodeo" and the night's plan on the ranch sign
• Barn and ranch weddings — the Ranch or Desert vibe, your story along a trail of horseshoes and the weekend's schedule on the sign, one board per day
• Country-music nights and company hoedowns — the Honky-tonk vibe for a night out, or the Ranch vibe for a summer barbecue

After the last dance, the photos everyone took matter as much as the invitation. Guests can scan the event QR code and add their photos to the shared gallery. See how Fotify works for parties, birthdays and weddings.

For a rustic farm wedding or a farm-to-table birthday with kraft paper and a chalkboard, try Barnyard. For a festival-style party, try Lineup.

Applying Rodeo to your event

1. Open your event, click Invitation in the sidebar, then the Invitation tab
2. In Design Template, click Change template if the gallery is collapsed, and find Rodeo under Designs (it is listed under the Party filter, and under Birthday and Wedding too)
3. Optional: press Try it on to see Rodeo with your own invitation details in the live preview — nothing is saved until you press Use this design
4. Or click the Rodeo card to apply it straight away
5. Open Rodeo options below the gallery to pick your colour and the other options described below. Changes save automatically

Rodeo works on every plan. On free events a small "Made with Fotify" badge appears in the bottom corner of the invitation; any paid plan or an active subscription removes it.

Switching to another template later is non-destructive: your event content stays exactly as you entered it, and your Rodeo options are kept in case you switch back.

Rodeo options

Rodeo has five options of its own. They take the place of the standard colour and font controls, which Rodeo doesn't use.

1. Bandana colour

The paisley bandana bands at the top and the foot of the page, the buttons, the small labels over each section, the stitching on the cards, the trail of your story and the border painted on the ranch sign. Pick it two ways:

• A suggested swatch — Classic red (default), Turquoise, Hot pink, Black or Denim blue
• Pick any color — the last chip opens your device's colour picker, so you can match a dress code or a brand colour exactly. The colour's code is shown beside the chips

Any colour works. A colour in the middle of the scale, between light and dark, is made a little deeper or lighter on the bandana so its paisley print always reads, and the buttons and coloured text use the shade of your colour that reads clearly on the page.

2. Vibe

The materials of the whole page:

• Ranch (default) — a parchment page, saddle-tan tooled leather, pine tags, a dark stained sign and a split-rail fence behind the cover
• Desert — a sand page, terracotta suede, sun-bleached tags, a clay-red sign and a setting sun over layered mesas behind the cover
• Honky-tonk — a night page with a sprinkling of stars, black leather, the event name and the titles lit like a neon sign in your bandana colour, and the times on the sign in neon too. A black or grey bandana glows a warm white

3. Emblem

The emblem engraved on the silver conchos — on the cover, on the reply tag and on the belt buckle at the end of the page — and blind-stamped into the message card: Cowboy hat (default), Boot, Horseshoe or Star. Without a cover photo, it also stands inside the lariat.

4. Cover line

The small line above the event name on the cover (up to 60 characters). Leave it blank to use the default ("Saddle up, you're invited"). Try "Saddle up", "Her last rodeo" or "Y'all are invited".

5. Closing line

The line above the belt buckle at the end of the page (up to 80 characters). Leave it blank to use the default ("See you at the rodeo").

Every piece of text Rodeo prints on the invitation — the cover line, the Count me in buttons, the section labels and titles, the countdown units, the closing line — can also be rewritten directly on the page: switch the live preview into edit mode and double-click the text. Section titles you have already set in their own settings (story, countdown, gifts, where to stay, getting there, FAQs) are edited in place the same way.

How each section is treated

Cover

A paisley bandana band runs across the top of the page. Under it, over the vibe's backdrop, stands a panel of hand-tooled leather with a stitched edge and a silver concho at each corner:

• The lariat — a loop of twisted rope framing your cover photo, keeping the horizontal crop you set. Without a cover photo, your emblem stands inside the loop
• Your cover line (option 4) in small spaced capitals, then your event name in a fat Western wood-type face. Long names step down a size so they stay on the leather
• The date, the time and the place. The time follows the Show time setting of your invitation's cover, and every guest sees the date you picked, whatever their time zone
• An engraved concho with your emblem (option 3)
• Count me in — a button that scrolls to the RSVP form. It only appears when your RSVP section is visible, and never on a save-the-date page

Section heads

Each section opens with its label in spaced condensed capitals between two small silver stars, then its title in the wood-type face over a short length of twisted rope and, for the story and gifts, your subtitle or gift message. In the Honky-tonk vibe the titles glow like neon.

Message — the letterpress card

Your message is pressed into a heavy cotton card with a saddle stitch running round its edge in your bandana colour, a silver star in each corner and your emblem blind-stamped at its head. A long message steps down a size so it is easier to read.

Countdown — wooden tags

One wooden tag per unit, each with a laced hole at its top, the number branded into the grain and the unit name burnt beneath it. The tags hang at a slight angle and sway very gently. It counts down to your event's date and time in the venue's time zone, and shows your completed message on a wooden board once the moment arrives.

Gallery (Carousel) — the photo wall

Every photo is the same upright print in a cream border with leather photo corners and a silver star at its top: two to a row on a phone, three on wider screens.

Story — the trail

A dashed trail in your bandana colour runs down the side of the section, and every milestone is marked on it by a horseshoe beside its card: its date, its title, its text and its photo when it has one (above the text on a phone, beside it on wider screens). Every milestone is laid out the same way.

Itinerary — the ranch sign

The schedule is painted on stained boards hanging on ropes from a log beam, one board per day, each with a border painted in your bandana colour. The day's date (or label) is painted along the top of its board, and every entry is the same row: the time in gold leaf (in neon in the Honky-tonk vibe), a small silver star, the entry in condensed capitals, its place and its note. Entry icons are not shown.

RSVP — the leather tag

"Are you riding with us?" with your RSVP deadline under it, and the reply form on a stitched leather tag: a wide band of tooled leather with a saddle stitch round it, a silver concho at each top corner and your emblem pressed into the leather at its head, around the form. On a save-the-date page, the tag holds the save-the-date note instead of the form.

Location, Gifts, Event Details and Save the Date

These four sections share their structure with Fotify's other picker-coloured designs (Meridian, Thread, Prism and Duotone), dressed in Rodeo's colours: cards with softly rounded corners, buttons in your bandana colour and titles in the wood-type face.

• Location — a map card beside an address card with your address, your directions and an Open in Maps button. When a map can't be shown, the map card draws a pin with the venue's coordinates; without coordinates the address card spans the row
• Gifts — every registry, payment option, charity and wishlist item is its own card in a grid, grouped under small labels (with a count) when you offer more than one kind. Payment details sit in an inset box with a Copy button, and long account numbers wrap inside the card. Pay links, scan-to-pay QR codes and wishlist reservations appear as buttons on each card
• Event Details — a card per topic: dress code with your suggested and avoided colours as swatches, where to stay with each hotel as a mini-card (distance, price range, promo code, notes and a Book button), getting there with an icon for each kind of transport, and a full-width FAQ card where each question opens on tap
• Save the Date (Calendar) — one card with the title and the event date on one side, and Google, Apple (downloads the calendar file) and Outlook buttons on the other

Closing

Your closing line (option 5) in the wood-type face, the date and place, a tooled leather belt with your emblem on its silver buckle and a Count me in button, then a second bandana band at the foot of the page.

Sections that use the shared layout

These sections keep Fotify's shared layout and are dressed in Rodeo's style:

• Photo upload, QR code, Table assignment, Playlist, Sub-events, Special treatments and custom sections

Each sits in the same column as the rest of the page on a card with a stripe of your bandana colour along its top, with titles in the wood-type face and buttons in your bandana colour. Photos in custom sections are capped in height so a tall portrait never takes over the page.

Rodeo has no section of its own for a line-dance playlist or a dress-code lookbook. Use the Playlist section, the dress code in Event Details, or add a custom section and place it wherever you like among the other sections.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is Rodeo only for weddings? A: No. It suits any party with a Western dress code: a birthday, a bachelorette, a country-music night, a company hoedown or a summer barbecue. The default wording is neutral, so it reads for one host or for a couple.

Q: Which vibe should I pick? A: Ranch for a daytime barbecue, a barn wedding or a birthday on the farm; Desert for a sunset party or a wedding somewhere warm; Honky-tonk for an evening of line dancing, a bachelorette or a night at a country bar.

Q: I picked a mid tone (an orange or a grey). Why does the bandana look a little deeper or lighter? A: Rodeo keeps the paisley print readable: a colour that sits between light and dark is made just deep enough (or light enough) for the print to stand out. The Classic red, Black and Denim blue swatches are shown exactly as they are.

Q: I picked black in the Honky-tonk vibe. What colour are the neon titles? A: A black, white or grey bandana has no colour to light up, so the neon glows a warm white. The buttons are lifted to a grey that stands out from the night.

Q: I don't have a cover photo. Will the cover look empty? A: No. Without a photo, the lariat frames your emblem on the leather, and the cover line, the event name and the date read as usual.

Q: Does Rodeo show an age or a year anywhere? A: No. Rodeo never works out an age, a year or a name from your event. Write one in the cover line or the closing line if you want it on the page.

Q: Does Rodeo work in right-to-left languages? A: Yes. In Hebrew and Arabic the layout mirrors: the story trail runs down the right side, the times on the ranch sign move to the right, the lariat's tail curls away on the other side and the tags tilt the other way. The bandana, the conchos and the emblems are symmetric, and the cover photo's crop stays as you set it.

Q: Does the page move? A: Only gently: the countdown tags sway on their laces and, in the Honky-tonk vibe, the event name flickers on like a neon sign once when the page opens. Guests whose device asks for reduced motion see a still page.

Next steps

• See How to Customize Your RSVP Invitation for the template gallery and how to try a design on before applying it
• Compare the other designs for country parties: Barnyard for rustic farm weddings, or Lineup for a festival-style party
• Let guests share their photos of the night with a QR code: read about Fotify for parties and digital invitations with RSVP

Need help? Get in touch through the in-dashboard help widget.