by Michel
20. October 2010 15:28
What is a QR code?
First QR stands for Quick Response meaning that the contents can be decoded at a very high speed. Secondly it’s a two-dimensional bar code. Not one-dimensional like the bar codes we all are familiar with when a cashier scans something we want to buy.
There are three big advantages to using QR codes.
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- They can hold a ridiculous amount of information compared to their one-dimensional cousin.
- Most mobile phones/devices can automatically decode the information stored in a QR code.
- You can generate your own very easily.
The guys from Tech Boy Fresh did a very neat blog post about QR Codes, I would strongly recommended you to check it out!
After playing with QR, I decided it was time to create my very first BlogEngine plugin which adds QR code functionality to every page.
How to use this plugin?
- Download the plugin
- unpack it
- upload the unpacked (GoogleQR.cs) file to your own BlogEngine website, under App_Code/Extensions folder.
- Login to your BlogEngine blog and verify if the extension is enabled, if not enable it!
- Go to a blogpost, where you would like to add the QR code, and insert to following snippet:
[ GoogleQR ]
- You properly have to to this in HTML view, but sometimes it will work out in the preview modus.
Little side note: The QRcode being created has a div tag around it, so via CSS (css class = ‘qrImage’) styling to can position the image wherever you want.
Please contact me for suggestions, comments, bug reports etc….
Download the plugin:
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