{"id":21276,"date":"2022-04-19T14:18:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T14:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/webtools-short-urls-now-support-qr-codes\/"},"modified":"2022-04-19T14:18:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T14:18:54","slug":"webtools-short-urls-now-support-qr-codes","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/webtools-short-urls-now-support-qr-codes\/","title":{"rendered":"Webtools Short URLs now support QR codes"},"template":"","news_categories":[23],"news_tags":[],"class_list":["post-21276","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-admin-note"],"acf":{"intro_text_subtitle":"","intro_text_body":"<div class=\"blog-post-info\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webtools.illinois.edu\/\">Webtools<\/a> Short URLs now support QR codes.\u00a0 QR codes allow you to reach, engage and convert a wider target audience by linking from offline to online platforms.\u00a0 QR codes are often used in billboards, magazines, web pages, or just about anywhere, allowing users to access information instantly.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/webtools.illinois.edu\/0.portlet?componentId=19\">Short URLs<\/a> can be updated (changing the long\/destination URL) and the QR code will continue to work properly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to use a QR code<br \/>\n<\/strong>QR codes can be generated in Webtools at the bottom of the General tab when editing any Short URL.\u00a0 To use the QR code simply click\/download the image.\u00a0 Images are 1000 x 1000 pixels and can be reduced as needed.\u00a0 If you are using very small images please remember to test the QR code with your phone.\u00a0 The smaller the image the harder it is to scan on a phone or other device.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","intro_text_excerpt":"QR codes allow you to reach, engage and convert a wider target audience by linking from offline to online platforms","content_author":"Erika Chavez","content_sticky":false,"intro_text_include_image":false,"intro_text_image":false,"intro_text_image_alt_text":"","intro_text_image_caption":"","intro_text_image_attribution":"","news_include_thumbnail":false,"news_thumbnail_image":false,"news_thumbnail_image_alt_text":""},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_categories?post=21276"},{"taxonomy":"news_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_tags?post=21276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}